[P2P-F] Fwd: Civicist's First Post: Accumulating Data

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Subject: Civicist's First Post: Accumulating Data
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November 9, 2017
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*Micah L. Sifry*

*Accumulating Data*

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   *A rebellion in Facebookistan? Sean Parker,* the ex-founder of Napster
   who guided young *Mark Zuckerberg* through the early days of Facebook,
   tells
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*Mike
   Allen* of Axios that the platform was built by "consciously" "exploiting
   a vulnerability in human psychology" because it was focused on figuring out
   "How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as
   possible?'" Now Parker says he's a conscientious objector from social media
   and worries "what it's doing to our children's brains."
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   It's great to finally get such candor from a Facebook co-founder,
   especially one like Parker who has put a lot of his time and money into
   trying to build platforms for social good like Causes and Brigade. Maybe
   Parker, whose Facebook stock helped make him a billionaire, would like to
   put some money behind an effort to really force Facebook to change?
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   *Related: Jaron Lanier*, one of the pioneers of virtual reality, has a great
   way of explaining
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   why he avoids social media (to *Maureen Dowd *of The New York Times):
   "The popular [platforms] are designed for behavior modification. It’s like,
   why would you go sign up for an evil hypnotist who’s explicitly saying that
   his whole purpose is to get you to do things that people have paid him to
   get you to do, but he won’t tell you who they are?” Don't miss his
   explanation for the internet's obsession with cat videos…
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   If you've ever wondered how Facebook's People You May Know tool
   recommended that you connect with someone who you have an unusual or even
   secret connection to, one the company couldn't possibly have gotten from
   you, read *Kashmir Hill*'s article
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   for Gizmodo on how the social network collects "shadow profile
   information." Even non-users are in there. She writes:

   That accumulation of contact data from hundreds of people means that
   Facebook probably knows every address you’ve ever lived at, every email
   address you’ve ever used, every landline and cell phone number you’ve ever
   been associated with, all of your nicknames, any social network profiles
   associated with you, all your former instant message accounts, and anything
   else someone might have added about you to their phone book. As far as
   Facebook is concerned, none of that even counts as your own information. It
   belongs to the users who’ve uploaded it, and they’re the only ones with any
   control over it.

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   Facebook should spend less time trying to break into China, and more
   time addressing how its rapid spread in countries like Myanmar and Cambodia
   is harming local minority groups and journalism efforts, *Christina
   Larson* writes
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   for Foreign Policy magazine.
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   In Australia, Facebook is piloting an effort in partnership with the
   country's e-safety commissioner, asking its users to send it nude photos of
   themselves so that it can prevent the sharing of revenge porn, *Olivia
   Solon* reports
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   for The Guardian. The company would "hash" the images to prevent any
   unwanted sharing of images that closely match the originals, using a tool
   called PhotoDNA that was originally developed by Microsoft and is now used
   to clamp down on images of sexually abused children.
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   *Election news*: Nineteen Colorado cities and counties voted Tuesday to
   exempt themselves from a state law prohibiting municipal broadband
   services, expanding the total that have rejected the state law (which was
   passed with the backing of the big telcos), *Tamara Chuang* reports
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   for The Denver Post. In Fort Collins, voters also approved a measure that
   will allow the city to issue $150 in securities and debt to pursue the best
   way to offer high speed internet service to its residents.
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   *Twitter agonistes*: A month ago, Twitter CEO *Jack Dorsey* said, yet
   again, that the platform was committed to eliminating hate symbols, violent
   groups and tweets that glorify violence" but Tuesday the company gave
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   white supremacist *Jason Kessler*, the organizer of the August
   Charlottesville hate rally, a verified account. *Monique Judge*, a staff
   writer for the Root, is furious
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   and rightly so.
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   *Opposition watch: Joshua Brustein* reports
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   for Bloomberg on the ACLU's ongoing efforts to build its grassroots
   organizing arm, PeoplePower.org.
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   Writing for PhilanthropyWomen.org, Civic Hall Labs board member *Allison
   Fine* argues
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   that it's time for women to up how they play the game of money, influence
   and power.
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   *Support and wear your values! *Civic Hall organizer-in-residence *Sherry
   Hakimi* has launched GenEquality, her new nonprofit dedicated to
   activating gender equality with and for everyone. To kickstart
their work, get
   a T-Shirt
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   with one of their brilliant slogans; sales are only open for the next two
   weeks.
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   Microsoft Civic Tech Fellow *Briana Vecchione*, a regular here at Civic
   Hall, reflects
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   on the end of her tenure. She's off to get a PhD, with a focus on fairness,
   accountability and transparency in machine learning. Best of luck!
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   *Apply*: The Council of Urban Professionals Fellows Program is looking
   for
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   "purpose-driven professionals of color" to participate in its one-year
   leadership development experience. Deadline is November 12.
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   *Your moment of zen*: Happy Birthday, Carl Sagan!
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