Check out this article on high tech anarchy protests during the RNC Convention in NYC. While I don’t condone the illegal uses (e.g., breaking in on protected licensed frequencies), I do applaud the many creative uses of wireless networking — made possible by the FCC unlicensed rules.
And I’m off on vacation, culminating in the community wireless summit. No doubt I’ll have loads to wax eloquent about when I return.
Stay tuned . . .
@mattyglesias In my work, I've seen some evidence that using targeted digital ads to define the issues people are associating with the election can have a significant effect on how those people end up voting.
Activist investors are demanding Comcast disclose its lobbying expenditures. Their argument: Comcast's active meddling in elections and astroturf organizations makes people hate Comcast *even* more and creates a higher demand for.... municipal broadband.
https://t.co/UUeaSYdUG6
Have you noticed that when the president unilaterally directs $16 bn in bailout payments to agricultural interests, no one says: but how will you pay for it?
Proposing a new term: Dumbfakes. When deepfake tech isn't necessary because crude editing does the trick. https://t.co/cxSEljO0SS
My only comment is that this stuff intrigues the hell out of me and I don’t understand it nearly as well as I want to. Therefore if I can make it out to Illinois for this conference I will do so. If not, I’ll hope to catch up with y’all at worldcon and get myself more properly informed then.