<nettime> Fwd: Re: In the eye of the Cambridge Analytica storm

[Patrice Riemens <patrice@xs4all.nl>]

Group return didn't work and send my post into the nettime walhalla ...

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Subject: Re: <nettime> In the eye of the Cambridge Analytica storm
Date: 2018-03-22 17:10
From: Patrice Riemens <patrice@xs4all.nl>
To: Geert Lovink <geert@xs4all.nl>
Cc: a moderated mailing list for net criticism <nettime-l@mail.kein.org>

unDear nettimers,

And what about a life without 'social' media? - and hence without 
'discussions' about 'social media'?

Ciaoui, p+7D!
("Actionism - the infantile malady of activism")


On 2018-03-21 19:47, Geert Lovink wrote:
> Dear nettimers,
>
> I know, this is (not) the time for us to speak up… The CA events are
> taking over, mainstream media are publishing one strange message after
> the after—and the activists shut their mouth, thinking: I told you so
> a trillion years ago...
>
> What’s do be done? We discussed that question on the Unlike Us list
> and here on nettime already from the very beginning, in 2011.
>
> Is it an idea to organize a thousand bigger and smaller Facebook
> farewell parties? What’s for sure is that it really helps to do this
> out in the open, together.
>
> Who wants to start this time? A few of you approached me recently with
> the question if this would be done together, and if so, when and
> where. Now is the time, if not now, when? Come together, conspire, get
> things moving!
>
> Random links:
>
> Here is one of the instruction pages how to leave Facebook:
> https://mashable.com/2018/03/20/facebook-replacement-openbook-competition/#UL3yreRCRZqJ
>
> This is an interesting ‘Facebook’ discussion on Reddit (via Michael 
> Dieter):
> https://www.reddit.com/r/reactiongifs/comments/85znl4/reddits_reaction_when_the_world_has_finally_begun/?st=JF0UL9ON&sh=80895fac
>
> Max Krems of Europe vs. Facebook on the current situation:
> https://noyb.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Media-Update-Cambridge-Analytica-en.pdf
>
> Information about Cambridge Analytica in India (via Tripta Chandola):
> https://twitter.com/therealjpk/status/976484505035751424
>
> David Carrol’s legal action against Cambridge Analytica:
> https://thinkprogress.org/this-professor-is-suing-cambridge-analytica-to-find-out-how-they-profiled-him-e52cdfb7d3fe/
>
> More later, Geert
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