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NYT: "Shoshana Zuboff Explains Why You Should Care About Privacy"
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 22, 2021

May 22, 2021

*Shoshana Zuboff Explains Why You Should Care About Privacy* /In a wide-ranging interview, the author of “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism” talks about why people should pay attention to how big tech companies are using their information.// / By Lauren Jackson May 21, 2021 It was a grenade lobbed into the tenuous peace between Apple and Facebook — a software update that explicitly asked iPhone users whether an app should be allowed to track their digital movements across the other apps and sites that they use. Apple pitched the feature, App Tracking Transparency, as a triumph for privacy. But for Facebook, it was an attack striking a key source of revenue: the personal data of its users. The dispute represents a further deterioration in the relations between the two companies and their chief executives, Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook. In a recent episode of The Daily, Mike Issac, a technology correspondent for The New York Times, asked a question at the heart of this conflict: “Do people care about privacy?” The answer, as he explained, will determine the conflict’s trajectory — and the limitations on Big Tech’s power in a largely unregulated, hypercompetitive fight for market dominance. After the episode aired, we called someone who thinks deeply about both privacy and the economic forces behind this competition: Shoshana Zuboff, author of “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.” In the following interview, we ask Ms. Zuboff about the significance of this update in regards to privacy protections long term, the prospect of platform regulation and her vision for a less-extractive digital future. Our conversation has been condensed and lightly edited. [...] continua qui: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/technology/shoshana-zuboff-apple-google-…

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What if Instead of Calling People Out, We Called Them In?
by Giovanni Biscuolo May 22, 2021

May 22, 2021

Buongiorno, un'interessante intervista a Prof. Loretta J. Ross dello Smith College (Northampton, Massachusetts, USA), femminista e attivista per i diritti civili da più di 40 anni e tra i 153 firmatari della famosa (famigerata?) lettera [1] «A Letter on Justice and Open Debate» (aka Harper's Letter). «What if Instead of Calling People Out, We Called Them In?» By Jessica Bennett - Published Nov. 19, 2020 - Updated Feb. 24, 2021 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/style/loretta-ross-smith-college-cancel-… --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- [...] Professor Ross, 67, an unlikely figure in the culture wars. A radical Black feminist who has been doing human rights work for four decades, she was one of the signatories of a widely denounced letter in Harper’s Magazine, for which she herself was called out. “There’s such an irony for being called out for calling out the calling-out culture,” she said. “It really was amusing.” [...] She doesn’t believe people should be publicly shamed for accidentally misgendering a classmate, which she once did, leading to a Title IX complaint that was later dismissed; for sending a stupid tweet they now regret; or for, say, admitting they once liked a piece of pop culture now viewed in a different light, such as “The Cosby Show.” Professor Ross thinks call-out culture has taken conversations that could have once been learning opportunities and turned them into mud wrestling on message boards, YouTube comments, Twitter and at colleges like Smith, where proving one’s commitment to social justice has become something of a varsity sport. “I think this is also related to something I just discovered called doom scrolling,” Professor Ross told the students. “I think we actually sabotage our own happiness with this unrestrained anger. And I have to honestly ask: Why are you making choices to make the world crueler than it needs to be and calling that being ‘woke’?” The antidote to that outrage cycle, Professor Ross believes, is “calling in.” Calling in is like calling out, but done privately and with respect. “It’s a call out done with love,” she said. That may mean simply sending someone a private message, or even ringing them on the telephone (!) to discuss the matter, or simply taking a breath before commenting, screen-shotting or demanding one “do better” without explaining how. Calling out assumes the worst. Calling in involves conversation, compassion and context. It doesn’t mean a person should ignore harm, slight or damage, but nor should she, he or they exaggerate it. “Every time somebody disagrees with me it’s not ‘verbal violence.’” Professor Ross said. “I’m not getting ‘re-raped.’ Overstatement of harm is not helpful when you’re trying to create a culture of compassion.” There was call-out culture when Professor Ross was young. “We called it ‘trashing,’” she said, referring to a term used by Jo Freeman, in an essay in Ms., to describe infighting within the women’s movement. “It used to be you’d be calling someone out to a duel. This is how Alexander Hamilton got shot!” Professor Ross said. “What’s new is the virality and the speed and the anonymity.” [...] The idea of “calling in” occurred to Professor Ross at a speech she was organizing at Smith in 2015 to honor Gloria Steinem. What was up with all the nastiness she saw on Twitter, she asked a young woman. “Oh, you mean ‘calling out’?’’ the woman said. “You-all named it?’” Professor Ross said in surprise. She soon assembled a group of students to practice the techniques of “calling in” and took the message on the road. During quarantine this summer, she began offering an online course called Calling In the Calling Out Culture, and is working on a book of the same name. [...] More troublesome, Professor Ross and others agree, is when small infractions become big infractions; when context gets lost and facts are distorted, or it becomes difficult to discern between the two. “These algorithms can’t distinguish between outrage and shaming that is proportionate and outrage and shaming that is disproportionate to the original transgression,” said Molly Crockett, an assistant professor of psychology at Yale University who studies moral outrage online. Back on her Zoom call, Professor Ross pulled up another slide, this one with a photo of Natalie Wynn, a popular YouTuber who has put together a kind of taxonomy of call-out culture after being “canceled” multiple times. Its characteristics include presumption of guilt (without facts or nuance getting in the way); essentialism (when criticism of bad behavior becomes criticism of a bad person); pseudo-intellectualism (proclaiming one’s moral high ground); unforgivability (no apology is good enough); and, of course, contamination, or guilt by association. [...] Some said later that the prospect of call outs had made them hesitant to speak up or ask questions in classes, or endlessly planning for the arguments that might ensue. [...] What’s the difference between calling in and a regular confrontation? What if calling out in fact is the most effective way to seek progress — as with, say, in the case of a public figure? And when is politely trying to “call in” simply no longer effective? “You can’t be responsible for someone else’s inability to grow,” Professor Ross said. “So take comfort in the fact that you offered a new perspective of information and you did so with love and respect, and then you walk away. “We have a saying in the movement: Some people you can work with and some people you can work around. But the thing that I want to emphasize is that the calling-in practice means you always keep a seat at the table for them if they come back.” --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Lunga vita e prosperità, Giovanni. [1] https://harpers.org/a-letter-on-justice-and-open-debate/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Letter_on_Justice_and_Open_Debate -- Giovanni Biscuolo «Noi, incompetenti come siamo, non abbiamo alcun titolo per suggerire alcunché» Disinformation flourishes because many people care deeply about injustice but very few check the facts. Ask me about <https://stallmansupport.org>. .

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Once Tech’s Favorite Economist, Now a Thorn in Its Side - The New York Times
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 22, 2021

May 22, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/technology/tech-antitrust-paul-romer.html (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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A proposito di "storia"...
by Damiano Verzulli May 22, 2021

May 22, 2021

Ho appena scoperto, grazie ad un amico, questo sito: https://lovelylab.verdebinario.org/ Sfogliare il relativo calendario [1] mi ha istantaneamente fatto pensare al nostro Prof. Meo, l'unico che --per semplici meriti anagrafici-- potrebbe scrivere interi articoli su tutte (o, comunque, molte) delle sue pagine. Bye, DV // classe 1971 [1] https://lovelylab.verdebinario.org/#calendario -- Damiano Verzulli e-mail: damiano(a)verzulli.it --- possible?ok:while(!possible){open_mindedness++} --- "...I realized that free software would not generate the kind of income that was needed. Maybe in USA or Europe, you may be able to get a well paying job as a free software developer, but not here [in Africa]..." -- Guido Sohne - 1973-2008 http://ole.kenic.or.ke/pipermail/skunkworks/2008-April/005989.html

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Lawmakers want to force Big Tech to give researchers more data - Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 21, 2021

May 21, 2021

https://www.protocol.com/policy/social-media-data-act (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Libera il tuo telefono! Mercoledì 19/5 ore 21
by Roberto Resoli May 21, 2021

May 21, 2021

Terzo incontro online a cura di LinuxTrent: https://mobilizon.it/events/58fbff36-fa6c-4510-ba03-ce9db684f1e9 "Una parte sempre maggiore della nostra vita e di noi stessi passa dai dispositivi informatici, e in particolare dal più personale di tutti: il telefono. La possibilità di esercitare un effettivo controllo sul nostro telefono (cosicché possiamo dirlo veramente “nostro”) non è la norma, ma l’eccezione; i dispositivi che utilizziamo sono infarciti di ogni sorta di meccanismi per permettere ad una miriade di soggetti di lucrare sulle nostre informazioni e su quelle delle persone che comunicano con noi. Come non fosse abbastanza, i produttori tendono a fornire aggiornamenti solo per i modelli di punta, abbandonando i più vecchi; in pochi mesi un telefono rischia di trasformarsi in rifiuto speciale. E’ possibile fare qualcosa? .... " rob

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Intelligenza artificiale, il decreto Sostegni bis assegna il centro a Torino
by Mauro Alovisio May 20, 2021

May 20, 2021

Ciao segnalo https://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2021/05/20/news/intelligenza_artificia… Un caro saluto

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Fwd: Free online seminar: Free speech in an age of technology-mediated communication
by Alberto Cammozzo May 20, 2021

May 20, 2021

Viste le attuali accese discussioni in lista questo seminario forse potrà interessare qualcuno. Ciao, Alberto -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Free online seminar: Free speech in an age of technology-mediated communication Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 10:50:03 +0100 From: Alice Butler-Warke <a.butler-warke(a)RGU.AC.UK> Reply-To: Alice Butler-Warke <a.butler-warke(a)RGU.AC.UK> To: SURVEILLANCE(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK ***With apologies for cross-posting*** The following event is happening next week and may be of interest to list members: Free speech in an age of technology-mediated communication Dr Philip Seargeant, Open University 25th May 2021, 6pm BST on Zoom The talk will look at how current and future developments in communications technology are likely to impact the ideals and practicalities around free speech. You can register for a free ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/155516069751 This webinar is part of RGU’s School of Applied Social Studies Community Seminar Series **************************************************** This is a message from the SURVEILLANCE listserv for research and teaching in surveillance studies. To unsubscribe, please send the following message to <LISTSERV(a)jiscmail.ac.uk>: UNSUBSCRIBE SURVEILLANCE For further help, please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help ****************************************************

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Spain approves landmark law recognizing food-delivery riders as employees
by don Luca Peyron May 20, 2021

May 20, 2021

Interessante lettura, dl https://english.elpais.com/economy_and_business/2021-05-12/spain-approves-l… _________________________ don Luca Peyron Direttore Ufficio per la Pastorale Universitaria Arcidiocesi di Torino www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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Re: [nexa] R: Milano, sospeso per un mese il prof che aveva condiviso post sessista...
by MORRIELLO ROSSANA May 20, 2021

May 20, 2021

Buonasera, nessun problema per il doppio invio. ---> "Sono d'accordo che è fuori luogo che un professore (varrebbe anche per un maestro d'asilo) si esprima pubblicamente in quel modo, ma ognuno si esprime come può (e forse Twitter e i social aiutano a "sbacare", boh)." No, chi ha in carico la formazione dei giovani (maestro d'asilo o università) non si "esprime come può". Se non ha gli strumenti per esprimersi in maniera coerente con il proprio ruolo, forse non dovrebbe fare quel lavoro. ---> "La prima domanda domanda è: ritieni che simili esternazioni debbano essere punite come nel caso in oggetto oppure esiste un modo per controbattere, anche con forza e ben organizzati, senza bisogno di censure di tipo sociale, tipo ripercussioni sul proprio impiego, estromissioni da istituzioni o punizioni simili?" Sì, tali esternazioni devono essere punite. All'estero, nelle università britanniche, americane, olandesi, dove il reclutamento dei docenti avviene in altro modo, si può anche essere licenziati per episodi simili. --> "La seconda domanda: ritieni che questo tipo di punizioni riescano a scalfire anche solo minimamente il problema sociale del sessismo e in generale della condizione femminile, anche fosse solo a livello culturale?" Sì, certo, aiutano. Non si può e non si deve passare sopra episodi come questi. Significherebbe legittimare tali atteggiamenti. Buona serata Rossana ________________________________ From: Giovanni Biscuolo Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 6:52 PM To: MORRIELLO ROSSANA; Nexa Subject: Re: [nexa] R: Milano, sospeso per un mese il prof che aveva condiviso post sessista... Buonasera Rossana, non voglio essere invadente inviando anche alla casella personale ma ho due domande, se hai voglia di rispondere: "MORRIELLO ROSSANA" <rossana.morriello(a)polito.it> writes: [...] > Frasi come questa non dovrebbero arrivare da un rappresentante di > un’istituzione universitaria poiché oltretutto sviliscono il ruolo e > l’immagine dell’università, già costantemente sotto attacco. Sono d'accordo che è fuori luogo che un professore (varrebbe anche per un maestro d'asilo) si esprima pubblicamente in quel modo, ma ognuno si esprime come può (e forse Twitter e i social aiutano a "sbacare", boh). La prima domanda domanda è: ritieni che simili esternazioni debbano essere punite come nel caso in oggetto oppure esiste un modo per controbattere, anche con forza e ben organizzati, senza bisogno di censure di tipo sociale, tipo ripercussioni sul proprio impiego, estromissioni da istituzioni o punizioni simili? La seconda domanda: ritieni che questo tipo di punizioni riescano a scalfire anche solo minimamente il problema sociale del sessismo e in generale della condizione femminile, anche fosse solo a livello culturale? Saluti, Giovanni. -- Giovanni Biscuolo «Noi, incompetenti come siamo, non abbiamo alcun titolo per suggerire alcunché» Disinformation flourishes because many people care deeply about injustice but very few check the facts. Ask me about <https://stallmansupport.org>.

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