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Understanding and Resisting Big Tech

Dozens of articles shedding information on Big Tech, surveillance capitalism and the dark side of online advertising.

How to guides about how to use technology more mindfully – and not be used by it.

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On Big Tech's sophisticated (and creepy) ad tracking: some harmless and some devastating examples -…

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We’ve grown so accustomed to tailored online advertisements that we don’t question how invasive -…

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We are arguably still in the “Wild West Era” of the Web. The French Government…

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The Realists interviews Justin Hanagan, the author of the brilliant newsletter "Stay Grounded Online" -…

Elena RossiniApril 19, 2024

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Unmasking illusions about Big Tech: on AI hype, hoaxes and privacy violations

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Mass media and advertising are no longer the main illusionists in our culture. WE ARE.…

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A Channel 4 interview with internet pioneer Jaron Lanier, author of "Ten Arguments for Deleting…

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"Melinda Gates's children don't have smartphones and only use a computer in the kitchen. Her…