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A classic Silicon Valley tactic — losing money to crush rivals

Facebook’s Substack rival Bulletin raises antitrust questions about predatory pricing – The Washington Post

6 juli 2021 — Facebook’s latest product, a newsletter platform called Bulletin, exemplifies a strategy that some critics think should be illegal. Analysis by …

Facebook’s newsletter product won’t take a cut of writers’ revenue. Some critics see a problem.

Facebook’s dream of connecting the whole world is dead

Facebook stock drop shows dream of connecting the whole world is dead. – The Washington Post

3 feb. 2022 — Facebook’s dream of connecting the whole world is dead. The platform’s first-ever decline in active users is a landmark event in social media …

The end of Facebook’s growth era is a landmark in social media history.

Facebook’s launch of Bulletin is a classic Silicon Valley tactic …

Facebook’s launch of Bulletin is a classic Silicon Valley tactic used to quash competitors, and it exemplifies a strategy some critics think should be illegal (Will Oremus/Washington Post) – Techmeme

Will Oremus / Washington Post:Facebook’s launch of Bulletin is a classic Silicon Valley tactic used to quash competitors, and it exemplifies a strategy some …

Will Oremus / Washington Post:Facebook’s launch of Bulletin is a classic Silicon Valley tactic used to quash competitors, and it exemplifies a strategy some critics think should be illegalFacebook’s latest product, a newsletter platform called Bulletin, exemplifies a strategy that some critics think should be illegal

How Don Graham Fumbled the Washington Post Co. – Forbes

8 feb. 2012 — In the next few months Facebook will go public at a rumored valuation of up to $100 billion, one of the most keenly anticipated business …

The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media …

The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds … – Max Fisher – Google Böcker

Led by Connecticut, more than a dozen state attorneys general are asking Facebook for information related to Frances Haugen’s leaked documents. Addded Oct 15, …

From a New York Times investigative reporter, this “authoritative and devastating account of the impacts of social media” (New York Times Book Review)  tracks the high-stakes inside story of how Big Tech’s breakneck race to drive engagement—and profits—at all costs fractured the world. The Chaos Machine is “an essential book for our times” (Ezra Klein). We all have a vague sense that social media is bad for our minds, for our children, and for our democracies. But the truth is that its reach and impact run far deeper than we have understood. Building on years of international reporting, Max Fisher tells the gripping and galling inside story of how Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social network preyed on psychological frailties to create the algorithms that drive everyday users to extreme opinions and, increasingly, extreme actions. As Fisher demonstrates, the companies’ founding tenets, combined with a blinkered focus on maximizing engagement, have led to a destabilized world for everyone. Traversing the planet, Fisher tracks the ubiquity of hate speech and its spillover into violence, ills that first festered in far-off locales, to their dark culmination in America during the pandemic, the 2020 election, and the Capitol Insurrection. Through it all, the social-media giants refused to intervene in any meaningful way, claiming to champion free speech when in fact what they most prized were limitless profits. The result, as Fisher shows, is a cultural shift toward a world in which people are polarized not by beliefs based on facts, but by misinformation, outrage, and fear. His narrative is about more than the villains, however. Fisher also weaves together the stories of the heroic outsiders and Silicon Valley defectors who raised the alarm and revealed what was happening behind the closed doors of Big Tech. Both panoramic and intimate, The Chaos Machine is the definitive account of the meteoric rise and troubled legacy of the tech titans, as well as a rousing and hopeful call to arrest the havoc wreaked on our minds and our world before it’s too late.

People’s History of Silicon Valley – Google böcker, resultat

People’s History of Silicon Valley – Keith A Spencer – Google Böcker

13 juni 2020 — In trying to do just enough, advocates say, tech companies like Amazon, Google, Twitter, and Facebook aren’t doing enough to fight racism.

Regardless of where you live or work, Silicon Valley undoubtedly touches your life-the tech industry’s gadgets and apps promise us more efficient, convenient, and fun lives. Yet despite Silicon Valley’s utopian promises, more and more of us find ourselves addicted to our smartphones, made insecure by social media, gentrified away by tech wealth, and alarmed at social media companies profiting off personal data. This succinct guide follows Silicon Valley and the tech industry from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day, tracing how Silicon Valley changed the San Francisco Bay Area, changed human culture, and ultimately changed the way we think about ourselves. From the first Macintosh to the rise of social media, A Brief History of Silicon Valley peels back the curtain on an industry that brands itself as visionary but which may be swiftly hurtling us towards dystopia.

Cat Zakrzewski Archive – REDEF

Cat Zakrzewski Archive | REDEF

Computers and Society: Modern Perspectives

Computers and Society: Modern Perspectives – Ronald M. Baecker – Google Böcker

The last century has seen enormous leaps in the development of digital technologies, and most aspects of modern life have changed significantly with their widespread availability and use. Technology at various scales – supercomputers, corporate networks, desktop and laptop computers, the internet, tablets, mobile phones, and processors that are hidden in everyday devices and are so small you can barely see them with the naked eye – all pervade our world in a major way. Computers and Society: Modern Perspectives is a wide-ranging and comprehensive textbook that critically assesses the global technical achievements in digital technologies and how are they are applied in media; education and learning; medicine and health; free speech, democracy, and government; and war and peace. Ronald M. Baecker reviews critical ethical issues raised by computers, such as digital inclusion, security, safety, privacy,automation, and work, and discusses social, political, and ethical controversies and choices now faced by society. Particular attention is paid to new and exciting developments in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and the issues that have arisen from our complex relationship with AI.

Silicon Valley Is Playing Defense on Racism – OneZero

Silicon Valley Is Playing Defense on Racism | by Will Oremus | OneZero

In trying to do just enough, advocates say, tech companies like Amazon, Google, Twitter, and Facebook aren’t doing enough to fight racism.

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