[https://portside.org/] Material of Interest to People on the Left MEDIA BITS AND BYTES – CENSORING CENSORSHIP EDITION [https://portside.org/2018-02-06/media-bits-and-bytes-censoring-censorship-edition] February 6, 2018 Portside * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//portside.org/2018-02-06/media-bits-and-bytes-censoring-censorship-edition] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//portside.org/2018-02-06/media-bits-and-bytes-censoring-censorship-edition] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//portside.org/2018-02-06/media-bits-and-bytes-censoring-censorship-edition&text=Media%20Bits%20and%20Bytes%20%E2%80%93%20Censoring%20Censorship%20Edition] * [https://portside.org/node/16451/printable/print] _ Happy birthday Open Source; FBI is reading this; SOS FOIA; Say it loud; Bitcoin bubble; Free speech and attacks on democracy _ , * OPEN SOURCE CELEBRATES 20 YEARS – SUE GEE (I PROGRAMMER) * THE FBI IS SETTING UP A TASK FORCE TO MONITOR SOCIAL MEDIA – CHIP GIBBONS (THE NATION) * BIG TECH’S BID TO CONTROL FOIA – MYA FRAZIER (COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW) * INSIDE AMAZON'S ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FLYWHEEL – STEVEN LEVY (WIRED) * BITCOIN BIGGEST BUBBLE IN HISTORY, SAYS ECONOMIST WHO PREDICTED 2008 CRASH – ANGELA MONAGHAN (THE GUARDIAN) * PRIVATE CENSORSHIP IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO FIGHT HATE OR DEFEND DEMOCRACY: HERE ARE SOME BETTER IDEAS – CORYNNE MCSHERRY, JILLIAN C. YORK, AND CINDY COHN (ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION) OPEN SOURCE CELEBRATES 20 YEARS By Sue Gee February 2, 2018 I Programmer [http://www.i-programmer.info/news/136-open-source/11518-open-source-celebrates-20-years.html] The 20th anniversary of Open Source Software is being celebrated on February 3rd at FOSDEM, taking place in Brussels, Belgium. A new website has been launched by the Open Source Initiative in connection with this milestone anniversary. THE FBI IS SETTING UP A TASK FORCE TO MONITOR SOCIAL MEDIA By Chip Gibbons February 1, 2018 The Nation [https://www.thenation.com/article/the-fbi-is-setting-up-a-task-force-to-monitor-social-media/] The worst candidate for the job. BIG TECH’S BID TO CONTROL FOIA By Mya Frazier February 2, 2018 Columbia Journalism Review [https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/facebook-amazon-foia.php] Facebook sought to control the release of information, with a highly unusual demand: Officials must give Facebook at least three days before responding to any public records request. INSIDE AMAZON'S ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FLYWHEEL By Steven Levy February 1, 2018 Wired [https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-artificial-intelligence-flywheel/] How deep learning came to power Alexa, Amazon Web Services, and nearly every other division of the company. BITCOIN BIGGEST BUBBLE IN HISTORY, SAYS ECONOMIST WHO PREDICTED 2008 CRASH By Angela Monaghan February 2, 2018 The Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/02/bitcoin-biggest-bubble-in-history-says-economist-who-predicted-2008-crash] Nouriel Roubini calls cryptocurrency the ‘mother of all bubbles’ as it falls below $8,000. PRIVATE CENSORSHIP IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO FIGHT HATE OR DEFEND DEMOCRACY: HERE ARE SOME BETTER IDEAS By Corynne McSherry, Jillian C. York, and Cindy Cohn January 30, 2018 Electronic Frontier Foundation [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/01/private-censorship-not-best-way-fight-hate-or-defend-democracy-here-are-some] We are at a critical moment for free expression online and for the role of the Internet in the fabric of democratic societies. We need to get this right. * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//portside.org/2018-02-06/media-bits-and-bytes-censoring-censorship-edition] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//portside.org/2018-02-06/media-bits-and-bytes-censoring-censorship-edition] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//portside.org/2018-02-06/media-bits-and-bytes-censoring-censorship-edition&text=Media%20Bits%20and%20Bytes%20%E2%80%93%20Censoring%20Censorship%20Edition] * [https://portside.org/node/16451/printable/print] INTERPRET THE WORLD AND CHANGE IT Submit via web [https://portside.org/contact/submit_to_portside] Submit via email Frequently asked questions [https://portside.org/faq] Manage subscription [https://portside.org/subscribe] Visit portside.org [https://portside.org/] Twitter [https://twitter.com/portsideorg] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/Portside.PortsideLabor] To unsubscribe, click the following link: https://lists.portside.org/cgi-bin/listserv/wa?SUBED1=PORTSIDE
