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Cities collecting data

mercredi 23 janvier 2019 à 01:00

French cities are collaborating with companies to combine data about people from every possible source.

If the GDPR do not prohibit this, they are a joke.

They aim to detect and use "weak signals", which means collecting lots of personal data, looking for barely detectable patterns, and acting on unreliable conclusions.

Facebook and Google supporting campaigns

mercredi 23 janvier 2019 à 01:00

Facebook and Google provide support on contract to specific political campaigns. Given the role they play in communication between citizens, this is a conflict of interest, and should be prohibited.

Laws restricting advocacy

mercredi 23 janvier 2019 à 01:00

Laws whose stated purpose is to restrict advocacy of right-wing extremists end up being used to restrict leftist resistance to plutocracy.

Obesity and sugar

mercredi 23 janvier 2019 à 01:00

George Monbiot discusses evidence that the increase of obesity is the result of eating more sugar.

Department of the Interior

mercredi 23 janvier 2019 à 01:00

The Department of the Interior, suspected of much corruption, has decided to make it harder to find out what it is doing and has done.