• Cory Doctorow: ‘Technologists have failed to listen to non-technologists’ | Social media | The Guardian

  “One of the problems with The Social Dilemma is that it supposes that tech did what it claims it did – that these are actually such incredible geniuses that they figured out how to use machine learning to control minds. And that’s the problem – the mind control thing they designed to sell you fidget spinners got hijacked to make your uncle racist. But there’s another possibility, which is that their claims are rubbish. They just overpromised in their sales material, and that what actually happened with that growth of monopolies and corruption in the public sphere made people cynical, angry, bitter and violent. In which case the problem isn’t that their tools were misused. The problem is that the structures in which those tools were developed are intrinsically corrupt and corrupting.”

  Tags: ITGS, social media, facebook, surveillance capitalism, trolls, privacy and anonymity

  • – By dr tech

• The wall between what’s private and what’s not is dissolving. Which side am I on? | Chrissy Teigen | The Guardian

  “We live in a performative age. We’re rewarded for revealing our private lives to strangers, for exaggerating our emotions online, for sharing every crisis that happens in our bodies, every thought that passes through our heads. So many of us now depend on the reactions of strangers for our own identity.”

  Tags: ITGS, identity, privacy and anonymity, facebook, performance, social media

  • – By dr tech

• Profile 1: Chloe

  “Welcome, real human
  A troll is a fake social media account, often created to spread misleading information.

  Each of the following 8 profiles include a brief selection of posts from a single social media account. You decide if each is an authentic account or a professional troll. After each profile, you’ll review the signs that can help you determine if it’s a troll or not.”

  Tags: ITGS, troll, social media, ai, bot, people and machines

  • – By dr tech

• Screen time is as addictive as junk food – how do we wean children off? | Social media | The Guardian

  “Some ideas include building mechanisms into devices or platforms that cause them to shut down automatically after two hours, or nudges that make it more difficult to keep spending money in an app. The problem is that tech companies are ruled by a profit model built on capturing more of our attention to sell to advertisers. Designing platforms so they limit the amount of time we spend on social media runs counter to this model.”

  Tags: ITGS, social media, addiction, children, policies and standards, control

  • – By dr tech

• Policy Recommendations: Freedom on the Net 2020 | Freedom House

  “How to foster a reliable and diverse information space, protect human rights from intrusive surveillance, and promote internet freedom.”

  Tags: ITGS, privacy and anonymity, surveillance, freedom, politics and government, policies and standards, globalisation and cultural diversity

  • – By dr tech

• Facebook and Twitter restrict controversial New York Post story on Joe Biden | Facebook | The Guardian

  “Facebook and Twitter took steps on Wednesday to limit the spread of a controversial New York Post article critical of Joe Biden, sparking outrage among conservatives and stoking debate over how social media platforms should tackle misinformation ahead of the US election”

  Tags: ITGS, social media, misinformation, fake news, facebook, politics and government

  • – By dr tech

• ‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI | News | The Guardian

  “Autonomous machines capable of deadly force are increasingly prevalent in modern warfare, despite numerous ethical concerns. Is there anything we can do to halt the advance of the killer robots?”

  Tags: ITGS, ai, autonomous, military, machines, politics and government, people and machines

  • – By dr tech

• Chess’s cheating crisis: ‘paranoia has become the culture’ | Sport | The Guardian

  “Chess has enjoyed a huge boom in internet play this year as in-person events have moved online and people stuck at home have sought new hobbies. But with that has come a significant new problem: a rise in the use of powerful chess calculators to cheat on a scale reminiscent of the scandals that have dogged cycling and athletics. One leading ‘chess detective’ said that the pandemic was “without doubt creating a crisis”.”

  Tags: ITGS, cheating, chess, internet, people and machines

  • – By dr tech

• Overzealous profanity filter bans paleontologists from talking about bones | Science | The Guardian

  “Participants in a virtual paleontology session found themselves caught between a rock and a hard place last week, when a profanity filter prevented them from using certain words – such as bone, pubic, stream and, er, beaver – during an online conference.”

  Tags: ITGS, censorship, filter, ai, blacklist, education, policies and standards

  • – By dr tech

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