Dear nettimers, a. you have all left Facebook by now (or ages ago), b. you are still on it, c. could not be bothered, d. are busy with more relevant topics. Here is some material in case you want to be uptodate about the social media question. We’re now ten months into the Cambridge Analytica case and things do not look very well for Marc Zuckerberg. In March-April 2018 most of us were still cynical… things would never change. Here at the Institute of Network Cultures we’ve been running the Unlike Us network since 2011--and we can indeed see a significant change over the past year. What still lacks is a concerted effort to identify and promote alternatives. What is clear is that there won't be one… Below are some of the pointers Unlike Us members been collecting over the past two months. Best, Geert
Facebook is the new crapware https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/09/facebook-is-the-new-crapware/ <https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/09/facebook-is-the-new-crapware/> Technological Sovereignty, Volume 2 http://hacklabbo.indivia.net/book/sobtec2/en/ <http://hacklabbo.indivia.net/book/sobtec2/en/> Leaving Facebook as a religious experience https://medium.com/uncalendared/what-284-days-without-facebook-feels-like-c1ae02bc7ed9 <https://medium.com/uncalendared/what-284-days-without-facebook-feels-like-c1ae02bc7ed9> Reality Check Facebook by Aaron Greenspan (a must-read report) https://www.plainsite.org/realitycheck/fb.pdf <https://www.plainsite.org/realitycheck/fb.pdf> Zuckerberg explains his good intentions, one more time https://www.cnet.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-defends-facebook-advertising-model-we-dont-sell-peoples-data/ <https://www.cnet.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-defends-facebook-advertising-model-we-dont-sell-peoples-data/> Life without the tech giants, including youtube videos https://gizmodo.com/life-without-the-tech-giants-1830258056 <https://gizmodo.com/life-without-the-tech-giants-1830258056> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNSp-kzVVhU&index=1&list=PLx1XbvvfIlc4zQgE5ohJA9EJ2NCcGc2QQ <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNSp-kzVVhU&index=1&list=PLx1XbvvfIlc4zQgE5ohJA9EJ2NCcGc2QQ> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGyEirsta_0&index=2&list=PLx1XbvvfIlc4zQgE5ohJA9EJ2NCcGc2QQ <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGyEirsta_0&index=2&list=PLx1XbvvfIlc4zQgE5ohJA9EJ2NCcGc2QQ> The fall of Facebook has only begun https://medium.com/@13DResearch/the-fall-of-facebook-has-only-begun-9d73a45adc8 <https://medium.com/@13DResearch/the-fall-of-facebook-has-only-begun-9d73a45adc8> (it was reported that 640.000 users in NL left Facebook in 2018) Second thoughts of corporate Silicon Valley pundit Jeff Jarvis on FB https://medium.com/whither-news/facebook-sigh-6c630a7b79a9 <https://medium.com/whither-news/facebook-sigh-6c630a7b79a9> Fortnite was 2018s most important social network https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/21/18152012/fortnite-was-2018s-most-important-social-network <https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/21/18152012/fortnite-was-2018s-most-important-social-network> How Facebook tracks you on Android (even if you don’t have a Facebook account) https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2018/Fahrplan/events/9941.html <https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2018/Fahrplan/events/9941.html> Revealed: how Italy's populists used Facebook to win power https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/17/revealed-how-italy-populists-used-facebook-win-election-matteo-salvini-luigi-di-maio <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/17/revealed-how-italy-populists-used-facebook-win-election-matteo-salvini-luigi-di-maio> After a year from hell, Facebook parties like it's 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/17/facebook-christmas-party-celebration <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/17/facebook-christmas-party-celebration> Is 2019 the year you should finally quit Facebook? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/21/quit-facebook-privacy-scandal-private-messages <https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/21/quit-facebook-privacy-scandal-private-messages> How can I remove Google from my life? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2018/dec/20/how-can-i-remove-google-from-my-life <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2018/dec/20/how-can-i-remove-google-from-my-life> We all fell for Facebook’s utopianism, but the mask is at last being torn away https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/09/facebook-utopianism-mask-being-torn-away <https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/09/facebook-utopianism-mask-being-torn-away> Did Facebook Cause Riots in France? http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/did-facebook-cause-the-yellow-vest-riots-in-france.html?fbclid=IwAR0jC2L2Ztz63rJrxWF-xfLooSVP3zHPDM38KCXvgztS0S3sE5zknoCoPBI <http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/did-facebook-cause-the-yellow-vest-riots-in-france.html?fbclid=IwAR0jC2L2Ztz63rJrxWF-xfLooSVP3zHPDM38KCXvgztS0S3sE5zknoCoPBI> The New York Facebook Pop-Up Privacy Cafe https://theweek.com/articles/812561/drank-hot-chocolate-facebook-popup-learned-horrifying-things-about-privacy <https://theweek.com/articles/812561/drank-hot-chocolate-facebook-popup-learned-horrifying-things-about-privacy> Did you delette your FB account in 2018? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18748135 <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18748135> Walt Mossberg, Veteran Technology Journalist, Quits Facebook - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/walt-mossberg-quit-facebook.html <https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/walt-mossberg-quit-facebook.html> The Time Has Come to Finally Delete Facebook https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/11/its-time-for-all-of-us-to-finally-delete-facebook.html <https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/11/its-time-for-all-of-us-to-finally-delete-facebook.html> Google faces its first challenge under Europe’s strict new data protection rules https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/27/18114111/google-location-tracking-gdpr-challenge-european-deceptive <https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/27/18114111/google-location-tracking-gdpr-challenge-european-deceptive> The Facebook Era is Over https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/facebook-era-over-gina-bianchini/ <https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/facebook-era-over-gina-bianchini/> Political Reality: Buy Ads on Facebook or Risk Losing the Election - WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/political-reality-buy-ads-on-facebook-or-risk-losing-the-election-1541171620 <https://www.wsj.com/articles/political-reality-buy-ads-on-facebook-or-risk-losing-the-election-1541171620> How Big Oil Dodges Facebook’s New Ad Transparency Rules — ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/how-big-oil-dodges-facebooks-new-ad-transparency-rules <https://www.propublica.org/article/how-big-oil-dodges-facebooks-new-ad-transparency-rules> How much is social media worth? Estimating the value of Facebook by paying users to stop using it https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0207101 <https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0207101> Court Case doc of Fashion ID GmbH & Co. KG v. Verbraucherzentrale NRW e.V. http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=209357&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=2968825 <http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=209357&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=2968825> As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/facebook-privacy.html <https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/facebook-privacy.html> Walt Mossberg, Veteran Technology Journalist, Quits Facebook - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/walt-mossberg-quit-facebook.html <https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/walt-mossberg-quit-facebook.html> The Time Has Come to Finally Delete Facebook https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/11/its-time-for-all-of-us-to-finally-delete-facebook.html <https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/11/its-time-for-all-of-us-to-finally-delete-facebook.html> From Airbnb to city bikes, the ‘sharing economy’ has been bought up by big money | Evgeny Morozov | Opinion | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/27/airbnb-city-bikes-sharing-economy-big-money <https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/27/airbnb-city-bikes-sharing-economy-big-money> Google faces its first challenge under Europe’s strict new data protection rules https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/27/18114111/google-location-tracking-gdpr-challenge-european-deceptive <https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/27/18114111/google-location-tracking-gdpr-challenge-european-deceptive> The Facebook Era is Over https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/facebook-era-over-gina-bianchini/ <https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/facebook-era-over-gina-bianchini/> Political Reality: Buy Ads on Facebook or Risk Losing the Election - WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/political-reality-buy-ads-on-facebook-or-risk-losing-the-election-1541171620 <https://www.wsj.com/articles/political-reality-buy-ads-on-facebook-or-risk-losing-the-election-1541171620> How Big Oil Dodges Facebook’s New Ad Transparency Rules — ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/how-big-oil-dodges-facebooks-ne <https://www.propublica.org/article/how-big-oil-dodges-facebooks-new-ad-transparency-rules>w-ad-transparency-rules <https://www.propublica.org/article/how-big-oil-dodges-facebooks-new-ad-transparency-rules> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/13/they-dont-care-facebook-fact-checking-in-disarray-as-journalists-push-to-cut-ties <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/13/they-dont-care-facebook-fact-checking-in-disarray-as-journalists-push-to-cut-ties> Sheryl Sandberg’s Campaign https://www.wired.com/story/sheryl-sandberg-facebook-empress-befuddling-dinner/ The War on Sex https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/07/the-internet-war-on-sex-is-here/ <https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/07/the-internet-war-on-sex-is-here/> https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/12/06/facebook-ban-sexual-preferences/ <https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/12/06/facebook-ban-sexual-preferences/> https://www.businessinsider.com/tumblr-alternatives-that-allow-nsfw-2018-12?international=true&r=US&IR=T#dreamwidth-3 <https://www.businessinsider.com/tumblr-alternatives-that-allow-nsfw-2018-12?international=true&r=US&IR=T#dreamwidth-3> Facebook's seized files published by UK MPs https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46456695 <https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46456695> Yellow Jackets and What Happens When Facebook Gets Involved With Local News https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/france-paris-yellow-jackets-facebook <https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/france-paris-yellow-jackets-facebook> From: "Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com <mailto:fredericknoro...@gmail.com> [bytesforall_readers]" Part 1: Is Facebook in India truly independent of political influence? Not really -- it has backed Modi and the BJP (in India) https://www.newsclick.in/part-1-facebook-india-truly-independent-political-influence <https://www.newsclick.in/part-1-facebook-india-truly-independent-political-influence> Part 2: Did Facebook in India help Modi and the BJP, or was it vice versa? https://www.newsclick.in/part-2-did-facebook-india-help-bjp-and-modi-or-was-it-vice-versa <https://www.newsclick.in/part-2-did-facebook-india-help-bjp-and-modi-or-was-it-vice-versa> Part 3: Who were the key players for Facebook's support to Modi and the BJP? https://www.newsclick.in/part-3-who-were-key-players-responsible-facebooks-support-modi-and-bjp <https://www.newsclick.in/part-3-who-were-key-players-responsible-facebooks-support-modi-and-bjp> Scuttlebutt, a decent(ralised) secure gossip platfor (sea-slang for gossip, a watercooler on a ship) https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/ <https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/>
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