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What should newsrooms do about deepfakes? These three things, for starters https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/11/what-should-newsrooms-do-about-deepfakes-these-three-things-for-starters/ cc @neintara@twitter.com

New NextCry Ransomware Encrypts Data on NextCloud Linux Servers https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-nextcry-ransomware-encrypts-data-on-nextcloud-linux-servers/

Senators ask if Facebook really lets users opt out of location tracking https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/11/senators-ask-if-facebook-really-lets-users-opt-out-of-location-tracking/

Google admits major underreporting of election ad spend https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/19/google-admits-major-underreporting-of-election-ad-spend

Export bans alone won’t stop surveillance — we need a new global approach https://www.accessnow.org/export-bans-wont-stop-surveillance-we-need-a-new-global-approach/

Microsoft went all in on accessible design. This is what happened afterwards https://www.fastcompany.com/90432365/microsoft-went-all-in-on-accessible-design-this-is-what-happened-afterwards

Keeping data visualisation honest
https://delano.lu/d/detail/news/keeping-data-visualisation-honest/208499

Rebel ramblers: The politics of walking From protest marches to mass trespass, walking has always been an important part of struggles for change https://www.redpepper.org.uk/rebel-ramblers-politics-walking/

Iran Shuts Down Internet Amid Violent Protests Over Gas-Price Hikes
https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-shuts-down-internet-amid-violent-protests-over-gas-price-hikes/30278936.html

Experts are finished, politicians to deliver – the Council of Europe publishes expert recommendations on the human rights impacts of algorithmic systems https://www.accessnow.org/experts-are-finished-politicians-to-deliver-the-council-of-europe-publishes-expert-recommendations-on-the-human-rights-impacts-of-algorithmic-systems/

The Hidden Life of an Amazon User A project by @joana_moll@twitter.com https://www.janavirgin.com/AMZ/

The Dark Side of Techno-Utopianism - Big technological shifts have always empowered reformers. They have also empowered bigots, hucksters, and propagandists. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/30/the-dark-side-of-techno-utopianism

European arms exports and the case of Yemen: How to hold governments and corporate actors accountable for contributing to armed conflicts? discussion
12.12.2019, 18:30 Uhr The Hague Humanity Hub @ECCHRBerlin@twitter.com https://www.ecchr.eu/en/event/european-arms-exports-and-the-case-of-yemen-how-to-hold-governments-and-corporate-actors-accountable-for-contributing-t/

Exploring human limits -
“human (un)limited” is the title of the current and second major exhibition project by Ars Electronica and Hyundai Motorstudio https://ars.electronica.art/aeblog/en/2019/11/04/humanunlimited/

Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google push back against antitrust concerns https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-apple-facebook-google-push-back-against-antitrust-concerns/

Google outlines plans for mainline Linux kernel support in Android https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/11/google-outlines-plans-for-mainline-linux-kernel-support-in-android/

Conspiracy Theorists Are Less Angry Than the Rest of Reddit, Study Finds https://gizmodo.com/conspiracy-theorists-are-less-angry-than-the-rest-of-re-1839948803

A new day, a new WhatsApp vulnerability, this time via an MP4 file https://www.medianama.com/2019/11/223-whatsapp-vulnerability-mp4-file/

Amazon's Ring has contemplated adding facial recognition to its cameras https://www.medianama.com/2019/11/223-amazon-ring-face-recognition-markey-response/

Apple built a $1 trillion empire on two metaphors. One is breaking https://www.fastcompany.com/90432470/apple-built-a-1-trillion-dollar-empire-on-two-metaphors-one-is-breaking