Have You Met a Whistleblower? »

7 November 2021 | Per Strömbäck

Today, November 8,  Frances Haugen will give testimony in European Parliament’s IMCO Committee. Ms Haugen is the latest Facebook whistleblower to call foul on the conduct of the platform. Will this... »

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The (Non-)Democracy Machine – How the Tech Giants Gave in to Kremlin »

27 September 2021 | netopia

There used to be a time when the internet was meant to bring democracy to the oppressed. Swedish foreign aid authority SIDA co-funded anonymization technology. The Arab spring was called a “social med... »

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Deep Fakes in the Uncanny Valley »

29 August 2021 | netopia

How fun to watch deep fakes of old favorite movies! Here is one with the classic 80’s action flick muscle stars Sylvester Stallone’s and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s faces projected on main characters Dale... »

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Law for the Excluded Middle »

16 July 2021 | netopia

Most of the headaches of the digital world seem to have one common denominator: there is someone in the middle who could do something but doesn’t. Whether it’s fake news, terrorism content, revenge po... »

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If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next »

23 June 2021 | netopia

“But… if we don’t do it, somebody else will” – ever heard that? It’s the worst excuse ever, but it can be used to justify anything – pushing drugs at the schoolyard, selling “dual use” surveillance te... »

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Football’s Social Media Boycott »

2 May 2021 | netopia

The Bank Holiday weekend in May is a big occasion in English football, but this year is different. Protesting against social media’s inaction toward racist abuse online, in a rare move the major footb... »

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Will Crypto Save Art? Or Saving Art from Crypto »

21 April 2021 | netopia

Fungible – raise your hand if you had heard this word before the hype around NFTs – non-fungible tokens. I sure had not (I first thought it had something to do with mushrooms). It means exchangeable, ... »

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Netopia Will Be Televised »

26 March 2021 | Per Strömbäck

Netopia goes television – that’s right, in the spirit of democratized media, Netopia goes to video. In a series of interviews, your humble editor will meet key people in digital policy and discuss the... »

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Gove-Pedia – The Donation Economy’s Dead End »

2 March 2021 | netopia

Many years ago at the Gothenburg book show, I was on stage with a representative from Wikipedia (technically the Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia). Oh, and before I write anything else, let ... »

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Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t – Big Tech’s Free Speech Conundrum »

17 January 2021 | netopia

Social media platforms are under fire on freedom of speech after they banned President Trump: Twitter, Facebook, Youtube… in fact an impressive number of internet services have followed suit Every Soc... »

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