Accountability
Failures and successes of institutional and governmental accountability.
Collection by Charles Baldwin
Vox
The rise of fear-based social media like Nextdoor, Citizen, and now Amazon’s Neighbors
9 min · · Why people are socializing more about crime even as it becomes rarer. · Shared by 64, including Ricky Yean, fernand0, Marsha Collier, Mathew Ingram, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Bill Johnston, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Sachin Rekhi
The New York Times
Google relies on growing underclass: Temps who outnumber full-timers
6 min · · Though they often work side by side with full-timers, Google temps are usually employed by outside agencies and make less money, have different benefits plans and have no paid vacation time in the… · Shared by 62, including Steven Sinofsky, Charles Baldwin, Craig Brown, PhD, DHH, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Forbes India, Benedict Evans
BuzzFeed News
YouTube’s Newest Far-Right, Foul-Mouthed, Red-Pilling Star Is A 14-Year-Old Girl
6 min · · Shared by 62, including Mathew Ingram, Charles Baldwin, Rand Fishkin, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Bjorn Larsen, Liliane Ferrari ™
VANITY FAIR
“He’s Full of Shit”: How Elon Musk Gambled Tesla to Save SolarCity
2 min · · The controversy over SolarCity, which has dovetailed with questions about Musk’s mountain of debt and profit shortfalls, offers a window into the mindset of America’s most outlandish CEO. · Shared by 60, including Charles Baldwin, Paul Kedrosky, Josh Wolfe, OM
TechCrunch
Tech giants offer empty apologies because users can’t quit
8 min · · A true apology consists of a sincere acknowledgement of wrong-doing, a show of empathic remorse for why you wronged and the harm it caused, and a promise of restitution by improving ones actions to… · Shared by 59, including Amber Mac, Florian Hanke 🍎, Jochen Burkhard, JD Prater, Ian M Calvert, Thomas Power, Dominik Grolimund, Brian Solis
The Atlantic
Tech Companies Are Deleting Evidence of War Crimes
8 min · · Algorithms that take down “terrorist” videos could hamstring efforts to bring human-rights abusers to justice. · Shared by 58, including Dez S. Papp, Esther Schindler, Mark Kaigwa, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Mathew Ingram, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
Foreign Policy
What Actually Happens When a Country Bans Abortion
5 min · · Romania under Ceausescu created a dystopian horror of overcrowded, filthy orphanages, and thousands died from back-alley abortions. · Shared by 53, including Charles Baldwin, Peter Kazanjy, Scott Galloway, MichelleRobbins, Guy Kawasaki
VICE
Google’s Jigsaw Was Supposed to Save the Internet. Behind the Scenes, It Became a Toxic Mess
16+ min · · Google’s internet freedom moonshot has gotten glowing attention for its ambitious projects. But current and former employees, leaked documents, and internal messages reveal a grim reality. · Shared by 51, including Charles Baldwin, Bjorn Larsen, Jeff Atwood, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Mathew Ingram
TechCrunch
Stop saying, “We take your privacy and security seriously”
2 min · · In my years covering cybersecurity, there’s one variation of the same lie that floats above the rest. “We take your privacy and security seriously.” You might have heard the phrase here and there.… · Shared by 51, including Adrienne Fichter, Ralph Hutter, Oliver Raduner, Mark Kaigwa, Fern, Charles Baldwin, Marsha Collier, 𝚃𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝙷𝚊𝚢𝚍𝚎𝚗
CNBC
Facebook uses its apps to track users it thinks could threaten employees and offices
7 min · · Facebook security monitors users who have made aggressive comments, as well as former employees, through a "be on lookout" or "BOLO" list. It can use its apps and web sites to track the location of… · Shared by 51, including Charles Baldwin, DHH
The Washington Post
Opinion | Mitch McConnell is a Russian asset
4 min · · By blocking election security bill after bill, he is aiding and abetting Putin’s dismantling of Americans’ self-governance. · Shared by 49, including Nicholas C. Zakas, Tim O'Reilly, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Barbra Streisand, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Hugh Howey, Charles Baldwin, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈, Jeremiah 𝕏
The New York Times
Russian 2016 Influence Operation Targeted African-Americans on Social Media
10 min · · Two reports commissioned by the Senate Intelligence Committee take a deeper look at the fake social media accounts used by Russia in the American election. · Shared by 48, including Klaus Eck, Charles Baldwin, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Mathew Ingram
The Intercept
How U.S. Tech Giants Are Helping to Build China’s Surveillance State
7 min · · A nonprofit led by Google and IBM executives is working with Semptian, whose technology is monitoring the internet activity of 200 million people in China. · Shared by 47, including Rick Powell, Mark Kaigwa, Claudia Sommer, Luca Like, Charles Baldwin
The New Republic
Facebook Betrayed America
4 min · · Mark Zuckerberg promised Congress he would combat the spread of conspiracy theories—while his company was doing the opposite. · Shared by 45, including Bjorn Larsen, Dominik Grolimund, hernannadal, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Brian Solis, Charles Baldwin
Bloomberg CityLab
The Worst Thing About Hudson Yards Isn't the Architecture
8 min · · Manhattan’s luxury mega-project was financed in part by an investor visa program that was intended to help rural and distressed urban neighborhoods. · Shared by 44, including Liv 😷, Mark Byrnes, Scott Williams, Charles Baldwin, Strong Towns, Trey Tweets Into the Void
Motherboard
It's Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real
4 min · · Network investment is down, layoffs abound, and networks are falling apart. This isn’t the glorious future Ajit Pai promised. · Shared by 43, including Charles Baldwin, Brian Solis, Rand Fishkin