<billions> ***SPAM*** links from the past two-ish weeks.

[Sam de Silva]

Hi there,

Musk continues to upset people like us - the good guys. But there’s other things happening in the internet world and here’s a sample from the past 2-ish weeks. 

Feedback welcome. Contributions welcome. Thanks, Sam.



A Hacked Newsroom Brings a Spyware Maker to U.S. Court <https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/a-hacked-newsroom-brings-a-spyware-maker-to-us-court-pegasus> - The New Yorker - 30 Nov 2022 - When Roman Gressier, an American reporter working in El Salvador, found out that he and his colleagues were being surveilled, he feared persecution and worried for his sources’ safety.

How Chinese influencers are dodging YouTube’s anti-propaganda rules <https://restofworld.org/2022/chinese-influencers-youtube-propaganda/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email> - Rest of World - 30 Nov 2022 - Content from tense frontiers like Xinjiang is being swamped by a litany of rural scenery and delicious food. 

Extinction Internet: Our Inconvenient Truth Moment <https://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/extinction-internet/> - INC - 24 Nov 2022 - Extinction Internet marks the end of an era of possibilities and speculations, when adaptation is no longer an option. 

Datafying Islamophobia in Catalonia <https://points.datasociety.net/datafying-islamophobia-in-catalonia-b1a87f869cab> - Data&Society - 24 Nov 2022 - Entire Muslim communities are targeted and surveilled by an expanding “preventive” sociotechnical system

The Whiteness of Mastodon <https://techpolicy.press/the-whiteness-of-mastodon/> - Tech Policy News - 23 Nov 2022 - Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter is not going well. And yet many have the real sense that something important may be lost if the platform collapses; or if there is a substantial migration away from it to alternatives like Mastodon...

Tech Layoff Tracker <https://www.trueup.io/layoffs> - Report - Stay up-to-date on the latest layoffs across big tech, tech unicorns, and top startups...

Key facts about Truth Social as Donald Trump runs for U.S. president again <https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/11/18/key-facts-about-truth-social-as-donald-trump-runs-for-u-s-president-again/> - Pew Research - 18 Nov 2022

Social media trends 2023 <https://www.adnews.com.au/news/social-media-trends-2023> - Adnews - 16 Nov 2022

Is this the end of the cushy Big Tech job? <https://www.protocol.com/workplace/cushy-tech-job> - Protocol - 12 Nov 2022 - Silicon Valley will likely see a culture shift after all the carnage at Twitter, Meta, and elsewhere, but it won’t be a long-term switch.

How Big Dairy Infiltrated TikTok <https://sentientmedia.org/big-dairy-on-tik-tok/> - Sentient Media - 15 Nov 2022 - 



 
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