Two of us, Ellsberg and Noam Chomsky, testified for Assange at his extradition hearing last year. In Ellsberg’s words then, the WikiLeaks publications that Assange is being charged for are “amongst the most important truthful revelations of hidden criminal state behavior that have been made public in U.S. history.” The...
The blazes on the island are now the country’s worst in terms of casualties for over a century, while authorities have warned that the effort to find and identify the dead is still in its early stages, as crews with cadaver dogs have covered just 3 per cent of the search area.
The issue is not the personalised ad, but how Meta decides who seems them.
Today they take a lazy but effective approach of collecting as much data as possible at user level, to draw correlations between the user data and the content of the ad.
If regulation prohibit them from using this approach they’ll be force to innovate or die.
Macron slams two-term limit on French presidency as ‘damnable bullshit’ (www.politico.eu)
Superdetective rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Amazon pinches sellers: Use our costly logistics services or pay extra fee (arstechnica.com)
TIL about the "'New York Times problem'—the dilemma of indicting Assange for the very same kind of investigative journalism that mainstream media engages frequently" (www.newsweek.com)
Two of us, Ellsberg and Noam Chomsky, testified for Assange at his extradition hearing last year. In Ellsberg’s words then, the WikiLeaks publications that Assange is being charged for are “amongst the most important truthful revelations of hidden criminal state behavior that have been made public in U.S. history.” The...
Hawaii death toll tops 93 as it becomes deadliest wildfire in US modern history (www.independent.co.uk)
The blazes on the island are now the country’s worst in terms of casualties for over a century, while authorities have warned that the effort to find and identify the dead is still in its early stages, as crews with cadaver dogs have covered just 3 per cent of the search area.
It's good to take a moment to relax every now and then. (media.kbin.social)
People Who Stay On Twitter Are Aiding Musk In His Antics (sethgoldstein.me)
My thoughts on Twitter
Musk's new idea (slrpnk.net)
70 percent of gamers avoid certain games because of 'toxic communities', study finds (www.gamingbible.com)
A new study has found that 70 percent of gamers avoid certain games because of 'toxic communities'.
Norway Bans Meta From Showing Users Personalized Ads (uk.pcmag.com)
AI System Helped Cops Identify a Drug Trafficker Just by Analyzing His Driving Patterns (gizmodo.com)
Well this is terrifying…
Save the planet! (lemmy.world)
Never forget this little hero (i.imgur.com)
I made a mount for my Xbox to hide it behind my free standing TV. (i.imgur.com)
Congratulations to the cast and crew of The Mandalorian for their nine Emmy nominations! (lemmy.world)