Notices tagged with internet

#Internet disrupted in #Iran amid fuel protests in multiple cities https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-fuel-protests-in-multiple-cities-pA25L18b #netblocks

● NEWS ● #in #india ☞ Say bye to #internet #censorship in India, #China with this new AI tool https://www.ibtimes.co.in/say-bye-internet-censorship-india-china-this-new-ai-tool-808692

Well stated https://twitter.com/aral/status/1195284516174278656 #www #internet #drm #surveillance #vendorcapture (W3C)

● NEWS ● The Case for #Internet Access as a Human Right https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3kxmm5/the-case-for-internet-access-as-a-human-right

https://twitter.com/paulmasonnews/status/1195266359317454848

#Internet #PrivatisationFail #Broadband #CommonOwnership #PeopleNotProfits

● NEWS ● #internet #broadband #lobbying ☞ States Are Being Conned By #Lobbyists Into Backing Off The #TMobile Merger Lawsuit https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191112/09280043370/states-are-being-conned-lobbyists-into-backing-off-t-mobile-merger-lawsuit.shtml

● NEWS ● #russia ☞ Russian ‘business patriotism’ group wants government registration for all #Internet users https://meduza.io/en/news/2019/11/12/russian-business-patriotism-group-wants-government-registration-for-all-internet-users

● NEWS ● #EFF Urges Court to Reconsider Decision That Harms #Internet Users’ Ability to Protect Themselves Online https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/11/eff-urges-court-reconsider-decision-harms-internet-users-ability-protect

Voters ‘Used as Lab Rats’ in Political Facebook Adverts, Warn Analysts

Appear benign but it can have negative consequences

The three main political parties in England and Wales are using Facebook audiences “as lab rats in a giant experiment”, according to the first detailed analysis of online advertising during a UK election.

Campaign group Who Targets Me?, which was established to monitor online political ads, has been examining how parties used Facebook before the election was called and in the first week of the campaign. It has found all three parties trialling subtly different messages, images and even colours as they seek to learn what resonates with voters.

“This election will be fought online. Millions will be spent by all parties on ‘untransparent’, highly targeted Facebook ads,” said Sam Jeffers, the co-founder of Who Targets Me? “Most of us know nothing about who is targeting us and how, or what impact this will have on politics and society. We urgently need more transparency.”

The process might appear benign, he warned, but it can have negative consequences. “This allows you to find the most effective negative message about a politician and then send it explicitly to whomever it will reverberate with the most,” he said. “It is hypercharging negative politics.”

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/09/facebook-voters-used-as-lab-rats-targeted-political-advertising

#BrokenDemocracy #GeneralElection2019 GE2019 #propaganda #adverts #Facebook #advertising #marketing #ElectoralLaw #SocialMedia #manipulation #negative #politics #political #BigData #Internet #Online #FairVotes #ProportionalRepresentation

● NEWS ● #censorship #gop #satire ☞ DevinNunes Demands Satirical #Internet Cow Stop Making Fun Of Him... Or Else https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191105/17362043335/devin-nunes-demands-satirical-internet-cow-stop-making-fun-him-else.shtml