In this issue: YouTube removes Michael Moore’s ‘Planet of the Humans” Youtube automatically delete comments insulting to Chinese Communist Party TikTok blocks #GeorgeFloyd tag across system, also blames bug Twitter ignites mega gigantic sh*tstorm after “fact checking” Trump tweets Twitter unverifies journalist after covering Obama-era spying on reporters Facebook knew its algos sowed diviseness and […]

In this, our 6th cyber-salon, Charles, Jesse and Mark continue on a theme of what comes next after the loss of institutional legitimacy. Nation states aren’t going away anytime soon, but they will have to share the stage with non-state actors sooner than they may expect. Some of those actors may pose even greater threats […]

In this episode: Whistleblower: Apple got a pass on pervasive Siri eavesdropping program FBI end-runs Apple’s security by hiring outside vendor to crack iPhone Not the Russians again! Study ascribes 50% of anti-lockdown tweets to Russian ‘bots Silicon Valley firms do business with blacklisted China firms Clubhouse: It’s the newest tech maven “in club” and you’re not in it Texas […]

The AoE crew laments the demise of Mad Magazine and commemorates its impact on the zeitgeist, we continue on our recurring theme of “The Great Opt-Out” and whether it can scale to meet the needs of a modern urbanized, industrial scale populace. Also the state of rural internet and how important it is especially today. […]

In this issue: WSJ: Justice Department poised to hit Google with antitrust lawsuit Announcing: Free Jitsi-based video conferencing French law to remove hate-speech within 24 hours passes senate Gaming Google to suppress unfavourable results with DMCA requests Human behaviour during pandemic messing up models generated by AI US Senate misses opportunity to vote down warrantless data collection by single vote Facebook […]

For various reasons, which Charles, Jesse and Mark discuss, there will be no return to normalcy, as we knew it. So what comes after the failure of Neo-Liberalism? Something better? Or something worse?

In this issue:

CCP monitors foreign WeChat to tune domestic censorship

Negative oil price triggers trading software bug, wipes out trader

What to do about fake news when the gatekeepers are worse

Open server triggers privacy fears around contact tracing apps

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In this episode, the band reconvenes with Charles, Jessie and Mark taking a deep dive into the concept of "The Saviour State" and and whether it’s possible to be a survivalist without any social capital. We look at how our desire for safety causes us to take a leap of faith that makes surveillance look deceptively attractive.

In this episode: Apple, Google release first SDKs and APIs for COVID contact tracing Kevin Kelly’s 68 bits of unsolicited advice for happiness ICANN tanks dotORG sale Cimate activists call for Michael Moore film to be deplatformed Amazon used data from third-party sellers to create knock-off products China arrests volunteers who uploaded coronavirus data to Github […]

Jesse Hirsh and Mark Jeftovic discuss kleptrocracy as the central organizing principle of our society, deplatfoming all non-conforming thought as misinformation, and are the Big Tech mavens modern day philosopher kings, or just self-indulgent narcissists?