Accountability
Failures and successes of institutional and governmental accountability.
Collection by Charles Baldwin
The New York Times
Apple Cracks Down on Apps That Fight iPhone Addiction
6 min · · Last year, with much fanfare, the tech giant unveiled a screen-time tracker of its own. Then it quietly began purging competitors from its store. · Shared by 144, including Forbes India, Eric Seufert, Charles Baldwin, Nichole, Oliver Raduner, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Luca M. Sergio, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Thomas Pleil, Nir Eyal, dunschtig, DHH, Azeem Azhar, Brian Solis, Dominik Grolimund
The New York Times
Facebook and Google Don’t Need Your Data to Make Lots of Money
5 min · · The big ad-tech companies know how to sell ads without damaging privacy, but they choose not to. · Shared by 74, including Rick Powell, Mathew Ingram, Gabriel Weinberg, Thomas Power, luis antónio santos, Charles Baldwin
Quartz
Amazon wants to sell “surveillance as a service”
2 min · · Drone-based surveillance is a logical next step for Amazon, which has invested heavily in both parts of that equation. · Shared by 10, including Charles Baldwin, Thomas Power
ZDNET
Ad agency leaks data on US military veterans' combat injuries
3 min · · Florida ad agency leaks the keys to its entire kingdom, including invoices, campaign metrics, and all collected data. · Shared by 7, including Charles Baldwin
The Guardian
Google paid former executive $35m after sexual assault allegation
· Former search executive Amit Singhal was reportedly forced to resign after an employee claimed he groped her at an off-campus event · Shared by 14, including Charles Baldwin
The Guardian
Google rejects plans to fight sexual harassment and boost diversity
1 min · · Board rejects all 13 shareholder proposals to address a range of issues even as workers protest outside event · Shared by 21, including Charles Baldwin
The Atlantic
Instagrammers Are Exploiting the Sudan Crisis
3 min · · The Sudan Meal Project and similar accounts claim to be helping—but they’re just a ploy to get more followers. · Shared by 37, including Charles Baldwin, Dr. Nettra Pan 👁, Mathew Ingram, luis antónio santos, Mark Kaigwa, TaylorLorenz.Substack.com, Amber Mac
MIT Technology Review
Iceland’s data centers are booming—here’s why that’s a problem
5 min · · Iceland's cool climate has helped its data center industry pop. Now only a few things stand in the way of more growth. · Shared by 26, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Charles Baldwin, Esther Schindler
Rolling Stone
'Guats,' 'Tonks' and 'Subhuman Shit': The Shocking Texts of a Border Patrol Agent
6 min · · How an Arizona officer accused of hitting a migrant with his truck could put his agency’s toxic culture on trial · Shared by 20, including Charles Baldwin, Bjorn Larsen
Bloomberg
Bloomberg
· Bloomberg connects decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. Read this story on Bloomberg. · Shared by 9, including Charles Baldwin
Salon
Mitch McConnell and Elaine Chao's empire of corruption: Is this what "normal" looks like, Joe Biden?
4 min · · Joe Biden thinks Republicans "know better." But Mitch McConnell's venality goes back well before Donald Trump · Shared by 8, including Charles Baldwin
The Wall Street Journal
Lyrics Site Genius.com Accuses Google of Lifting Its Content
3 min · · Genius Media Group says Google is lifting and republishing on its own platform the hip-hop and pop music lyrics found on Genius.com, resulting in a drop in traffic for the site. · Shared by 201, including Charles Baldwin, Rand Fishkin, Adam Tinworth, Mac McCann, Oliver Reichenstein, Vincenzo Tremonte, Josep M. Ganyet, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Benedict Evans, Balaji, Tim O'Reilly, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, AJ Kohn
The Guardian
UK rights advocate co-owns firm whose spyware is 'used to target dissidents'
6 min · · Exclusive: Yana Peel co-owns NSO Group that licensed Pegasus software to authoritarian regimes · Shared by 18, including Charles Baldwin, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr
Salon
Ethics expert on Mitch McConnell and Elaine Chao: "We are now a full-fledged banana republic"
1 min · · The couple is in hot water after a report claimed Chao secured $78 million in transportation projects for Kentucky · Shared by 12, including Guy Kawasaki, Charles Baldwin
CNBC
Facebook gets dumped from an S&P index that tracks socially responsible companies
· S&P Dow Jones Indices announced Thursday that the social network no longer will be part of the S&P 500 ESG Index. · Shared by 7, including Charles Baldwin
BuzzFeed News
“Amazon’s Choice” Recommends Some Obviously Crappy Products. Blame The Algorithm.
7 min · · A review of dozens of Amazon’s Choice products by BuzzFeed News found listings with troubling product defects and warnings, as well as review manipulation. · Shared by 18, including Charles Baldwin