“Thanks to CJR, we see yet another effort by Facebook to compete with Substack and capture new users by offering a “free” service! Let’s hear from Tristan Harris and Roger MacAfree on this! ~Hazel Henderson, Editor“ Facebook launches Bulletin, its Substack challenger By Mathew Ingram Three months ago, Facebook announced that …
“Evolving Info-Structure in Our Information Age” by Hazel Henderson
© Hazel Henderson 2021 All nations evolve their infrastructure along with their peoples’ knowledge and technologies. From our distant past as small bands of nomadic hunter-gatherers, we learned the use of fire to smelt iron and tin — progressing from the Iron Age to the Bronze Age. We learned to …
Tristan Harris Testimony in Washington
“We at Ethical markets Media fully support Tristan Harris and the Center for Humane Technology and offer our own 5 steps for immediate reforms of social media giants in our “Steering Social Media Toward Sanity“ , www.ethicalmarkets.com. We also support the re-funding of the US Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) on which I served as …
What should we do about the algorithmic amplification of disinformation?
“Ethical Markets recommends this round-up of articles by the Columbia Journalism Review on the need to address the weaponizing of algorithms on social media platforms, to addict users though “engagement” and “recommendation”, which work to rapidly circulate falsehoods, conspiracy theories, death threats, hate speech — all to drive profits in …
Can AI algorithms ever be ethical?
Science & Technology The perils of cyberspace and social media 4 FEBRUARY 2021, HAZEL HENDERSON People all over the world, over 4 billion now online, have now woken up to the perils of cyberspace and social media. Can we learn to steer these powers of persuasion and decode the propaganda …
Mobilising for Privacy & Data Protection GDPR
At the GDPR Institut, we recognize that COVID 19 has changed the way you do business. More than ever, you need to utilize the right expertise and deploy the best tools to ensure your privacy strategy is effective. In a recent BrightTALK webinar, Mobilising for Privacy & Data Protection GDPR, …
“MARKETS’ GROWING PROBLEM TWINS: ADVERTISING and TRADING“
©2019 Hazel Henderson Markets are ubiquitous in all human societies. Since earliest times, when they were conducted using shells, wampum, cattle, or in rituals and potlatches, markets evolved using metal coins, silver and gold, then paper, government-issued fiat and now morphing into today’s crypto currencies. Today, two familiar offspring of markets: advertising and trading have …
Mark Zuckerberg *is* an arbiter of truth—whether he likes it or not
Who would have thought that things would get so bad we’d forget about Covid? But Covid hasn’t forgotten about us. Keep washing your hands. The Plain View Mark Zuckerberg has long said he doesn’t want to be the arbiter of truth. You don’t want me to be a censor for …
Facebook and Amazon Shareholder Votes Reflect Concern Over Governance, Political Advertising, Surveillance and Civil Rights
“Ethical Markets highly recommends this kind of incisive reporting from OPEN MIKE , bringing greater transparency and responsibility to social media giants, in this case FACEBOOK and AMAZON reports from their shareholders. Important reading! ~Hazel Henderson, Editor“ Facebook and Amazon Shareholder Votes Reflect Concern Over Governance, Political Advertising, Surveillance and …
Hacking Connected Cars/Irish Tech News Newsletter
HACKING CONNECTED CARS: TACTICS, TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES, REVIEWED SIMON COCKING MAY 22, 2020 By Simon Cocking, review of Hacking Connected Cars: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures ISBN: 9781119491804 published April 2020, in paperback and ebook, priced £37.99, see more here A field manual on contextualizing cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and risks to connected cars through penetration …