May 2025 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

Paper: "State, platform capitalism and infrastructural power: Microsoft's data centres in Greece 2.0"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

*State, platform capitalism and infrastructural power: Microsoft's data centres in Greece 2.0* Charis Papaevangelou et al. *Abstract* This article examines the under-explored role of the state in enabling platform capitalism by analysing Microsoft's infrastructural investment in Greece, as part of the country's post-pandemic ‘National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Greece 2.0’. While much of the critical literature emphasises platform companies’ control over infrastructure and data, we argue that state facilitation is a crucial component of platform capital accumulation. Through a case study of Microsoft's construction of three data centres in the region of Attica, we show how the Greek state actively facilitated this investment, framing it as a driver of modernisation and economic recovery. We base our study on a comprehensive document analysis of official communications, regulatory frameworks and legal documents. This involvement exemplifies how semi-peripheral states like Greece, shaped by neoliberal restructuring and economic dependence, contribute to consolidating the power of tech corporations, often at the expense of local communities and the environment. By integrating theories of state capitalism and techno-colonialism with critical platform scholarship, this article contributes to a deeper understanding of the political economy of platform capitalism, revealing the symbiotic yet exploitative nature of state-tech partnerships and urging a re-centring of the state's role in facilitating corporate dominance over digital infrastructures and global platform capitalism. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/29768624251323325

May 16, 2025

Bevins, "Nostalgia for 2021"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

*Nostalgia for 2021 */Missing (2023) — Directed by Will Merrick and Nicholas D. Johnson / Vincent Bevins 15 May 2025 When did Google stop working? Was it this year? Maybe, a few years ago? Or maybe it never actually worked, and I am just remembering the years of my youth as I wish that I had lived them? I know what I am supposed to do: I ask Google Gemini. [...] continua qui: https://www.northsouthnotes.org/p/nostalgia-for-2021

May 16, 2025

CfP - Big Tech in Global Security Governance, Internet Policy Review

by Francesca Musiani

Cari colleghi e care colleghe, ancora una prima riga in italiano seguita da un annuncio in inglese :) We are pleased to share with you a call for papers for a thematic issue of the Internet Policy Review entitled "Big Tech in Global Security Governance," scheduled for the third quarter of 2026. You can find all the details and the text of the call here: https://policyreview.info/events/call-papers-big-tech-global-security-gover… The themes are: Big Tech in International Relations Big Tech in the Global Landscape of Trust & Safety Big Tech as Arbiters in the Field of Security A variety of perspectives are relevant to addressing these themes, and proposals for contributions from the following disciplines are particularly welcome: information and communication studies, international relations, political science, media studies, security studies, STS, and political economy. Reflections on the methodological challenges associated with research on these topics are encouraged. 400-word proposals (in English) are due by September 21st to bigtechinsec(a)protonmail.com. Responses will be sent by December 15th, and full texts should be submitted by March 15th, 2026. Best regards, Marguerite Borelli Ksenia Ermoshina Francesca Musiani Gulnara Zakharova -- Francesca Musiani, Ph.D. Directrice de recherche | Research Professor, CNRS <http://www.cnrs.fr> Directrice | Director, Centre Internet et Société <https://cis.cnrs.fr/> (UPR 2000 CNRS) Directrice adjointe | Deputy Director, GDR Internet, IA et Société <https://cis.cnrs.fr/presentation-gdr/> (GDR 2091 CNRS) I'm also associated with: i3-CSI <http://www.csi.ensmp.fr/>, MINES ParisTech | Internet Governance Lab <https://internetgovernancelab.org>, American University I co-lead projects: DIGISOV <https://digisov.org> | TIGre <https://netgouv.hypotheses.org/projet-technologie-internet-et-gouvernance-t…> I help co-editing: Internet Policy Review <https://policyreview.info> | RESET <https://journals.openedition.org/reset/> I'm an advisor for: ISOC France <https://www.isoc.fr> | ANSSI <https://www.ssi.gouv.fr/agence/rayonnement-scientifique/conseil-scientifiqu…> | IAMCR <https://iamcr.org/governance/int-council> I'm here on the Web (FR <https://cis.cnrs.fr/francesca-musiani/> | EN <https://cis.cnrs.fr/en/francesca_musiani/>), including my publications.

May 15, 2025

Re: [nexa] EU ruling: tracking-based advertising by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, across Europe has no legal basis

by Roberto Resoli

Il 15/05/25 11:54, Stefano Quintarelli via nexa ha scritto: > ma non dovrebbe essere competente l'irlanda ? Se non ho capito male, la causa è nei confonti di IAB, che ha sede in Belgio Dalla sentenza (traduzione automatica - attenzione - diffusa da Johnny Ryan https://www.iccl.ie/staff/dr-johnny-ryan/ ): https://www.iccl.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Arrest-Marktenhof-14-05-2025… > IAB Europe is a Belgian-based international non-profit association representing companies in the > digital advertising and marketing sector at the European level. ... > On 14/05/25 22:10, Giacomo Tesio wrote: >> Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, and the entire tracking-based advertising >> industry rely on the “Transparency & Consent Framework” (TCF) to >> obtain “consent” for data processing. >> This evening the Belgian Court of Appeal ruled that the TCF is illegal. >> The TCF is live on 80% of the Internet. >> [...] rob

May 15, 2025

Peace and Stability in the Age of Militarized AI and Cyber-conflicts: New Challenges and Risks - 63rd ISODARCO Course

by diego latella

Car* Collegh*, All'URL https://www.isodarco.it/63rd-isodarco-course/preliminary-detailed-program/ e' disponibile il programma preliminare del 63mo corso dell'International School On Disarmament And Research On Conflicts, organizzato da G. P. Siroli, G. Tamburrini e il sottoscritto. Penso che il corso possa essere di interesse per vostr* dottorand* e giovani ricercatrici/ricercatori (e forse anche meno giovani). Abbiamo ancora posti liberi (e registriamo una cerca carenza di presenze italiane ...) Per tutte le informazioni rimando al sito del corso: https://www.isodarco.it/63rd-isodarco-course/ Buona giornata DL -- Dott. Diego Latella - Formerly Senior Researcher with CNR/ISTI - Now retired

May 15, 2025

Re: [nexa] EU ruling: tracking-based advertising by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, across Europe has no legal basis

by Stefano Quintarelli

ma non dovrebbe essere competente l'irlanda ? On 14/05/25 22:10, Giacomo Tesio wrote: > Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, and the entire tracking-based advertising > industry rely on the “Transparency & Consent Framework” (TCF) to > obtain “consent” for data processing. > This evening the Belgian Court of Appeal ruled that the TCF is illegal. > The TCF is live on 80% of the Internet. > [...] > > Dr Johnny Ryan said "Today's court's decision shows that the consent > system used by Google, Amazon, X, Microsoft, deceives hundreds of > millions of Europeans. The tech industry has sought to hide its vast data > breach behind sham consent popups. > Tech companies turned the GDPR into a daily nuisance rather than a shield > for people." > > [...] > > Today’s judgement confirms the Belgian Data Protection Authority’s 2022 decision. > It applies immediately across Europe. > > <https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/eu-ruling-tracking-based-advertising-by-go…> -- You can reach me on Signal: @quinta.01 (no Whatsapp, no Telegram)

May 15, 2025

Re: [nexa] un po meno di bla bla

by Juan Carlos Gentile Fag�ndez

On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 12:33:14PM +0200, 380° wrote: > On mer, mag 14 2025, Juan Carlos Gentile Fag�ndez via nexa wrote: > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NoWKb9a78Q > > Si intitola «Tutto quello che so sulla Palestina, sull'amore.. e sul > sionismo» > > Grazie mille per averlo segnalato! > > Ovviamente /sembra/ completamente OT in questa lista... ma anche no. > > Eh sì, lo "strumento" è proprio la "destabilizzazione empatica", che è > sinonimo di "karmageddon": > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > > Man-made virus, watch the millions die > Biggest profit of their lives > Here's inflation, that's your prize > This is Karmageddon > Turn on the news and eat their lies > Kim or Kanye? Pick a side > Cancel culture, what a vibe > This is Karmageddon > > Corporations swear they never lie > Politicians bribed for life > More than war, it's genocide > This is Karmageddon > Welcome to the chaos of the times > If you go left and I go right > Pray we make it out alive > This is Karmageddon > > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y29kmnhjtc8 > > ...pray we make it out alive, 380° > > P.S.: comunque c'è "bla bla bla" e "bla bla bla", va riconosciuto. Voglio chiarire che quando dico “bla bla” non mi riferisco al video, e penso che qualsiasi altro messaggio (molto comune) diventi un totale bla bla accanto alla criminalità genocida del governo di merda di Netaniahu. Am besten. jc 2ndo.... forse. > > -- > 380° (lost in /traslation/) > > «Welcome to the chaos of the times > If you go left and I go right > Pray we make it out alive > This is Karmageddon» -- _____________________________________ / < nobse> bleh... last night I had a \ | dream... someone NMU'ed vim... | | | | nightmare | | | \ -- in #debian-devel / ------------------------------------- \ \ ,__, | | (oo)\| |___ (__)\| | )\_ | |_w | \ | | || * Cower.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- In support of Richard Stallman, Normalizing Truth, Reason, Dialogue: https://stallmansupport.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.hipatia.net - wiki.hipatia.net xmpp: jucar at hipatia.net friends: stallman.org - Frangar, non flectar - Homo mundus minor - gutta cavat lapidem Karmanyaevaadhikaarasthe ma phaleshu kadachana Fingerprint: 7464 DDDE 9D5D 3B6C CBF9 7699 A021 CE74 EA7A D95A Public key 0xa021ce74ea7ad95a at pgp.mit.edu keys.openpgp.org -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

May 15, 2025

EU ruling: tracking-based advertising by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, across Europe has no legal basis

by Giacomo Tesio

Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, and the entire tracking-based advertising industry rely on the “Transparency & Consent Framework” (TCF) to obtain “consent” for data processing. This evening the Belgian Court of Appeal ruled that the TCF is illegal. The TCF is live on 80% of the Internet. [...] Dr Johnny Ryan said "Today's court's decision shows that the consent system used by Google, Amazon, X, Microsoft, deceives hundreds of millions of Europeans. The tech industry has sought to hide its vast data breach behind sham consent popups. Tech companies turned the GDPR into a daily nuisance rather than a shield for people." [...] Today’s judgement confirms the Belgian Data Protection Authority’s 2022 decision. It applies immediately across Europe. <https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/eu-ruling-tracking-based-advertising-by-go…>

May 14, 2025

Re: [nexa] Osservatorio Nessuno

by Stefano Zacchiroli

On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 06:51:52PM +0200, Osservatorio Nessuno via nexa wrote: > Ciao! Siamo in mezzo a voi... Ciao, brave e bravi! Sono stato qui in Francia tra i fondatori dell'associazione Nos Oignons nel 2012 https://nos-oignons.net/ , che mi pare abbia come scopo sociale lo stesso vostro. Non vi conoscevo prima d'ora, ma sono lieto di scoprirvi grazie a questa segnalazione sulla lista. Buon lavoro e a presto! -- Stefano Zacchiroli . zack(a)upsilon.cc . https://upsilon.cc/zack _. ^ ._ Full professor of Computer Science o o o \/|V|\/ Télécom Paris, Polytechnic Institute of Paris o o o </> <\> Co-founder & CSO Software Heritage o o o o /\|^|/\ Mastodon: https://mastodon.xyz/@zacchiro '" V "'

May 14, 2025

Re: [nexa] Osservatorio Nessuno

by Osservatorio Nessuno

On 5/13/25 2:59 PM, Roberto Resoli wrote: > Magari scopro l'acqua calda (specie per chi è di Torino), ma: > Ciao! Siamo in mezzo a voi... Forse qualcuno e' incappato nella nostra presentazione al linux day, ma da qualche tempo ne combiniamo di ogni a Torino e dintorni. Ci siamo occupati principalmente di sviluppare la nostra infrastruttura [1] per server Tor in una sedicente cantina di parella [2]. Facciamo anche ricerca e ci e' capitato di mettere le mani su alcuni strumenti interessanti [3] e di contribuire ad alcune inchieste [4]. Attualmente abbiamo tanti progetti sul fuoco e spero nel prossimo futuro di avere l'occasione di condividerli in lista e magari ad un Mercoledi' del nexa! Per chi fosse particolarmente curios* faremo una presentazione durante il corso di "Etica, Società e Privacy" Giovedì 22 Maggio, dalle 9 alle 11 al Dipartimento di Informatica (Aula F). saluti g [1]: https://osservatorionessuno.org/it/blog/2025/05/patela-una-cantina-piena-di… [2]: https://osservatorionessuno.org/it/blog/2024/12/come-fare-bgp-dalla-tua-can… [3]: https://osservatorionessuno.org/it/blog/2025/03/qualche-informazione-su-cel… [4]: https://osservatorionessuno.org/it/blog/2024/11/irpimedia-e-osservatorio-ne… > https://osservatorionessuno.org/it/associazione/ >> Osservatorio Nessuno è un’Organizzazione di Volontariato (OdV), >> apartitica, aconfessionale, con struttura democratica e senza scopo di >> lucro. >> Nata dall’esigenza di aumentare il numero di exit node Tor sul >> territorio italiano, l’associazione ha progressivamente ampliato il >> proprio ambito d’azione, occupandosi di privacy, anonimato, e dei >> diritti digitali in rete, attraverso attività di divulgazione e >> supporto tecnico. >> >> Osservatorio Nessuno si prefigge i seguenti obiettivi: >> >> Tutelare la privacy e l’anonimato, anche attraverso il supporto >> allo sviluppo e alla manutenzione di progetti esistenti; >> Difendere la libertà di informazione, espressione e comunicazione >> sulle reti telematiche; >> Promuovere la consapevolezza sui diritti digitali e l’uso critico >> degli strumenti tecnologici; >> Analizzare la sicurezza di dispositivi e tecnologie digitali; >> Fornire supporto tecnico a persone esposte al rischio di >> violazioni dei propri diritti. >> > > rob

May 14, 2025