Category: The Internet

  • How the Internet was Stolen

    How the Internet was Stolen

    This is a story of deceit, manipulation, lots of money, political lobbying, lawsuits, and, ultimately, covert theft. The history of the internet has been one of big capital pilfering from public investment and national infrastructure, the expropriation of academic research, of democratic open-source alternatives being forced illegally from the market, of devices to steal our…

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  • How Your Attention is Stolen

    How Your Attention is Stolen

    Likes, shares, friend requests, emails, notifications, updates, alerts, tweets, advert, advert, advert, adverts in schools, adverts on police cars, adverts on every screen, endless scrolling, emotional headline, CAPITALS – stop – must detach – must go for a run, must run further and faster than yesterday, must relax, watch a film, a tv show –…

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  • How the Internet Was Stolen

    How the Internet Was Stolen

    This is a story of deceit, manipulation, lots of money, political lobbying, lawsuits, and, ultimately, covert theft. The history of the internet has been one of big capital pilfering from public investment and national infrastructure, the expropriation of academic research, of democratic open-source alternatives being forced illegally from the market, of devices to steal our…

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