Does Journalism Have a Future? (Jill Lepore, The New Yorker)
The biggest nonprofit media outlets are thriving but smaller ones may not survive (The conversation)
31/03/19
28/03/19
How the Copyright Directive reshapes the open web
Europe is splitting the internet into three (Casey Newton, The Verge)
23/03/19
Europe takes on the tech giants
Silicon Valley is where the brainiest ideas meet the smartest money. Even so, if you want to understand where the world’s most powerful industry is heading, look not to Washington and California, but to Brussels and Berlin. Our cover this week reports on how the European Union is pioneering a distinct tech doctrine that aims to give individuals control over their own information and the profits from it, and to prise open tech firms to competition. The EU is edging towards cracking the big-tech puzzle in a way that empowers consumers, not the state or secretive monopolies. If it finds the answer, Americans should not hesitate to copy it. (The Economist)
17/03/19
16/03/19
15/03/19
14/03/19
The state and Silicon Valley could be partners...
What If Google and the Government Merged? (Noah Smith, Bloomberg)
13/03/19
11/03/19
Facebook's manifesto is a PR stunt
Mark Zuckerberg's former mentor says privacy manifesto is a PR stunt (Karissa Bell, Mashable)
08/03/19
04/03/19
Quietly buying and selling your personal information...
Here are the data brokers quietly buying and selling your personal information (Steven Melendez and Alex Pasternack, Fast Company)