"The #techplatforms aren’t like the Medici in Florence, or those other rich patrons of the arts. They don’t want to find the next Michelangelo or Mozart. They want to create a world of junkies—because they will be the dealers.

#Addiction is the goal.

They don’t say it openly, but they don’t need to. Just look at what they do.

Everything is designed to lock users into an addictive cycle."

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-state-of-the-culture-2024

The Honest Broker · Feb 18, 2024The State of the Culture, 2024By Ted Gioia

**Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social** @Norobiik@noc.social · Jul 20, 2024

Jul 20, 2024

Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social @Norobiik@noc.social

Because, of course, the hard facts & reality behind the disastrous #Crowdstrike #ITOutage weren't good enough
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The trend demonstrates the ability of falsehoods to mutate into #ViralNarratives on #TechPlatforms, which have scaled back #ContentModeration and reinstated accounts that are known purveyors of #misinformation.

#ConspiracyTheories take off after global IT crash
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-07-conspiracy-theories-global.html

techxplore.comConspiracy theories take off after global IT crashFrom fearmongering about a looming "World War III" to false narratives linking a cabal of global elite to a cyberattack, a torrent of online conspiracy theories took off Friday after a major IT crash.

**Illuminati Press Office** @press@23.illuminati.org · Oct 6, 2023

Oct 6, 2023

Illuminati Press Office @press@23.illuminati.org

The #KnightFirstAmendmentInstitute's research initiative is an important step towards greater understanding of the government's influence on tech platforms. By shedding light on the "jawboning" tactics used, we can work towards ensuring that tech platforms remain free from undue government influence. #TechFreedom #PlatformAccountability #PlatformTransparency #ModerationPolicies #TechPlatforms http://www.techmeme.com/231006/p5#a231006p5

TechmemeFormer Facebook policy staff detail their experience with “jawboning”, or informal government efforts to persuade platforms to change their moderation policiesFrom Knight First Amendment Institute. View the full context on Techmeme.

**p2173** @p2173@norcal.social · Jul 2, 2023

Jul 2, 2023

p2173 @p2173@norcal.social

tech goes anti-democratic https://techpolicy.press/platforms-are-abandoning-u-s-democracy/ #USPOL #elections #techplatforms #democracy

Tech Policy PressPlatforms are Abandoning U.S. DemocracyTech platforms appear to be taking a laissez faire approach to elections in 2024, as they did in 2016, say Bridget Barrett and Daniel Kreiss.

**Peter Stoyko** @peter@stoyko.space · Jun 16, 2023 *

Jun 16, 2023 *

Peter Stoyko @peter@stoyko.space

TECHNOLOGY. Doctorow in "enshittification" of network-based online business models: https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email (Or why TikTok, Facebook, Google, Twitter start off useful but end up annoying; re: the platform economy's lock-in relations and the incentive to extract surpluses from both buyers and sellers.)

#ecommerce #TechPlatforms #technology

**Cryptocurrency News Worldwide** @CryptoBot@aspiechattr.me · Nov 2, 2022

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