diff --git a/homepage/shitlist.html b/homepage/shitlist.html index 9ea33ca..c9ea37b 100644 --- a/homepage/shitlist.html +++ b/homepage/shitlist.html @@ -71,20 +71,20 @@ There are parts of this list that contain commentary of my own (rather than cont Google, Facebook Agreed to Team Up Against Possible Antitrust Action, Draft Lawsuit Says (The Wall Street Journal; Tracy, Ryan; McKinnon, John D.) (Archive link)
- Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US labor board alleges (The Verge; Schiffer, Zoe) + Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US labor board alleges (The Verge; Schiffer, Zoe) (Archive link)
- Google says it’s the cleanest cloud, also reveals deal with Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company for new cloud region (The Register; Sharwood, Simon) + Google says it’s the cleanest cloud, also reveals deal with Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company for new cloud region (The Register; Sharwood, Simon) (Archive link)
What's not mentioned in this headline is that these two statements came in the same announcement. Also, the mentioned oil company is acting as a sponsor to a reseller; Google isn't really selling to the company itself.
- I have resigned from the Google AMP Advisory Committee (Eden, Terence) + I have resigned from the Google AMP Advisory Committee (Eden, Terence) (Archive link)
New lawsuit: Why do Android phones mysteriously exchange 260MB a month with Google via cellular data when they're not even in use? (The Register; Claburn, Thomas) (Archive link)
- 'YouTube recommendations are toxic,' says dev who worked on the algorithm (The Next Web; Maack, Már Másson) + 'YouTube recommendations are toxic,' says dev who worked on the algorithm (The Next Web; Maack, Már Másson) (Archive link)
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ The Google Cemetery (WPKube) ( - Once Again, GDPR Is A Potential Privacy Nightmare: Amazon Sends 1,700 Voice Recordings To The Wrong User In GDPR Request (Techdirt; Masnick, Mike) + Once Again, GDPR Is A Potential Privacy Nightmare: Amazon Sends 1,700 Voice Recordings To The Wrong User In GDPR Request (Techdirt; Masnick, Mike) (Archive link)
- Amazon Told Police It Has Partnered With 200 Law Enforcement Agencies (Vice; Haskins, Caroline) + Amazon Told Police It Has Partnered With 200 Law Enforcement Agencies (Vice; Haskins, Caroline) (Archive link)
Follow the money (Free Thought Blogs; Myers, PZ) (Archive link) @@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ The Google Cemetery (WPKube) (Archive link)
- Amazon Reportedly Has Pinkerton Agents Surveil Workers Who Try To Form Unions (NPR) + Amazon Reportedly Has Pinkerton Agents Surveil Workers Who Try To Form Unions (NPR) (Archive link)
- NSA Chief Who Oversaw Sweeping Domestic Phone Surveillance Joins Amazon Board As Director (ZeroHedge; Pseudonymous ("Durden, Tyler")) + NSA Chief Who Oversaw Sweeping Domestic Phone Surveillance Joins Amazon Board As Director (ZeroHedge; Pseudonymous ("Durden, Tyler")) (Archive link)
- iOS, The Future Of macOS, Freedom, Security And Privacy In An Increasingly Hostile Global Environment (GitHub; Anonymous) + iOS, The Future Of macOS, Freedom, Security And Privacy In An Increasingly Hostile Global Environment
- What Happens to #Ferguson Affects Ferguson (Medium; Tufekci, Zeynep) + What Happens to #Ferguson Affects Ferguson (Medium; Tufekci, Zeynep) (Archive link)
- Facebook temporarily blocks Black Lives Matter activist after he posts racist email (The Guardian; Levin, Sam) + Facebook temporarily blocks Black Lives Matter activist after he posts racist email (The Guardian; Levin, Sam) (Archive link)
How does Facebook suggest potential friends? Not location data - not now (The Guardian; Hunt, Elle) (Archive link) @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ Lots of these articles are full of fluff but their critiques are still interesti On Facebook, French Antiracists Fall Victim to Censorship (La Quadrature du Net) (Archive link)
- Publisher's Facebook page deleted after posting criticism of Turkish government (The Guardian; Hern, Alex) + Publisher's Facebook page deleted after posting criticism of Turkish government (The Guardian; Hern, Alex) (Archive link)
- Facebook removed post by ex-manager who said site 'failed' black people (The Guardiam; Levin, Sam) + Facebook removed post by ex-manager who said site 'failed' black people (The Guardiam; Levin, Sam) (Archive link)
Instagram submits to Russia censor's demands (BBC) (Archive link) @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ Lots of these articles are full of fluff but their critiques are still interesti Facebook allowed violent posts by man charged with Ilhan Omar death threat (The Guardian; Swaine, Jon) (Archive link)
- Facebook is secretly using your iPhone's camera as you scroll your feed (The Next Web; Mihov, Dimitar) + Facebook is secretly using your iPhone's camera as you scroll your feed (The Next Web; Mihov, Dimitar) (Archive link)
Facebook's recent logo drama is a problem on multiple levels (Fast Company; Wilson, Mark) (Archive link) @@ -340,13 +340,13 @@ Lots of these articles are full of fluff but their critiques are still interesti
- Facebook Accused of Watching Instagram Users Through Cameras (Bloomberg; Burnson, Robert) + Facebook Accused of Watching Instagram Users Through Cameras (Bloomberg; Burnson, Robert) (Archive link)
Facebook declines to take action against Trump statements (The Guardian; Wong, Julia) (Archive link)
- Facebook Says It's Standing Up Against Apple For Small Businesses. Some Of Its Employees Don't Believe It. (BuzzFeed News; Silverman, Craig; Mac, Ryan) + Facebook Says It's Standing Up Against Apple For Small Businesses. Some Of Its Employees Don't Believe It. (BuzzFeed News; Silverman, Craig; Mac, Ryan) (Archive link)
Facebook Pitched New Tool Allowing Employers to Suppress Words Like "Unionize" in Workplace Chat Product (The Intercept; Fang, Lee) (Archive link) @@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ Lots of these articles are full of fluff but their critiques are still interesti
- Lush admits donating thousands to anti-trans pressure group Woman's Place UK (PinkNews; Duffy, Nick) + Lush admits donating thousands to anti-trans pressure group Woman's Place UK (PinkNews; Duffy, Nick) (Archive link)
- Trans teen dies by suicide after being 'humiliated' for wearing a skirt to school (PinkNews; Kelleher, Patrick) + Trans teen dies by suicide after being 'humiliated' for wearing a skirt to school (PinkNews; Kelleher, Patrick) (Archive link)
Microsoft's Creepy New 'Productivity Score' Gamifies Workplace Surveillance (Gizmodo; Stanley, Alyse) (Archive link)
- ++ Art Fight! The Pinkest Pink Versus the Blackest Black (Wired; Rogers, Adam) (Archive link) +
++ Why everybody's mad at Anish Kapoor (The Architect's Newspaper; Challa, Janaki) +
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