Tag: Big Brother
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Big Brother is called Alexa & Hey Google Kill
Last month the news hit that Google is working with the US Military in creating recognition AI for military drones This made quite a few staff leave unhappy with the idea their technology is aiding killing people (and made a mockery of their ‘Don’t Be Evil’ slogan, but as we know those ethical qualms disappeared…
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The Day We Fight Back
Two years ago, Radio Clash along with many other sites blacked out in opposition to SOPA and similar European laws such as ACTA. The former was stopped fairly quickly, and the latter fizzled out as European politicians realised how unpopular it was amongst their electorates as it was quite rightly perceived as a US attempt…
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When will we fight back?
A friend noticed the change in Cory Doctorow’s tone recently, he explains it as the anniversary of Aaron Schwartz’s death but a lot of us are despairing. Like Tim Berners-Lee warned middle of last year, there is an attempt to not only close up the Internet and make it some walled garden, a virtual shopping…
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Naked Citizens – Documentary on CCTV and Drones
Amazing stuff from Journeyman Pictures this documentary talks about the rise of CCTV in the UK, the use of drones in surveillance, and some really scary stories about how people are being tracked digitally across the world, some for no reason than the types of words they use – as in the case of Andrej…
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Transmitting on Pirate Satellite! No really, Network 21, Pirate TV circa 1986
Something I missed probably because I was either in deepest Shropshire or deepest Surrey…but the only ever London pirate tv station Network21 transmitted in 1986 just under ITV for a year in 1986…and the program was arts based and they lobbied (unsuccessfully, although nighttime TV and cable/satellite probably answered some of those needs) for community…