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    19 Oct 2016

    I'm starting a newsletter for my thoughts too long for Twitter, not polished enough to be articles. Sign up here:

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    2 hours ago

    . on and likened to the cookie monster that eats up data for good or bad

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    8 hours ago

    Last day of the Science Festival! Today we will hear from and more. Photo: Ali Wunderman

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    13 hours ago

    Even Uighurs who make it to the West have not always been safe.Early last year, Germany mistakenly sent back to China a 22-year-old Uighur asylum seeker, who has not been heard from since. via

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    Jun 18

    In the wake of this Iran Disinformation story, there's a lot to consider about broader issue of censorship through trolling/harassment campaigns. has been excellent in articulating this new threat

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    Jun 18

    Cool critical panel w/ & on what the rise of as systems of surveillance implies. : Everything is at stake!

    Traditional regulations is not the way forward for . The kind of regulations we need have to be smarter. , & in conversation about our digital future at . Live at
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  7. Jun 18

    About to go on a panel with and at . No manels here. 😀💪 I believe there’s a stream here.

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    Jun 16

    Boarding a flight and they’re using facial recognition. I had to track down a Delta representative to find out how to opt-out. They did not let travelers know that there was an option to not use it. Again, privacy needs to be the default, we need opt-in systems

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    Jun 17

    This is unreal. Did you know this was a thing? A man has been arrested at JFK airport for “attempting to smuggle into the United States from Guyana 34 live finches concealed in his carry-on luggage, with each bird hidden within a plastic hair-curler. “ Here’s why:

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  10. Jun 17

    Google employees don’t let their kids watch YouTube unsupervised. Quelle surprise.

    Google employees don’t let their kids watch YouTube unsupervised. via
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    Jun 17

    New: game streaming platform is suing to identify some of its users who uploaded the Christchurch attack video and other violating material, the company confirms in a statement. If identified, Twitch will then ask the court to get users to pay damages

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  12. Jun 17

    It’s such a well done museum, by the way

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  13. Jun 17

    TFW your phone automatically connects to the Dutch Resistance Museum wifi. Everyone has their Amsterdam hangouts, I guess. 🤷‍♀️

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    Jun 16

    : La chance, en plus des copains (, ) d'être chez le même éditeur que et . :-) Long live

    Je suis en train de préparer l'édition en français du livre de Zeynep Tufekci, et je suis fasciné par cette capacité des sociologues étatsuniens (comme danah boyd) de partir de choses simples et concrètes et de faire le lien avec la théorie. Attendez-vous à un grand bouquin !
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  15. Jun 16

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    Massive power cut hits all of Argentina and Uruguay, supplier says, affecting about 48m people
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    Jun 16

    Reading this and thinking how ridiculous it is that it took a whole chain of Black people to make sure that everyone made it out of this situation safely. 1 cousin to care. 1 mother in the phone at the time of the incident. 1 adult bystander to engage and 2 more to bear witness.

    I almost got arrested tonight defending a 12 year old from police.
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  17. Jun 16

    Seriously, I’m fine and already gone. It’s just that especially male staff, sadly in Middle East and North Africa, treat women disrespectfully. I’m hoping considers that aspect, not me.

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    Jun 15

    Je suis en train de préparer l'édition en français du livre de Zeynep Tufekci, et je suis fasciné par cette capacité des sociologues étatsuniens (comme danah boyd) de partir de choses simples et concrètes et de faire le lien avec la théorie. Attendez-vous à un grand bouquin !

    , , and 5 others
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  19. Jun 16

    Appalled at the terrible treatment I received by / staff in Tunis airport. It seems a woman asking to be treated within the rules is not something they will accept or respect. Global airlines should have standardized rules. I’m OK, but that’s not the point.

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    Jun 14

    YouTube Testimonials Lure Patients to Shady Stem Cell Clinics– Emotional videos, often paid for by clinics, are attracting desperate patients to unproven stem cell treatments that can be dangerous—or even deadly.

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  21. Jun 15

    Oh, wow. Thank you for this doodle!

    Final talk doodle: and in conversation about data rights, the need for regulation, privacy, innovation and data as poison. One of the best I attended during . ! Ok bye, this is over I’ll enjoy retreat now! 👋
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