Gesellschaft der Zukunft
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Collection by Thomas Pleil
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Digital dystopia: how algorithms punish the poor
5m read · 482 saves · 10/14/19 · Ed Pilkington · In an exclusive global series, the Guardian lays bare the revolution and the wreckage that is engulfing the welfare state…
Opinion | Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy
19m read · Paywall possible · 468 saves · 12/19/19 · What we learned from the spy in your pocket.
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It
14m read · Paywall possible · 423 saves · Jan 18 · Kashmir Hill · A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to…
Can We Have Prosperity Without Growth?
4m read · Paywall possible · 329 saves · Feb 10 · John Cassidy · The critique of economic growth, once a fringe position, is gaining widespread attention in the face of the climate crisis.
Fresh Cambridge Analytica leak ‘shows global manipulation is out of control’
3m read · 310 saves · Jan 04 · Carole Cadwalladr · Company’s work in 68 countries laid bare with release of more than 100,000 documents
Your online activity is now effectively a social ‘credit score’
6m read · 280 saves · Jan 17 · Airbnb is using AI and social 'credit scores' to vet its users... in an Orwellian fashion.
Dressing for the Surveillance Age
5m read · Paywall possible · 198 saves · Mar 16 · John Seabrook · As cities become ever more packed with cameras that always see, public anonymity could disappear. Can stealth streetwear evade electronic…
Carole Cadwalladr: Facebook's role in Brexit
186 saves · 04/16/19 · In an unmissable talk, journalist Carole Cadwalladr digs into one of the most perplexing events in recent times: the UK's…
How YouTube Radicalized Brazil
11m read · Paywall possible · 150 saves · 08/12/19 · YouTube built its business on keeping users hooked. This has been a gift to extremist groups. An investigation in the…
What happened when Oslo decided to make its downtown basically car-free?
3m read · 124 saves · 01/24/19 · It was a huge success: Parking spots are now bike lanes, transit is fast and easy, and the streets (and…