You can see @aral give the closing keynote at Le Grand Barouf Numérique in Lille on 21st March:

https://www.legrandbarouf.fr/le-grand-barouf

‘Facebook labelled 'digital gangsters' by [UK] report on fake news’

“Facebook deliberately broke privacy and competition law and should urgently be subject to statutory regulation, according to a devastating parliamentary report denouncing the company and its executives as ‘digital gangsters’.”

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/18/facebook-fake-news-investigation-report-regulation-privacy-law-dcms

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/facebook-labelled-digital-gangsters-by-report-on-fake-news/2598

‘In healthcare, better data demands better privacy protections’

“How can we explain what is going on here? One possibility is that startup nation advocates pushed hard to ratify the plan as soon as possible, because of its contribution to innovation; these advocates view considerations of privacy as obstacles.”

https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/12/medical-database-privacy/

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/in-healthcare-better-data-demands-better-privacy-protections/2590

Folks in Cologne/Germany: @aral and I (@laura) will be giving a rare keynote together for Think About! conference on 23rd-24th May 2019. It looks like a great event, and we’d love to meet you there.

https://think-about.io/en/

‘This early GDPR adtech strike puts the spotlight on consent’

https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/13/this-early-gdpr-adtech-strike-puts-the-spotlight-on-consent/

“In Fidzup’s case, complying with GDPR has had a major impact on its business because offering a genuine choice means it’s not always able to obtain consent.”

Fascinating to see what is a genuinely GDPR-compliant consent flow. Hopefully the complexity of which will make businesses see the collection of people’s data as risky and expensive.

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/this-early-gdpr-adtech-strike-puts-the-spotlight-on-consent/2529

‘Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret’

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html

“At least 75 companies receive anonymous, precise location data from apps whose users enable location services to get local news and weather or other information, The Times found. Several of those businesses claim to track up to 200 million mobile devices in the United States”

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/your-apps-know-where-you-were-last-night-and-they-re-not-keeping-it-secret/2525

And @aral’s thread reviewing the emails: https://twitter.com/aral/status/1070495636078891008

‘Can Facebook be forced to comply with privacy laws?’

“Facebook is accused of undermining democratic institutions, but its CEO fails to face up to MPs at a hearing in London.”

Al Jazeera Inside Story featuring @aral.

https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2018/11/facebook-forced-comply-privacy-laws-181128171228326.html

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/can-facebook-be-forced-to-comply-with-privacy-laws/2514

‘LinkedIn processed 18 million email addresses of non-users for targeted advertising’

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/linkedin-processed-18-million-email-addresses-of-non-users-for-targeted-advertising-1

“LinkedIn processed the email addresses of 18 million non-members and targeted them with advertising on Facebook without permission, an audit by the [Irish] Data Protection Commissioner has found.”

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/linkedin-processed-18-million-email-addresses-of-non-users-for-targeted-advertising/2505

‘Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis’

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-russia-election-racism.html

“As evidence accumulated that Facebook’s power could also be exploited to disrupt elections, broadcast viral propaganda and inspire deadly campaigns of hate around the globe, Mr. Zuckerberg and Ms. Sandberg stumbled. Bent on growth, the pair ignored warning signs and then sought to conceal them from public view.”

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/delay-deny-and-deflect-how-facebook-s-leaders-fought-through-crisis/2496

‘Surveillance capitalism has led us into a dystopia’

@aral recorded this video with BBC Ideas back in July. It gives a brief introduction to surveillance capitalism, complete with animation.

https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/surveillance-capitalism-has-led-us-into-a-dystopia/p06p0tdy

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/surveillance-capitalism-has-led-us-into-a-dystopia-bbc-ideas/2438

‘Campaigners win vital battle against UK mass surveillance at European Court of Human Rights’

https://privacyinternational.org/press-release/2265/press-release-campaigners-win-vital-battle-against-uk-mass-surveillance-european

“It confirms that just because it is technically feasible to intercept all of our personal communications, it does not mean that it is lawful to do so.”

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/campaigners-win-vital-battle-against-uk-mass-surveillance-at-european-court-of-human-rights/2383

‘How Facebook Helps Shady Advertisers Pollute the Internet’

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-03-27/ad-scammers-need-suckers-and-facebook-helps-find-them

“They told me that Facebook had revolutionized scamming. The company built tools with its trove of user data that made it the go-to platform for big brands. Affiliates hijacked them. Facebook’s targeting algorithm is so powerful, they said, they don’t need to identify suckers themselves—Facebook does it automatically.”

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/how-facebook-helps-shady-advertisers-pollute-the-internet/2334

‘Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales’

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-30/google-and-mastercard-cut-a-secret-ad-deal-to-track-retail-sales

“the deal, which has not been previously reported, could raise broader privacy concerns about how much consumer data technology companies like Google quietly absorb.”

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/google-and-mastercard-cut-a-secret-ad-deal-to-track-retail-sales/2333

Just trying a thing… :indie:

Ind.ie now has our own Mastodon instance: https://mastodon.ind.ie. You can follow us @indie ?