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Sent from my iPhone > On 14 Feb 2019, at 18:56, Geert Lovink <ge...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > A rewrite: > > One other side, championed in the US, is a digital landscape where Google and > Facebook have replaced freedom of speech. Social media are the apps that > matter, and users can chat and surf the web with one app. The downsides: > corporations reign absolute, and are watching you — you may have to > communicate with friends in code. And don't expect to access any monetization > of content that will bring you any income. > >> A brilliant passage from >> https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-internet-divided-between-the-u-s-and-china-has-become-a-battleground-11549688420 >> : >> >>> One side, championed in China, is a digital landscape where mobile >>> payments have replaced cash. Smartphones are the devices that matter, >>> and users can shop, chat, bank and surf the web with one app. The >>> downsides: The government reigns absolute, and it is watching -- you >>> may have to communicate with friends in code. And don't expect to >>> access Google or Facebook. >> >> This is at the level of WW2 anti-jap propaganda. >> >> It seems that we have reached the stage where state propaganda is openly >> addressing audiences with presumed IQ in teens, and yet there is no word of >> opposition from the general public. >> >> Such quiet submission must have massive effects on one's self respect, which >> is likely the primary goal. >> >> # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission >> # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, >> # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets >> # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l >> # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org >> # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject: > > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org > # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject: # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject:
