The Fallacy of Techno-Feudalism

https://petrapalusova.com/articles/tech-platforms-digital-economy-techno-feudalism

#HackerNews #TechnoFeudalism #TechPlatforms #DigitalEconomy #FutureOfWork #Innovation #Disruption

ICYMI: German diplomat warns of tech platforms' role in US constitutional shifts: Confidential diplomatic document reveals concerns over potential changes to media independence and tech sector oversight. https://ppc.land/german-diplomat-warns-of-tech-platforms-role-in-us-constitutional-shifts/ #TechPlatforms #MediaIndependence #Diplomacy #USConstitution #Oversight

ICYMI: German diplomat warns of tech platforms' role in US constitutional shifts https://ppc.land/german-diplomat-warns-of-tech-platforms-role-in-us-constitutional-shifts/ #TechPlatforms #MediaIndependence #Diplomacy #USConstitution #Oversight

German diplomat warns of tech platforms' role in US constitutional shifts https://ppc.land/german-diplomat-warns-of-tech-platforms-role-in-us-constitutional-shifts/ #TechPlatforms #MediaIndependence #USConstitution #DigitalDiplomacy #PrivacyConcerns

German diplomat warns of tech platforms' role in US constitutional shifts: Confidential diplomatic document reveals concerns over potential changes to media independence and tech sector oversight. https://ppc.land/german-diplomat-warns-of-tech-platforms-role-in-us-constitutional-shifts/ #TechPlatforms #MediaIndependence #USConstitution #DigitalDiplomacy #PrivacyConcerns

ICYMI: Swiss media watchdog warns of platform companies' growing power over democracy https://ppc.land/swiss-media-watchdog-warns-of-platform-companies-growing-power-over-democracy/ #MediaWatchdog #TechPlatforms #Democracy #FreedomOfPress #DigitalRegulation

ICYMI: Swiss media watchdog warns of platform companies' growing power over democracy: Federal commission calls for new measures to address market dominance and opinion-shaping influence of tech platforms. https://ppc.land/swiss-media-watchdog-warns-of-platform-companies-growing-power-over-democracy/ #MediaWatchdog #TechPlatforms #Democracy #FreedomOfPress #DigitalRegulation

"The #techplatforms aren’t like the Medici in Florence, or those other rich patrons of the arts. They don’t want to find the next Michelangelo or Mozart. They want to create a world of junkies—because they will be the dealers.

#Addiction is the goal.

They don’t say it openly, but they don’t need to. Just look at what they do.

Everything is designed to lock users into an addictive cycle."

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-state-of-the-culture-2024

Because, of course, the hard facts & reality behind the disastrous #Crowdstrike #ITOutage weren't good enough 🙄
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The trend demonstrates the ability of falsehoods to mutate into #ViralNarratives on #TechPlatforms, which have scaled back #ContentModeration and reinstated accounts that are known purveyors of #misinformation.

#ConspiracyTheories take off after global IT crash
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-07-conspiracy-theories-global.html

The #KnightFirstAmendmentInstitute's research initiative is an important step towards greater understanding of the government's influence on tech platforms. By shedding light on the "jawboning" tactics used, we can work towards ensuring that tech platforms remain free from undue government influence. #TechFreedom #PlatformAccountability #PlatformTransparency #ModerationPolicies #TechPlatforms http://www.techmeme.com/231006/p5#a231006p5

tech goes anti-democratic https://techpolicy.press/platforms-are-abandoning-u-s-democracy/ #USPOL #elections #techplatforms #democracy

TECHNOLOGY. Doctorow in "enshittification" of network-based online business models: https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email (Or why TikTok, Facebook, Google, Twitter start off useful but end up annoying; re: the platform economy's lock-in relations and the incentive to extract surpluses from both buyers and sellers.)

#ecommerce #TechPlatforms #technology #SocialMedia #BusinessModels