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British Member of Parliament publishes 250 pages of damning internal Facebook documents that had been sealed by a US court / Boing Boing
by J.C. DE MARTIN Dec. 5, 2018

Dec. 5, 2018

https://boingboing.net/2018/12/05/last-laugh-on-zuck.html (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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R: European Opensource & Free software Law Event
by Aldo Pedico Dec. 5, 2018

Dec. 5, 2018

Fatto! Da: Tommaso Caldarelli [mailto:tommaso.caldarelli@gmail.com] Inviato: mercoledì 5 dicembre 2018 15:16 A: Aldo Pedico <a.pedico(a)teleion.it> Oggetto: Re: [nexa] European Opensource & Free software Law Event Volentieri! Il sito è qui: http://eolevent.eu/ Stiamo pubblicando degli aggiornamenti sull' evento via Twitter di InnoCube, qui: https://twitter.com/Inno_3?s=09 Grazie Tc Il giorno mer 5 dic 2018, 15:05 Aldo Pedico <a.pedico(a)teleion.it<mailto:a.pedico@teleion.it>> ha scritto: Se sei d’accordo, posso inserire su Linkedin il link del sito ... mandamelo se ti può interessare Aldo Da: nexa [mailto:nexa-bounces@server-nexa.polito.it<mailto:nexa-bounces@server-nexa.polito.it>] Per conto di Tommaso Caldarelli Inviato: lunedì 3 dicembre 2018 14:53 A: Nexa <nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it<mailto:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it>> Oggetto: [nexa] European Opensource & Free software Law Event Cari iscritti buongiorno, sono Tommaso Caldarelli, seguo sempre con piacere le discussioni su Nexa. Questa mail per allegarvi il materiale stampa relativo all'European Opensource & Free software Law Event (Eole 2018) che si terrà mercoledì 5 dicembre a Parigi; l'evento che è stato segnalato in precedenza dall'avv.Ciurcina e che sto sostenendo per comunicazione e diffusione, si occuperà di fare il punto sui processi di conformità e compliance nell'ecosistema FLOSS europeo e, dunque, anche italiano. Vi viene in mente qualche destinatario o rete a cui può essere interessante segnalare l'evento? Il materiale stampa è disponibile anche in inglese. Resto a disposizione per ogni e grazie Tc -- Tommaso Caldarelli 3386765100 [https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-green-avg-v1.png]<http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Mail priva di virus. www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…>

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Gravity Earth is using the blockchain to help refugees gain access to financial services | TechCrunch
by Alberto Cammozzo Dec. 5, 2018

Dec. 5, 2018

Blockchain, dati biometrici, rifugiati e servizi finanziari. Cosa mai può andare storto? <https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/29/gravity-earth/> There’s considerable interest in the way blockchain technology could be used to manage personal data — so-called “self-sovereign ID” — but, to date, there are precious few examples of exactly how it might work. At TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin on the Startup Battlefield stage, Gravity Earth gave insight into how blockchain can be used to help refugees gain access to financial services and other resources to raise their standards of living. The Nairobi-based startup was founded by Johannes Ebert and Paul Langlois-Meurinne. It has developed a platform that allows a person’s digital data to be stored securely on its decentralized platform. That’s a lot of technical terminology, and in practice it translates to helping digitize data that can be used by NGOs who are working at refugee camps with some 80,000 people. In Gravity Earth’s case, it is close to its first deployment at a refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya. The rollout will see Gravity Earth’s solution used to track daily attendance at three schools in the camp, and student’s academic performance. That’ll be based on biometric data, with teachers able to upload performance and test data via a web app. [...]

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Quattro chiacchiere su GDPR e BlockChain
by Matteo G.P. Flora Dec. 5, 2018

Dec. 5, 2018

Carissimi, Visto che è un argomento che interessa molti, volevo condividere con voi una lunga chiacchierata con l’amico Marco Tullio Giordano sul tema delle (in)compatibilità del GDPR con le tecnologie di BlockChain. Lungi dall’essere al livello di approdonimento tipico di questa lista, credo ci possano essere spunti interessanti su cui dibattere (e ovviamente con cui dissentire) ;) #MIC - Matteo Flora e Marco Tullio Giordano parlano di "#BlockChain e #GDPR" https://youtu.be/P71BOs0ixD0 Un caro saluto. M -- Matteo G.P. Flora Founder and CEO at The Fool srl A Via Merano, 16 Milano (MI) M +39.347.9676430 E mf(a)thefool.it W http://thefool.it

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Facebook’s political ad tool let us buy ads “paid for” by Mike Pence and ISIS
by Alberto Cammozzo Dec. 5, 2018

Dec. 5, 2018

<https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/wj9mny/facebooks-political-ad-tool-let-…> Last year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said making political advertising more transparent was one of the most important things the company would do after it was revealed Russians used the platform to attempt to manipulate the 2016 presidential election. But according to a small test run by VICE News, one of the new features Facebook rolled out this year is easily subject to manipulation. In May, Facebook added a mandatory “Paid For” disclosure for every ad that relates to politics or what Facebook calls an “issue of national importance.” The idea is to lift the veil on the kind of inflammatory ads placed by anonymous advertisers that plagued Facebook during the 2016 race. But when VICE News placed ads on behalf of prominent political figures such as Vice President Mike Pence, and Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez, Facebook quickly approved them. We also tried submitting an ad on behalf of “Islamic State,” which was also approved by Facebook. We were able to get Facebook’s approval for political ads that included these names within the Paid For disclosure. 1540484870860-facebook_ads-ad_comparison_02-highlight Using “Hillary Clinton” in the Paid For disclosure was denied by Facebook, but that didn’t prevent us from continuing to place political ads under other false names and bogus PACs. Facebook didn’t explain to VICE News why Hillary Clinton was denied. To be able to submit political ads on Facebook, we were required to submit a valid ID and proof of residence. That means Facebook knew who was behind the ads internally, but externally, Facebook users would see was completely made up Paid For information. After placing the ads, we reached out to Facebook, which said the ads should have never been approved. “Inaccurate disclaimers have no place on Facebook and these ads are no longer running,” said Rob Leathern, who leads Business Integrity product management team at Facebook. “Our goal is to increase transparency on Facebook and prevent foreign interference elections which is why we have implemented the authorization process and released the Ad Archive. Enforcement isn’t perfect - and we won't stop all people trying to game the system - but we have made it much harder and we will continue to improve.” A Facebook spokesperson told VICE News the company is developing closer relationships with election authorities who could flag potentially non-compliant disclaimers. Facebook also said that no foreign advertisers are permitted to place political ads in the U.S., but that didn’t stop VICE News from using exact copies of ads that were run by Russian agents during their 2016 disinformation campaign. Facebook told VICE News that the actual content of these ads did not violate its rules, only the fabricated Paid For disclosures. We made sure the ad that said it was Paid For by Mike Pence, which was approved, actually never actually ran on Facebook. [...]

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The Friendship That Made Google Huge
by gianlucaquaglia＠gmail.com Dec. 4, 2018

Dec. 4, 2018

Annals of Technology December 10, 2018 Issue The Friendship That Made Google Huge Coding together at the same computer, Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat changed the course of the company—and the Internet. [...] continua qui https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/12/10/the-friendship-that-made-goog… --

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Are Google and Facebook really suppressing conservative politics? | Technology | The Guardian
by Alberto Cammozzo Dec. 4, 2018

Dec. 4, 2018

<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/04/google-facebook-anti-con…> In August, Paula Bolyard, a supervising editor at the conservative news outlet PJ Media, published a story reporting that 96% of Google search results for Donald Trump prioritized “left-leaning and anti-Trump media outlets”. Bolyard’s results were generated according to her own admittedly unscientific methodology. She searched for “Trump” in Google’s News tab, and then used a highly questionable media chart that separated outlets into “left” and “right” to tabulate the results. She reported that 96 of 100 results returned were from so-called “left-leaning” news outlets, with 21 of those from CNN alone. Despite this dubious methodology, Bolyard’s statistic spread, and her story was picked up by a Fox Business Network show. [...]

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Blockchain study finds 0.00% success rate and vendors don't call back when asked for evidence
by Giacomo Tesio Dec. 3, 2018

Dec. 3, 2018

Articolo interessante che si conclude con una proposta interessante: > Perhaps technology consultancy and marketing should be as tightly > regulated as financial consultancy, where mis-selling can (in theory) > lead to a lifetime ban from the industry, something the US Securities > and Exchange Commission can do for people who violate securities > law, like Michael Milken. > > Surely if you hype "blockchain" or "artificial intelligence" (this report > details a 95 per cent failure rate at Monsanto) and it was never going to > work well, surely that's indistinguishable from fraud. A graduated series > of penalties ranging from a five-year ban to a lifetime ban could then be > imposed. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/30/blockchain_study_finds_0_per_cent_…

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Quattro chiacchiere su GDPR e BlockChain (Diego Giorio)
by karlessi Dec. 3, 2018

Dec. 3, 2018

Buonasera, mi permetto una precisazione che ritengo fondamentale a proposito dell'origine "politica" della blockchain: > Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 11:33:28 +0000 > From: Diego Giorio <dgiorio(a)hotmail.com> > To: Giacomo Tesio <giacomo(a)tesio.it> > Cc: Nexa <nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it>, "Matteo G.P. Flora" > <mf(a)thefool.it> > Subject: Re: [nexa] Quattro chiacchiere su GDPR e BlockChain > Message-ID: > <DM5PR1301MB20427A825F27417C80A12580BEAE0(a)DM5PR1301MB2042.namprd13.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" [snip] > > D'altra parte la blockchain è stata teorizzata inzialmente in ambito ciberpunk, ovvero in una comunità anarchica, per superare il problema (secondo la loro visione) di un'autorità centrale di controllo. - sì, sicuramente i Cypherpunks (Cypher, non Cyber) teorizzarono nella ml omonima alla fine degli anni Ottanta qualcosa di simile alla blockchain e agli smart contracts, o almeno alla criptomoneta elettronica. I Cypherpunks però NON erano affatto una comunità anarchica, semmai anarco-capitalista. Cioè "libertari di destra" o "anarchici di destra" (espressioni che ritengo prive di significato, ma purtroppo costoro le usano per definirsi da qualche decennio). Non tutti, ma senz'altro i fondatori, tra cui Tim May ed Eric Hugues. In ogni caso, non c'entrano nulla con la tradizione di matrice socialista dell'anarchismo "à la" Proudhon-Bakunin-Kropotkin-Malatesta etc. Cosa ne sia ora di questa ml e se abbia un orientamento politico "anarchico" è un altro discorso > cf. archivi recenti https://lists.cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/ per chi volesse approfondire, con un collega abbiamo scritto un articolo pubblicato su Mondo Digitale N 2 - 2017 (pp. 5 ssg, § 3. Dal cypherpunk a Wikileaks e oltre) http://mondodigitale.aicanet.net/2017-2/articoli/03_Garcia-Milani_MD69.pdf - il cyberpunk è (stato) un fenomeno prevalentemente letterario-artistico-musicale l'anarco-capitalismo è una variante estremista del libertarianesimo (right libertarians), un movimento che negli USA conta un partito politico di riferimento, lobbies e think-tanks (Cato Institute etc.) nota di colore per capire di cosa parliamo: questo è un tipico evento anarco-capitalista: https://anarchapulco.com/ c'è grande confusione sotto il cielo, buona serata k. -- "C.I.R.C.E. - https://circex.org" "tecnologie appropriate - https://alekos.net" GPG keys available via keyservers https://pgp.mit.edu/ Key fingerprint = BDFB 786F 6B35 7EB0 CE48 530C FCF9 E111 3537 3013

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Now you can read the controversial Definers research about George Soros and Facebook
by Matteo Flora Dec. 2, 2018

Dec. 2, 2018

Now you can read the controversial Definers research about George Soros and Facebook https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/01/facebook-definers-george-soros/

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