surveillance Evan Greer's "Surveillance Capitalism" is the internet's new official protest song Thom Dunn
happy mutants The Attention Merchants: a deep dive into the origins of the surveillance economy Cory Doctorow
History Why We Fight was a 2006 documentary on the logic of America's endless parade of pointless wars Elías Villoro
happy mutants Send Pics: ripping, brutal, amazing novel about teens, sextortion, revenge and justice Cory Doctorow
politics FTC orders Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft to provide details on prior acquisitions of small companies Xeni Jardin
canada Internal docs reveal that Canada's Exxon subsidiary knew about climate change risks and lied about it for decades Cory Doctorow
politics Large, diverse coalition of civil society groups tell the US, UK and Australian governments not to ban working encryption Cory Doctorow
AI Second wave Algorithmic Accountability: from "What should algorithms do?" to "Should we use an algorithm?" Cory Doctorow
documentaries Triple Chaser: a short documentary that uses machine learning to document tear gas use against civilians, calling out "philanthropist" Warren Kanders for his company's war-crimes Cory Doctorow
china Human Rights Watch reverse-engineered the app that the Chinese state uses to spy on people in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow
Business Trump signs 'American AI Initiative' executive order to prioritize federal funding for artificial intelligence research Xeni Jardin