Here’s a story that’s received too little attention recently (via MintPress News): The social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) is working with an Israeli tech firm to verify BlueTick subscribers, raising suspicions that personal data could fall into the hands of the Israeli government or private sector, both of whom have a long…
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Elon Musk and Israeli firm AU10TIX
The US-based Institute for Public Accuracy, a think-tank dedicated to widening information in the mainstream media, just released this press release: ANTONY LOEWENSTEIN, an independent journalist and filmmaker based in Australia, is author of the recently released book The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World. He said today: “If…
Understanding the mega-rich mindset
My book review is published today in The Saturday Paper: Douglas Rushkoff Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires How will the world end? If you’re a tech billionaire, you’re likely already imagining the grisly final act. When American Marxist media theorist, graphic novelist and early cyberpunk embracer Douglas Rushkoff is invited…