Tag: humanrights

The Great Hack

« Professor David Carroll tells the tale of how he sued UK-based Cambridge Analytica in an effort to obtain his personal data. Carroll’s quest to repatriate his data was the subject of the 2019 Netflix original documentary film, “The Great Hack”; the film tells the story of how data rights and democracy are interlinked, and has reached millions around the world. »
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Julian Assange notes

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Trump paradox

Thinking about Trump’s campaign success and his supporters.

Trump’s supporters don’t measure his success by what he does them, they measure his success by what he does people they hate. His tormenting of others sustain their small egomaniacal reasoning. Trump’s supporters don’t measure his success by what he does for them, they measure his success by what he does against people they hate. His tormenting of others sustain their small egomaniacal reasoning.

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Digital Privacy & kids

It’s creepy to listen parents saying that they don’t care about privacy when the problem touch also their kids. There’s a vast digital illiteracy in our society.… Read more "Digital Privacy & kids"
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Fear

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Tank Man

Tiananmen Square – 5 June 1989 (footages)

Tank Man (also known as the Unknown Protester or Unknown Rebel) is the nickname of an unidentified Chinese man who stood in front of a column of tanks leaving Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989, the day after the Chinese military had suppressed the Tiananmen Square protests by force.

Internationally, it is considered one of the most iconic images of all time. Inside China, the image and the events leading up are subject to heavy state censorship.

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Balaha

“Prison Doesn’t Kill, Loneliness Does”: Film-maker Who Mocked The Egyptian President Al-Sisi Dies In Prison, For a Song Calls Him “BALAHA“. This song has more than 6… Read more "Balaha"
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