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‘Facebook puts our brain time on display’
‘We had internet fairly early on in our family. As a little boy, I was instantly fascinated by that medium. Most of all, I dreamed about the possibilities. What if in the future, you could even see people? And talk to them, live? That used to be as far as the daydreaming went. Look at…
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Own your own data
Two years ago, Mark Zuckerberg made a bold statement. Privacy is a thing of the past, the founder of Facebook declared. A “social norm” that “has evolved over time.” Could that be true? written by Reinier Kist, NRC Handelsblad Barely a day passes without the media reporting on a database leaking large amounts of personal…
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This censorship will be the end of a free internet
In the USA, laws are in preparation that would mean the end of a free internet. The court of The Hague passed a verdict to the same effect. The culprits go unpunished and innocent internet users are the ones who suffer, Danny Mekic’ concludes. What do Facebook, Google, Twitter, eBay and Wikipedia have in common?…
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Facebook has no exit
Facebook is a burgeoning public utility service, according to Danny Mekic’. If it doesn’t want to be subjected to governmental meddling, it will have to start primarily catering to its users rather than its advertisers. Tell me if this sounds familiar: Where were you last night? Who else was there with you? This photo was…