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Corinne dives into the absolute circus surrounding Luigi Mangione's courtroom “fangirls,” the disturbing media frenzy around true crime, and the problem with Netflix's The Crash documentary and why the Mackenzie Shirilla deserves a fair trial even if she crashed the car. Plus: Chick-fil-A being problematic in Harlem on Malcolm X Day, the new Free Press podcast about the Lindbergh kidnapping, Elon Musk's OpenAI legal loss, PCOS gets a new name, animal welfare news, the mosque shooting in San Diego, where the Kars4Kids money really goes, and internet manipulation.00:00 Intro & welcome01:58 Trump approval ratings drop04:30 Chick-fil-A protests in Harlem over Malcolm X Day12:37 Free Press criticism & Lindbergh kidnapping podcast19:38 Netflix's The Crash documentary review20:53 The Mackenzie Shirilla case explained23:21 Did Mackenzie get a fair trial?27:01 Why the premeditated murder charge feels wrong33:10 Bench trial vs jury trial discussion35:33 Judge controversy & legal system failures39:08 Why the documentary crossed the line43:20 “Enemy of the State” — Mackenzie's parents44:52 Wacko Mailbag: voter research tool46:35 PCOS officially renamed to PMOS53:06 Psychopath vs antisocial personality disorder54:52 Luigi Mangione “fangirls” & press passes57:47 Why women romanticize dangerous men01:00:18 Inside the Luigi Mangione press corps01:03:37 Damien Echols & prison groupies comparison01:06:12 Rocky Horror Broadway review01:09:41 How NYC press passes actually work01:12:20 Why Luigi's fanbase hurts his defense01:18:44 Media spectacle & true crime culture01:26:15 Feminism, violence & public obsession01:34:07 Parasocial relationships & internet fandoms01:44:16 Elon Musk loses OpenAI court battle01:45:03 Ashley St. Clair allegations against Elon Musk01:46:49 Thoughts on “Oh, Mary!” on Broadway01:55:12 AI, propaganda & manipulated online narratives02:04:36 Blake Lively / Justin Baldoni PR war02:15:48 Astroturfing, bots & social media influence campaigns02:24:31 Tech companies shaping public opinion02:34:50 Ashley St. Clair claims Musk used satellite election data02:37:28 Cambridge Analytica comparisons02:45:02 Coordinated online clipping explained02:56:27 How clipping companies manipulate virality02:58:19 Andrew Tate & algorithm gaming03:03:42 Why audiences can't tell what's authentic anymore03:16:19 AI-driven narrative manipulation03:17:54 The Puerto Rico song & possible manufactured virality03:19:27 Taylor Swift “Nazi symbolism” rumor discussion03:20:20 Blake Lively PR manipulation strategy03:24:55 Final thoughts on media literacy & propaganda03:28:11 Outro & goodbyeMAIN STORIESLuigi Mangione Press Corpshttps://www.thefp.com/p/mangione-press-corps-controversyCOULD BE WORSEEbolahttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/world/africa/ebola-outbreak-deaths-congo-who.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20260519&instance_id=175812&nl=breaking-news®i_id=107728112&segment_id=220063&user_id=a266d281cc6f97833a8eaaec22a85914COULD BE BETTERRomania Femicide Lawhttps://www.romania-insider.com/law-femicide-promulgated-romanian-president-2026CUTIES CORNERCyanide Bombs on Animalshttps://www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/trump-administration-lifts-ban-cyanide-bombs-killing-animalsUS House Passes Farm Bill https://animalequality.org/news/2026/05/05/us-house-passes-farm-bill/GUUUURLElon Musk Loseshttps://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/18/musk-altman-openai-trial-verdict.htmlSan Diego Mosque Shootingshttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/san-diego-mosque-cain-clark-caleb-vazquez.htmlInternment Camp for American Zionistshttps://nypost.com/2026/05/19/us-news/sex-therapist-dem-candidate-calls-for-converting-ice-facilities-into-camps-for-american-zionists-with-castration-center/Kars 4 Kidshttps://forward.com/fast-forward/825292/california-judge-says-kars4kids-misled-donors-by-omitting-orthodox-jewish-mission-from-ads/The Feed Is Fake (New York Magazine)https://archive.is/bLCUwTrump IRS Settlement (also look at Liz Oyer video) https://abc45.com/news/nation-world/trump-tax-settlement-irs-leak-anti-weaponization-fund-doj-apology-us-agrees-to-dropElon Musk Rigged the Electionhttps://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ashley-st-clair-claims-elon-060828265.htmlWho Might Run for President in 2028?https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/briefing/whos-running-for-president-in-2028.htmlTrump Accounts = Social Security Privatizationhttps://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5870394-cruz-trump-accounts-social-security/Black Woman Femicidehttps://thelensnola.org/2026/05/13/black-femicide-crisis-domestic-violence-black-women/SUBSCRIBE TO THE PATREON:https://patreon.com/WithoutACountry?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFOLLOW WITHOUT A COUNTRY ON IG: https://www.instagram.com/withoutacountrypodcast/FOLLOW CORINNE ON IG: https://www.instagram.com/philanthropygalFOLLOW MIKE ON IG: https://www.instagram.com/themharrington/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The internet was built by scientists who wanted to share research. Then surveillance capitalism, social media and Big Tech got involved, and ruined it.From Tim Berners-Lee and the World Wide Web to Cambridge Analytica, Elon Musk buying Twitter, and AI rewriting the rules all over again, this is the full history of the internet: how it began, how it was hijacked, and how to take some of it back. We cover ARPANET, Google's monopoly, Wikipedia, YouTube, the data harvesting scandal that exposed 87 million Facebook users, and the platforms actually paying creators fairly, including Bandcamp, Substack, and Ko-fi.https://www.patreon.com/HistorysGreatestIdiotshttps://www.instagram.com/historysgreatestidiotshttps://buymeacoffee.com/historysgreatestidiotsArtist: Sarah Cheyhttps://www.fiverr.com/sarahchey
The internet was built by scientists who wanted to share research. Then surveillance capitalism, social media and Big Tech got involved, and ruined it.From Tim Berners-Lee and the World Wide Web to Cambridge Analytica, Elon Musk buying Twitter, and AI rewriting the rules all over again, this is the full history of the internet: how it began, how it was hijacked, and how to take some of it back. We cover ARPANET, Google's monopoly, Wikipedia, YouTube, the data harvesting scandal that exposed 87 million Facebook users, and the platforms actually paying creators fairly, including Bandcamp, Substack, and Ko-fi.https://www.patreon.com/HistorysGreatestIdiotshttps://www.instagram.com/historysgreatestidiotshttps://buymeacoffee.com/historysgreatestidiotsArtist: Sarah Cheyhttps://www.fiverr.com/sarahchey
The unraveling web of deceipt continues in the Facebook Data Scandal. Our guests, Kevin Roose and Casey Newton unveil what Mark Zuckerberg had to say for himself in a one-on-one interview. And what were the ramifications in the wake of the 2016 presidential election? Find out in the thrilling conclusion of this week's SNAFU.Don't forget to subscribe to the SNAFU YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@SNAFUPodBuy the SNAFU book: www.snafu-book.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Kevin Roose and Casey Newton are High-Tech Savants. The co-hosts of the Hard Fork Podcast were on the front lines of the Facebook Data Scandal, and today they help Ed break down just how much of your data (yes, you dear listener!) was leaked and misused for political purposes. Find out what laws Cambridge Analytica broke in today's tech-heavy SNAFU. Don't forget to subscribe to the SNAFU YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@SNAFUPodBuy the SNAFU book: www.snafu-book.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
De digitale samenleving lijkt een onstuitbare sneltrein. Maar wie heeft het spoor getrokken, wie bepaalt de snelheid en waar gaat de reis naartoe? Volgens Paola Verhaert rijdt deze trein niet blindelings: achter de schermen sturen macht en belangen de koers. In haar essay 'Technologie is politiek' ontrafelt Verhaert de structuren die digitaal onrecht voeden en onderzoekt ze de rol van technologie in het Cambridge Analytica-schandaal of de Nederlandse Toeslagenaffaire.
Peter Thiel ya se ha instalado en una mansión que adquirió en Buenos Aires y se ha reunido con el presidente, Javier Milei. El fundador de Palantir Technologies, especializada en macrodatos y vinculada a la industria de defensa, está explorando distintas oportunidades de negocio y visitando varias zonas del interior del país. De forma llamativa, pocas horas antes de ese encuentro, la Casa Rosada cerró la sala de prensa e impidió el acceso a los periodistas, alegando motivos poco convincentes. Tenemos, además, un nuevo capítulo de la “telenovela” de Adorni al horni. La ficción de El Reino parece tener su reflejo en la realidad, con un pastor lanzado a la carrera presidencial en Argentina. Por último, Elisa Carrió se ha mostrado abiertamente en contra de Thiel y de Palantir, pese a que en el pasado participó, convirtiéndose en cómplice, en la campaña antikirchnerista de 2015 vinculada a Cambridge Analytica. Mas vídeos de Pandemia Digital: https://www.youtube.com/c/PandemiaDigital1 Si quieres comprar buen aceite de primera prensada, sin intermediarios y ayudar de esa forma a los agricultores con salarios justos tenemos un código de promoción para ti: https://12coop.com/cupon/pandemiadigital/ Este video puede contener temas sensibles, así como discursos de odi*, ac*so, o discr*minación. El objetivo de abordar estos temas es exclusivamente informativo y busca concienciar a la audiencia sobre estos acontecimientos, y denunciar y señalar el origen de los mismos para crear consciencia y evitar su propagación. Si consideras que el contenido puede afectarte, te recomendamos proceder con precaución o evitar su visualización. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Únete a nuestra comunidad de YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFOwGZY-NTnctghtlHkj8BA/join Se mecenas de Patreon https://www.patreon.com/PandemiaDigital ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Súmate a la comunidad en Twitch - En vivo de Lunes a Jueves: https://www.twitch.tv/pandemiadigital Sigue nuestro Canal de Telegram: https://t.me/PandemiaDigital Suscríbete en nuestra web: https://PandemiaDigital.net Sigue nuestras redes: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PandemiaDigitaI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PandemiaDigitalObservatorio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pandemia_digital_twitch TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pandemiadigital #PandemiaDigital
Des logos qu'on voit partout. Des marques banales. Des noms qu'on prononce chaque semaine sans même y penser.Mais dès qu'on gratte un peu, quelque chose apparaît. Scandales bien réels, campagnes mal expliquées, rumeurs virales, paniques morales, symboles surinterprétés, boycotts amplifiés par les réseaux sociaux… et soudain, les grandes entreprises deviennent des personnages parfaits pour nourrir l'imaginaire complotiste.Dans cet épisode, on plonge dans un univers où Starbucks est accusée de financer des guerres, où KFC élèverait des poulets mutants, où Target deviendrait une menace pour l'enfance, où Bud Light se transforme en symbole politique, et où Big Pharma et Big Tech brouillent elles-mêmes la frontière entre méfiance légitime et paranoïa pure.On revient aussi sur des cas beaucoup plus sérieux qui ont nourri cette culture du doute, comme Purdue Pharma, Martin Shkreli, Cambridge Analytica et les grandes plateformes qui monétisent notre attention, nos émotions et parfois même notre colère.Dans l'aftershow, on quitte les marques comme simples cibles de rumeurs pour aller voir celles et ceux qui transforment activement la peur en modèle d'affaires. Alex Jones, The Epoch Times, Joe Rogan, Russell Brand, RFK Jr., Tucker Carlson… tout un écosystème où le complotisme ne circule pas seulement comme une croyance, mais comme un produit.Voyez le film Undertone de A24, dans une salle québécoise dès le 13 mars 2026!nordvpn.com/distorsion : Rabais exclusif sur ton abonnement + plus 4 mois gratuits!ÉrosEt Compagnie : 15% de rabais avec le code DistorsionPatreon | Site Web | Boutique Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
How can corporate scandals—from Enron to the Facebook privacy controversy—change the way the world works for the better?Political scientists Pepper Culpepper and Taeku Lee have drawn on a decade of research on policymaking and public opinion to show how scandals can ignite a public with few political outlets for their discontent. Scandals don't simply dominate news cycles: they can provoke us to demand better policy, spurring governments to adopt rules that protect us from massive corporations run amok. They say that today it is giant companies, not governments, that run the world. Businesses launch rockets into space, control satellite communication, and develop era-defining AI technologies. But around the globe, these corporate titans are facing increasing public hostility. Tech giants are accused of promoting misinformation, undermining democracy and violating our privacy. Big banks, reeling since the financial crisis of 2008, continue to face major scandals. Drawing on real-life examples such as the powdered milk scandal that rocked France, the VW scandal in Germany, the Goldman Sachs scandal in the United States, Cambridge Analytica in Britain and Samsung in South Korea, Culpepper and Lee say these scandals are not just symptoms of a careless corporate elite, they are opportunities for real political change.They explore all of this in their book The Billionaire Backlash, and Taeku Lee comes to Commonwealth Club World Affairs to reveal their take on how the shared anger of citizens can be channeled into a backlash that has the potential to reinvigorate our failing democracies. One corporate scandal at a time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When Brett Levenson left Apple in 2019 to lead business integrity at Facebook, the social media giant was in the thick of the Cambridge Analytica fallout. At the time, he thought he could simply fix Facebook's content moderation problem with better technology. The problem, he quickly learned, ran deeper than technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
With the help of Steve Bannon and Cambridge Analytica, Trump was groomed to appeal to those who have lost faith in media and politics. Bannon has admitted that he modeled his campaign on the one crafted for Hitler, who was a puppet of dark forces. Through meticulous investigation, John Hankey explores this, and how the media circus following Trump is a strategy for dividing a "United" States.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.
On this recent TalkCocktial podcast I'm joined by Oxford political scientist Pepper Culpepper, who has spent a decade studying when corporate scandals force actual change—Dieselgate, Cambridge Analytica, Goldman Sachs—and when they just fade away. His book Billionaire Backlash argues scandals briefly overwhelm corporate lobbying when they tap simmering public resentment. He pushes back hard on whether billionaire wealth reflects value creation for society or corruption, and whether making policy through outrage is democracy working or failing. Get full access to Talk Cocktail Podcast at jeffschechtman.substack.com/subscribe
Parce que… c'est l'épisode 0x729! Shameless plug 31 mars au 2 avril 2026 - Forum INCYBER - Europe 2026 14 au 17 avril 2026 - Botconf 2026 20 au 22 avril 2026 - ITSec Code rabais de 15%: Seqcure15 28 et 29 avril 2026 - Cybereco Cyberconférence 2026 9 au 17 mai 2026 - NorthSec 2026 3 au 5 juin 2026 - SSTIC 2026 19 septembre 2026 - Bsides Montréal 1 au 3 décembre 2026 - Forum INCYBER - Canada 2026 24 et 25 février 2027 - SéQCure 2027 Description Introduction Dans cette 14e collaboration entre les balados Cyber Citoyen et PolySécure, Nicolas reçoit Catherine Dupont-Gagnon et Samuel Harper pour une discussion dense et animée sur plusieurs enjeux de cybersécurité, de surveillance et de démocratie numérique. L'épisode couvre trois grands thèmes : le projet de loi canadien C-22, les révélations sur le Department of Homeland Security américain, et la montée des outils d'influence politique automatisés. Le projet de loi C-22 : entre progrès et inquiétudes Samuel Harper introduit le projet de loi C-22, une version remaniée et plus ciblée de l'ancien C-2, qui avait suscité beaucoup de controverse. Si certaines dispositions particulièrement attentatoires à la vie privée ont été retirées — notamment la fouille du courrier postal et la collecte de données sans mandat — d'autres éléments soulèvent encore des préoccupations. Parmi les changements notables, les forces de l'ordre pourront désormais demander à un fournisseur de services Internet ou de télécommunication si une personne y détient un compte, sans avoir besoin d'un mandat préalable. La compagnie doit simplement répondre par oui ou non. Sam souligne que cette disposition, bien qu'encadrée, pourrait permettre de dresser des profils assez détaillés en croisant les informations de plusieurs fournisseurs. Le projet de loi prévoit également d'obliger certains fournisseurs — désignés comme « core providers » — à conserver les métadonnées de communications pendant une période maximale d'un an. Cela inclut notamment des données de géolocalisation et des informations sur quels appareils ont communiqué entre eux. Catherine soulève un point crucial : cette obligation de conservation crée une cible de choix pour des acteurs malveillants ou des employés internes corrompus qui pourraient accéder à ces données de façon non autorisée. Le trio discute également de la légalisation pour les forces de l'ordre d'utiliser des données de sources ouvertes (réseaux sociaux publics, forums) et potentiellement d'acheter des données auprès de data brokers. Cette dernière pratique est particulièrement problématique, car elle permet de contourner l'exigence d'un mandat judiciaire en remplaçant la procédure légale par un simple budget d'enquête. La question des données de santé achetables sur le marché, et la facilité croissante de désanonymiser des individus grâce à l'intelligence artificielle, vient compléter ce tableau préoccupant. Pour ceux qui souhaitent s'opposer au projet de loi, Samuel rappelle que les citoyens peuvent contacter leur député, écrire des commentaires sur le site du Parlement ou demander à témoigner en comité. Les révélations sur le Department of Homeland Security Catherine prend ensuite la parole pour présenter des documents divulgués par des activistes concernant des projets de surveillance du Department of Homeland Security américain. Environ 6 000 entreprises auraient soumis des propositions à l'agence, allant de la surveillance biométrique avancée dans les aéroports jusqu'à l'utilisation des téléphones comme scanners biométriques. Le projet qui retient le plus l'attention de Catherine est une plateforme qui analyserait les appels au 911 à l'échelle nationale pour créer une carte prédictive des incidents criminels — une forme de « minority report » appliquée à la police. Cette approche algorithmique de la prévention du crime est hautement problématique en raison des biais systémiques qu'elle risque de reproduire et d'amplifier. Le livre Automating Inequality est mentionné comme référence sur ce sujet. Samuel insiste sur le fait que ces projets ne sont pas que théoriques : certains sont déjà partiellement retenus et font l'objet de financements dépassant les 100 milliards de dollars. Sans tomber dans le fatalisme, les trois animateurs rappellent que la résistance citoyenne a déjà démontré son efficacité — notamment à Minneapolis — et que des solutions créatives et low-tech, comme des techniques de maquillage perturbant la reconnaissance faciale, peuvent constituer des formes de résistance accessibles et efficaces. Les « combattants numériques » et la démocratie gamifiée Catherine présente ensuite un article du Devoir portant sur une entreprise israélienne qui commercialise une technologie d'influence politique au Canada. Le principe : envoyer des messages à des sympathisants pour les inciter à interagir avec des publications politiques, en générant même des commentaires personnalisés par intelligence artificielle afin d'éviter la détection des plateformes. Il ne s'agit pas de bots, mais d'humains dont l'action est orchestrée et facilitée par la machine, ce que Samuel qualifie d'« astroturfing gamifié ». La comparaison avec Cambridge Analytica est inévitable : on instrumentalise les liens de confiance entre individus, comme Farmville le faisait jadis sur Facebook pour aspirer les données des amis d'utilisateurs. L'enjeu démocratique est fondamental : l'application est conçue pour que l'utilisateur n'ait pas à réfléchir au message qu'il diffuse, court-circuitant ainsi l'engagement politique authentique. La dette cognitive et l'intelligence artificielle en éducation La discussion dérive naturellement vers l'usage de l'IA générative dans les milieux professionnels et éducatifs. Catherine observe une dégradation notable chez ses étudiants : travaux générés en quelques secondes sans relecture, anxiété accrue aux examens, baisse des résultats sur des évaluations identiques à celles d'il y a 18 mois. Elle note que les étudiants délèguent même la prise de notes à des outils IA lors des cours Zoom, privant leur cerveau du travail cognitif nécessaire à la mémorisation. Nicolas renchérit en évoquant la qualité des documents reçus dans son milieu professionnel, qu'il décrit comme des textes « bien polis mais sans substance » — un éternuement qui n'aboutit pas. Le groupe s'entend pour dire que l'IA est un outil utile dans certains contextes, mais que son utilisation généralisée et non réfléchie érode des compétences fondamentales. La solution, jugée simple mais exigeante, reste de faire l'effort cognitif soi-même. Conclusion L'épisode se termine sur une note d'espoir mesuré : sans nier la gravité des enjeux abordés, les trois animateurs refusent le fatalisme. Ils évoquent la possibilité de diffuser le balado sur Twitch pour rejoindre un public plus jeune, et s'engagent à tester prochainement la fameuse application de militantisme virtuel pour en analyser les résultats dans un épisode futur. Collaborateurs Nicolas-Loïc Fortin Catherine Dupont-Gagnon Samuel Harper Crédits Montage par Intrasecure inc Locaux virtuels par Riverside.fm
On March 19, 2019, the respondent, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada received a complaint under s. 11(1) of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, S.C. 2000, c. 5 (“PIPEDA”) which raised concerns about the appellant Facebook's compliance with the PIPEDA. The concerns were related to Facebook's practice of sharing Facebook users' personal information with third-party applications hosted on its platform. The complaint was filed in the context of reports related to a professor at the University of Cambridge, U.K., Dr. Aleksandr Kogan, who launched an application through Facebook's Platform titled “thisisyourdigitallife” (“TYDL”) in November 2013. Presented to users as a personality quiz, Dr. Kogan could access the personal information of installing users and installing users' friends. In December 2015, it was reported that user data obtained by TYDL was sold to a corporation named Cambridge Analytica and a related entity, Strategic Communication Laboratories Elections Ltd. (SCL), who, in turn, used the data purchased from Dr. Kogan to help their clients target political messaging to potential voters in the then upcoming presidential election in the United States. When TYDL was launched in 2013, it agreed to Facebook's Platform Policy and Terms of Service. In 2014, Facebook issued a version 2 (v.2) of its communication protocol, Graph API, under which third party developers could no longer request permission to access installing users' friends unless the app developer, through an expanded access to additional personal information request, can demonstrate that the data would be used to “enhance the user's in-app experience”. The process for consideration of expanded access requests was introduced alongside Graph API v.2 as “App Review.” Although Graph API v.2 took effect in 2014, existing apps were given a one-year grace period before complying with the new iteration. When Graph API v.2 was announced, Dr. Kogan's request for expanded access to additional personal information was denied by Facebook because his intended use, research, would not enhance user experience. Nonetheless, Dr. Kogan continued to collect data under Graph API v.1 with no additional scrutiny from Facebook. As a result, though only 272 Canadians ever installed the TYDL app, Facebook estimates that these installations lead to the potential disclosure of the data of over 600,000 Canadians. In 2015, when the reports became public, Facebook removed TYDL from Platform and asked Cambridge Analytica to delete the user data it had obtained. Facebook did not notify the affected users that their Facebook data had been collected and sold. It was not until 2018 that Facebook suspended Dr. Kogan and Cambridge Analytica from Platform. After receiving the complaint, the Privacy Commissioner investigated and concluded that Facebook failed to obtain valid and meaningful consent for its disclosures to applications and failed to safeguard its users' information. As a result, in February 2020, the Privacy Commissioner filed a notice of application in the Federal Court claiming that Facebook was in breach of its obligations set out in Schedule 1 pursuant to s. 5(1)(a) of PIPEDA through its practice of sharing Facebook users' personal information with third-party applications hosted on the Facebook Platform.The Federal Court dismissed the application. The Federal Court of Appeal allowed the appeal and granted the Privacy Commissioner's application in part. Argued Date 2026-03-19 Keywords Privacy — Online social media platform — Obligation to safeguard users' data — Obligation to obtain meaningful consent from users for disclosure of personal data — Whether application judge erred in finding Privacy Commissioner of Canada did not prove that Facebook failed to get meaningful consent to disclose personal information to third-party apps — Whether application judge erred in finding Privacy Commissioner did not prove that Facebook failed to maintain adequate security safeguards to protect personal information in its possession or custody? — Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, S.C. 2000, c. 5, ss. 3, 5(1), 6.1 and ss. 4.3 (principle 3) and 4.7 (principle 7) of schedule 1. Notes (Federal) (Civil) (By Leave) Language English Audio Disclaimers This podcast is created as a public service to promote public access and awareness of the workings of Canada's highest court. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Court. The original version of this hearing may be found on the Supreme Court of Canada's website. The above case summary was prepared by the Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada (Law Branch).
On March 19, 2019, the respondent, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada received a complaint under s. 11(1) of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, S.C. 2000, c. 5 (“PIPEDA”) which raised concerns about the appellant Facebook's compliance with the PIPEDA. The concerns were related to Facebook's practice of sharing Facebook users' personal information with third-party applications hosted on its platform. The complaint was filed in the context of reports related to a professor at the University of Cambridge, U.K., Dr. Aleksandr Kogan, who launched an application through Facebook's Platform titled “thisisyourdigitallife” (“TYDL”) in November 2013. Presented to users as a personality quiz, Dr. Kogan could access the personal information of installing users and installing users' friends. In December 2015, it was reported that user data obtained by TYDL was sold to a corporation named Cambridge Analytica and a related entity, Strategic Communication Laboratories Elections Ltd. (SCL), who, in turn, used the data purchased from Dr. Kogan to help their clients target political messaging to potential voters in the then upcoming presidential election in the United States. When TYDL was launched in 2013, it agreed to Facebook's Platform Policy and Terms of Service. In 2014, Facebook issued a version 2 (v.2) of its communication protocol, Graph API, under which third party developers could no longer request permission to access installing users' friends unless the app developer, through an expanded access to additional personal information request, can demonstrate that the data would be used to “enhance the user's in-app experience”. The process for consideration of expanded access requests was introduced alongside Graph API v.2 as “App Review.” Although Graph API v.2 took effect in 2014, existing apps were given a one-year grace period before complying with the new iteration. When Graph API v.2 was announced, Dr. Kogan's request for expanded access to additional personal information was denied by Facebook because his intended use, research, would not enhance user experience. Nonetheless, Dr. Kogan continued to collect data under Graph API v.1 with no additional scrutiny from Facebook. As a result, though only 272 Canadians ever installed the TYDL app, Facebook estimates that these installations lead to the potential disclosure of the data of over 600,000 Canadians. In 2015, when the reports became public, Facebook removed TYDL from Platform and asked Cambridge Analytica to delete the user data it had obtained. Facebook did not notify the affected users that their Facebook data had been collected and sold. It was not until 2018 that Facebook suspended Dr. Kogan and Cambridge Analytica from Platform. After receiving the complaint, the Privacy Commissioner investigated and concluded that Facebook failed to obtain valid and meaningful consent for its disclosures to applications and failed to safeguard its users' information. As a result, in February 2020, the Privacy Commissioner filed a notice of application in the Federal Court claiming that Facebook was in breach of its obligations set out in Schedule 1 pursuant to s. 5(1)(a) of PIPEDA through its practice of sharing Facebook users' personal information with third-party applications hosted on the Facebook Platform.The Federal Court dismissed the application. The Federal Court of Appeal allowed the appeal and granted the Privacy Commissioner's application in part. Argued Date 2026-03-19 Keywords Privacy — Online social media platform — Obligation to safeguard users' data — Obligation to obtain meaningful consent from users for disclosure of personal data — Whether application judge erred in finding Privacy Commissioner of Canada did not prove that Facebook failed to get meaningful consent to disclose personal information to third-party apps — Whether application judge erred in finding Privacy Commissioner did not prove that Facebook failed to maintain adequate security safeguards to protect personal information in its possession or custody? — Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, S.C. 2000, c. 5, ss. 3, 5(1), 6.1 and ss. 4.3 (principle 3) and 4.7 (principle 7) of schedule 1. Notes (Federal) (Civil) (By Leave) Language Floor Audio Disclaimers This podcast is created as a public service to promote public access and awareness of the workings of Canada's highest court. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Court. The original version of this hearing may be found on the Supreme Court of Canada's website. The above case summary was prepared by the Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada (Law Branch).
Giant companies, launch rockets into space, control satellite communication and develop era-defining AI technologies. But they are also seen as promoting misinformation, undermining democracy and violating privacy. Big banks, reeling since the financial crisis of 2008, continue to be racked with major scandals. Drawing on examples such as the VW scandal in Germany, Cambridge Analytica and Samsung the authors of Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How it Could Save Democracy (Bloomsbury, 2026) show that these scandals are opportunities for real political change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Giant companies, launch rockets into space, control satellite communication and develop era-defining AI technologies. But they are also seen as promoting misinformation, undermining democracy and violating privacy. Big banks, reeling since the financial crisis of 2008, continue to be racked with major scandals. Drawing on examples such as the VW scandal in Germany, Cambridge Analytica and Samsung the authors of Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How it Could Save Democracy (Bloomsbury, 2026) show that these scandals are opportunities for real political change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science
Adopted Yet Hated - Which Is It to Be?That Was The Week #8 | March 7-13, 2026900 million users. 10,000 empty pages. The gap between them won't be closed by better arguments.This Week's ThesisNine hundred million people used ChatGPT last week. Ten thousand authors published an empty book to protest it. Both numbers are real. The editorial argues the gap between AI adoption and AI hostility isn't about technology - it's about who benefits. Trust can't be delegated to policy. It has to be learned through usefulness.In This IssueEssaysWhy Does Everyone Hate AI? - Rex Woodbury asks the question Silicon Valley doesn't want to hear. Five reasons AI is uniquely despised, from Cambridge Analytica hangover to identity threat.Silicon Valley's New Obsession: Watching Bots Do Their Grunt Work - Kate Clark, WSJ. SF partygoers checking on AI agent fleets "with a mix of pride and fear." The modern Tamagotchi, but with more firepower.Institutional AI vs Individual AI - George Sivulka (CEO, Hebbia). The most important framing essay this week. We swapped the motor. We didn't redesign the factory.The Premium of Originality - Scott Belsky. When production costs collapse, originality becomes the scarce asset.AI Was Supposed to Free My Time. It Consumed It. - Dan Shipper. Faster drafts become more drafts. You don't get slack; you get tighter expectations.How AI Will Destroy Universities - C. Thi Nguyen. The toupee fallacy: you only catch the bad fakes.Something Feels Weird About This Economy - Noah Smith. GDP growth + productivity surge + weak hiring = a transition economy nobody has a model for.Meta Bought My Social Network (An AI's Perspective) - Angela. An AI writing about the acquisition of her own social network, posted on that social network while it still existed. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thatwastheweek.com/subscribe
Giant companies, launch rockets into space, control satellite communication and develop era-defining AI technologies. But they are also seen as promoting misinformation, undermining democracy and violating privacy. Big banks, reeling since the financial crisis of 2008, continue to be racked with major scandals. Drawing on examples such as the VW scandal in Germany, Cambridge Analytica and Samsung the authors of Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How it Could Save Democracy (Bloomsbury, 2026) show that these scandals are opportunities for real political change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/politics-and-polemics
Giant companies, launch rockets into space, control satellite communication and develop era-defining AI technologies. But they are also seen as promoting misinformation, undermining democracy and violating privacy. Big banks, reeling since the financial crisis of 2008, continue to be racked with major scandals. Drawing on examples such as the VW scandal in Germany, Cambridge Analytica and Samsung the authors of Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How it Could Save Democracy (Bloomsbury, 2026) show that these scandals are opportunities for real political change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Giant companies, launch rockets into space, control satellite communication and develop era-defining AI technologies. But they are also seen as promoting misinformation, undermining democracy and violating privacy. Big banks, reeling since the financial crisis of 2008, continue to be racked with major scandals. Drawing on examples such as the VW scandal in Germany, Cambridge Analytica and Samsung the authors of Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How it Could Save Democracy (Bloomsbury, 2026) show that these scandals are opportunities for real political change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Giant companies, launch rockets into space, control satellite communication and develop era-defining AI technologies. But they are also seen as promoting misinformation, undermining democracy and violating privacy. Big banks, reeling since the financial crisis of 2008, continue to be racked with major scandals. Drawing on examples such as the VW scandal in Germany, Cambridge Analytica and Samsung the authors of Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How it Could Save Democracy (Bloomsbury, 2026) show that these scandals are opportunities for real political change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dr. Roger McFillin explores the hidden mechanisms of mind control, societal programming, and how media, history, and psychology shape our perceptions and behaviors. This episode uncovers documented research, historical experiments, and practical insights to empower individuals to reclaim mental sovereignty. By the end of this episode, you will understand the system you are living inside. And you will understand why one person willing to refuse changes everything. Visit Center for Integrated Behavioral HealthDr. Roger McFillin / Radically Genuine WebsiteYouTube @RadicallyGenuineDr. Roger McFillin (@DrMcFillin) / XSubstack | Radically Genuine | Dr. Roger McFillinInstagram @radicallygenuineContact Radically GenuineConscious Clinician CollectivePLEASE SUPPORT OUR PARTNERS15% Off Pure Spectrum CBD (Code: RadicallyGenuine)10% off Lovetuner click here
FEATURING: Kerry Cassidy https://projectcamelotportal.com/SHOW DESCRIPTIONToday on Steel News, Ann Vandersteel sits down with investigative journalist and Project Camelot founder Kerry Cassidy for a powerful deep dive into the escalating AI information war.From Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group's psychological operations to the rise of deep fake video manipulation, we examine how data mining, behavioral targeting, and artificial intelligence are reshaping politics, perception, and power itself.Are elections influenced or engineered?Is AI manufacturing narratives in real time?Are both political factions deploying the same digital weapons?We explore the connections between:• The Maxwell tech network and intelligence-linked data systems• Cambridge Analytica's military-grade behavioral modeling• The Apple TV series The Capture and its unsettling parallels to reality• Narrative warfare, engineered scandal cycles, and psychological targeting• The growing blur between truth, optics, and algorithmKerry Cassidy brings two decades of interviews with high-level whistleblowers and her firsthand experience with censorship, platform deletion, and digital suppression.This is not a partisan conversation.It is a conversation about perception, manipulation, and the future of truth itself.In the AI era, the battlefield is the mind.Join us LIVE at 3PM ET as we ask the question:Shall we play a game?Don't miss this direct, unfiltered conversation only on Steel News.This is Steel News where truth survives pressure.Follow: ANN VANDERSTEEL https://AnnVandersteel.comFollow Ann Vandersteel on Pickax: https://pickax.com/annvandersteel
How do we balance free speech, platform accountability, and democratic integrity when technology moves faster than policy? In this episode, Katie Harbath, the "election whisperer to the tech industry," joins Corey Nathan to discuss the impossible trade-offs facing social media platforms, the evolving landscape of AI and misinformation, and what it means to "panic responsibly" in an era of rapid technological change. Katie spent a decade at Facebook as a policy director managing elections globally, navigating crises from Cambridge Analytica to the 2020 election. Now as CEO of Anchor Change and Chief Global Affairs Officer at Duco, she helps organizations understand how the internet shapes democracy. The conversation explores how to use AI ethically in creative work, the challenges of content moderation at scale, why community notes might be better than fact-checking, and how individuals can reclaim agency over their information diets. Katie also shares her personal evolution on free speech, the difference between distribution and moderation, and why the next four years will require all of us to find new ways to ground ourselves. Calls to Action ✅ If this conversation resonates, consider sharing it with someone who believes connection across difference still matters. ✅ Subscribe to Corey's Substack: coreysnathan.substack.com ✅ Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen: ratethispodcast.com/goodfaithpolitics ✅ Subscribe to Talkin' Politics & Religion Without Killin' Each Other on your favorite podcast platform. ✅ Watch the full conversation and subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/@politicsandreligion Key Takeaways Panic Responsibly: Don't be paralyzed by fear of AI or technological change. Take agency over how you use these tools while considering ethical guardrails Impossible Trade-offs: Platform decisions involve choices between imperfect options with unknowable long-term consequences (see: Cambridge Analytica stemming from 2010's Open Graph) AI Ethics in Practice: Katie uses AI to organize thoughts, identify themes, spot repetitive phrases, and show line edits; but keeps human input and output central to the creative process Free Speech Evolution: Even tech policy experts are evolving their views. Katie has moved toward greater support for free speech while recognizing the importance of context and consequences Distribution vs. Moderation: The key question isn't just what stays on platforms, but what gets amplified by algorithms. Distribution decisions matter as much as content decisions Community Notes > Fact-Checking: Collaborative, crowdsourced context may be more effective and less politically fraught than centralized fact-checking operations You Have Agency: Individuals control which platforms they use, what content they engage with, and what news sources they consume. These choices train algorithms and shape experiences Election Infrastructure Improved: Despite continued challenges, election officials have made significant strides since 2020 in security, preparedness, and collaboration with tech platforms Social Media: Mixed Bag: Platforms have given voice to candidates and causes that would otherwise struggle for attention, but have also created new challenges for democracy Information Audit: Katie recommends doing an annual "news audit" to ensure your media consumption aligns with your values and includes diverse perspectives across the political spectrum About Our Guest Katie Harbath is an award-winning global leader at the intersection of technology, policy, and elections. She spent a decade at Facebook as a Public Policy Director, where she built and led the teams that managed elections globally, navigating some of the platform's most challenging moments. Today, Katie is the CEO of Anchor Change, a technology consulting firm, and Chief Global Affairs Officer at Duco. Described as the "election whisperer to the tech industry," she helps organizations navigate the complex intersections of technology, democracy, and policy. Katie is writing a book about her experiences in tech policy and is a sought-after voice on issues of platform governance, content moderation, AI ethics, and the future of democracy in the digital age. She is known for her pragmatic approach to impossible trade-offs and her catchphrase "panic responsibly" when it comes to emerging technologies. Links and Resources Katie Harbath's Work: Substack: anchorchange.substack.com Anchor Change: anchorchange.com Duco Experts: ducoexperts.com Katie's AI Ethics and Disclosure Statement: anchorchange.substack.com/p/ethics-and-transparency-statement Connect on Social Media Corey is @coreysnathan on all the socials... Substack LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky TikTok Thanks to our Sponsors and Partners Thanks to Pew Research Center for making today's conversation possible. Gratitude as well to Village Square for coming alongside us in this work and helping foster better civic dialogue. Links and additional resources: Pew Research Center: pewresearch.org The Village Square: villagesquare.us Meza Wealth Management: mezawealth.com Proud members of The Democracy Group Clarity, charity, and conviction can live in the same room.
"I will say that QAnon was right and I was wrong." — Pepper CulpepperFrom Bannon and Trump to Summers, Gates, Blavatnik and Chomsky, the Epstein scandal has revealed elites of all ideological stripes behaving shamefully together. The Oxford political scientist Pepper Culpepper argues this is exactly the kind of corporate scandal that can save democracy—not despite its ugliness, but because of it. His new co-authored book, Billionaire Backlash, shows how scandals activate "latent opinion," bringing long-simmering public concerns to the surface and triggering society-wide demand for regulation. We discuss why Cambridge Analytica led to California privacy law, how Samsung's bribery scandal sparked Korea's Candlelight Protests, and why China's authoritarian approach to corporate malfeasance actually undermines trust.Culpepper, himself the Blavatnik Professor of Government at Oxford's Blavatnik School, acknowledges an uncomfortable truth. "I would say that QAnon was right," he admits, "and I was wrong." The specifics might have been fantasy, but the underlying suspicion about elite corruption was justified. And policy entrepreneurs—obsessive individuals who channel public outrage into actual legislation—matter more than we think. For Culpepper, billionaire backlash isn't a threat to democracy—it might actually be what saves it.About the GuestPepper Culpepper is Vice Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. He is the co-author, with Taeku Lee of Harvard, of Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How It Could Save Democracy (2026).ReferencesScandals discussed:● The Epstein scandal revealed that elites across politics, finance, and academia were connected to Jeffrey Epstein's network of abuse—vindicating populist suspicions that "the system is broken."● Cambridge Analytica (2018) exposed how Facebook leaked data on 90 million users, leading to the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act in the EU, and California's privacy regulations.● The Samsung bribery scandal in South Korea led to the Candlelight Protests and President Park Geun-hye's resignation, demonstrating how corporate scandals can strengthen civil society.● The 2008 Chinese milk scandal killed six infants due to melamine contamination; the government's cover-up during the Beijing Olympics destroyed public trust in domestic food safety.● Volkswagen's Dieselgate scandal showed how companies cheat on regulations, bringing latent concerns about corporate behavior to the surface.Policy entrepreneurs mentioned:● Carl Levin was a US Senator from Michigan who shepherded the Goldman Sachs hearings and contributed to the Dodd-Frank Act.● Margrethe Vestager served as EU Competition Commissioner and pushed for the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act.● Max Schrems is an Austrian privacy activist who, as a student, discovered Facebook retained his deleted messages and eventually brought down the US-EU data transfer agreement.● Alastair Mactaggart is a California property developer who pushed through the state's privacy regulations when federal action proved impossible.● Zhao Lianhai was a Chinese activist who tried to organize parents after the 2008 milk scandal; the government arrested and imprisoned him.Concepts discussed:● Latent opinion refers to concerns people hold in the back of their minds that aren't front-of-mind until a scandal brings them to the surface.● The Thermidor reference is to the French Revolutionary period when the radical Jacobins were overthrown—Culpepper suggests a controlled version might benefit democracy.● The muckrakers were Progressive Era journalists whose exposés led to reforms like the Food and Drug Administration.Also mentioned:● Michael Sandel is a Harvard political philosopher known for arguing that "there shouldn't be a price on everything."● Patrick Radden Keefe wrote Empire of Pain, the definitive account of the Sackler family and the opioid epidemic.● Lee Jae-yong is the heir apparent to Samsung, implicated in the bribery scandal.● Parasite, Squid Game, and No Other Choice are Korean cultural works that critique the country's relationship with its conglomerates.About Keen On AmericaNobody asks more awkward questions than the Anglo-American writer and filmmaker Andrew Keen. In Keen On America, Andrew brings his pointed Transatlantic wit to making sense of the United States—hosting daily interviews about the history and future of this now venerable Republic. With nearly 2,800 episodes since the show launched on TechCrunch in 2010, Keen On America is the most prolific intellectual interview show in the history of podcasting.WebsiteSubstackYouTubeApple PodcastsSpotifyChapters:(00:00) - (00:22) - The Epstein opportunity (01:21) - Elite overreach exposed (03:12) - Scandals without partisan charge (05:04) - The Vice Dean's credibility problem (06:21) - Latent opinion explained (09:39) - Is there anything wrong with being a billionaire? (11:47) - American vs. European scandals (14:48) - Saving democracy vs. saving capitalism (17:05) - Corporate scandals and economic vitality (18:33) - Policy entrepreneurs: Carl Levin and Margrethe Vestager (19:54...
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I am so excited to share my conversation with Kelly Stonelake!Kelly Stonelake is a business operator and technologist with nearly 15 years of experience at Meta, where she held senior roles in product marketing and organizational leadership. During her tenure, she raised concerns about child safety and internal misconduct and faced retaliation after senior leadership chose to conceal risks rather than address them. The gap between Meta's stated values and her lived experience led to a severe loss of functioning and a fight for her life.Following her departure, Kelly became a whistleblower and advocate for stronger protections for children online, greater tech accountability, awareness of autistic burnout and suicide risk, and safer workplaces for marginalized people. Her work focuses on challenging the concentration of power in technology and advancing equity, accountability, and systemic reform.Kelly recently testified before the Washington State Senate in support of SB 5708 on addictive feeds and SB 5784 on AI companions, sharing first-hand accounts of child exposure, data collection without parental consent, and corporate retaliation against those who spoke up.Please visit Kelly Stonelake on Substack at Overturned by Kelly Stonelake .02:16 – 10:40 | From early idealism to the inside of FacebookKelly traces her early interests in journalism, constitutional debate, and technology, leading to nearly 15 years at Facebook. She describes the early years before the algorithmic feed, when the mission felt real and principled. She reflects on Cambridge Analytica, internal decision-making, and how loyalty, good faith, and “doing the right thing” slowly became tools for accumulating power.10:41 – 29:24 | Horizon Worlds, retaliation, and the open secret about kidsKelly recounts her time as the only woman on the senior leadership team for Horizon Worlds. She describes discovering that children were already using the product through adult accounts, being exposed to adults without parental consent, while Meta collected vast amounts of data in violation of federal law. She speaks plainly about misogyny, silencing women, attorney-client privilege used to avoid accountability, and the moment the rollout was paused for “quality” reasons while the truth stayed buried.29:25 – 1:02:00 | The harms parents, therapists, and social workers need to understandKelly lays out, in clear and specific terms, the dangers children face across social platforms:• Sextortion pipelines that move from shame to suicide in hours or days• Relentless bullying amplified by anonymity and disappearing messages• Algorithmic feeds that escalate vulnerability into self-harm content• Drug acquisition through social apps leading to fentanyl deaths• Viral challenges that kill curious kidsShe explains how “teen accounts” and parental controls function as sugar pills. They reassure parents without protecting children.1:02:01 – 1:11:30 | A chapter for parentsKelly speaks directly to parents. Delay smartphones as long as possible. She recommends no social media. Give yourself permission to reevaluate decisions with new information and self-compassion. She shares how technology can exist in a home without extractive platforms, from family computers to creative and educational tools. She names the economic manipulation at play and explains why neurodivergent children face disproportionate risk. This is not a parenting failure. It is a systemic one.1:11:31 – 1:21:53 | Moral injury, refusing blood money, and choosing truthKelly shares her mental health collapse, autistic burnout, and the moment...
This episode comes from my archive and was recorded in 2021.Patrick Fagan is a behavioural scientist and data psychologist who served as Lead Psychologist at Cambridge Analytica. With over a decade of experience applying psychology to influence real-world behaviour, he has worked on consumer and political campaigns globally. He is a part-time lecturer at several London universities, including UCL, and has co-authored peer-reviewed research on topics ranging from Facebook psychology to facial expressions. ✉️ Subscribe to my ridiculously brilliant newsletter
Si en el primer gobierno de Donald Trump la posverdad se convirtió en la norma, su segundo mandato es la era de la poslegalidad. Envueltas en las manipulaciones de la mentira emotiva, la ráfaga de decisiones del presidente de Estados Unidos desmantela los contrapoderes del armazón constitucional. Análisis. ►►Para escuchar las entrevistas, hacer click en el icono play►► Donald Trump llegó por primera vez a la Casa Blanca en 2016 luego de que los datos personales de más de 50 millones de usuarios de Facebook fueran sustraídos y utilizados para influir en el voto republicano de EEUU, en lo que se conoce como el escándalo de Cambridge Analytica. Esos cuatro años del Gobierno Trump fueron ejemplo paradigmático de la posverdad: se borran los hechos, hay confusión intencional y se desvanece la realidad. En su segundo mandato, las manipulaciones de la verdad emotiva envuelven una ráfaga de decisiones presidenciales que eclipsan a los otros dos poderes, el legislativo y el judicial, en una suerte de poslegalidad. Ráfaga de decretos y memorandos presidenciales El magnate republicano regresó en 2025 a la Casa Blanca cargado de una avalancha de ordenes ejecutivas. En el primer día de su mandato, firmó 26 decretos que condenan a los inmigrantes, el clima, la salud pública, la ayuda humanitaria internacional, absuelven a sus copartidarios que asaltaron el Capitolio en 2021, rebautizan el Golfo de México y dan carta blanca a una entidad llamada DODGE para disolver los servicios públicos. Un récord y un anticipo de lo que sería su presidencia. Hasta principios de julio firmó otras 140, más de las que firmó el presidente Joe Biden durante cuatro años de gobierno, y solo 100 menos que su par Barack Obama durante sus ocho años en la Casa Blanca. “Donald Trump está haciendo uso exacerbado de los poderes que tiene como presidente de Estados Unidos con todos estos instrumentos que, debo señalar, son legales: órdenes ejecutivas, memorándum presidencial y que efectivamente ponen a la maquinaria del Ejecutivo a moverse a una velocidad no vista anteriormente. ¿Qué ocurre aquí? La Corte Suprema de Justicia, el Poder Judicial y el Poder Legislativo a través del Congreso no le siguen el paso", advierte Víctor Hugo Guerra, jurista y profesor de las universidades Internacional de la Florida y de las Naciones Unidas para la Paz. "¿Cuán legítimas son estas actuaciones del presidente Trump?” Dictar órdenes ejecutivas está dentro de las prerrogativas del presidente según el artículo II de la Constitución de los Estados Unidos, por lo que Trump no está desafiando ni eludiendo la Carta Magna. “Puede que efectivamente las actuaciones presidenciales estén en el marco legal, que sean absolutamente formales, con basamento normativo, y constitucional. La siguiente pregunta es sí son legítimas”, subraya Guerra. Se trata de temas diferentes, precisa el jurista: “La legalidad se conecta con la gobernabilidad, la legitimidad se conecta con la gobernanza. ¿Cuán legítimas son estas actuaciones del presidente Trump?”, se pregunta. El derrumbre del modelo fundacional de la democracia Los críticos del presidente afirman que Trump está destruyendo todo el sistema de controles y contrapesos en el que los tres poderes de Estados (ejecutivo, Congreso y poder judicial) tienen iguales atribuciones. Argumentan que el Congreso ha dejado de ejercer su función de supervisión y que el mandatario republicano está usando a la justicia para hacer aprobar su agenda y transformar el poder presidencial en Estados Unidos. La pregunta es cómo ha sido posible que en apenas un año el ejecutivo haya logrado eclipsar a los otros dos poderes y poner a tambalear el sistema fundacional de la democracia estadounidense. “En el caso del Poder Legislativo, el presidente Trump no ha tenido ningún inconveniente”, dice Nazih Richani, politólogo de la Universidad Kean de Nueva Jersey. “Su agenda conservadora de extrema derecha sigue su marcha sin problema alguno por el hecho de tener la mayoría no solamente republicana sino también afín a su movimiento político MAGA (Make America Great Again), que es un movimiento bien formado ideológicamente y con fundaciones intelectuales”. La justicia al servicio del poder presidencial Pero si el Congreso no interviene, la única opción para quienes impugnan las órdenes presidenciales es acudir a los tribunales. De ahí los movimientos que, desde su primer mandato, hizo el presidente Trump en el ajedrez de poder judicial para poner las fichas a su favor, explica Richani. “Primero cambió la estructura de la Corte Suprema. Trump nombró en su primer mandato nuevos jueces y acumuló una mayoría de seis conservadores más afines con la ideología del MAGA contra tres jueces liberales”. La remodelación de la Corte Suprema inclinó la balanza de las votaciones a favor del mandatario en el más alto tribunal de Estados Unidos. En el año de su regreso al poder, luego de que en 2024 un veredicto de un tribunal de Manhattan declarara a Trump culpable de 34 delitos transformándolo en el primer ex presidente convertido en un delincuente convicto, la Corte Suprema de Justicia emitió tres sentencias claves para el presidente republicano: Otorgó amplia inmunidad penal a presidentes y ex presidentes por los actos realizados en el ejercicio de su cargo. Desestimó el fallo que establecía que los intentos de Trump por anular las elecciones de 2020 lo inhabilitaban para volver a presentarse al cargo. Limitó la capacidad de los jueces de distrito para obstaculizar la agenda del presidente. Desde su regreso a la Casa Blanca, la composición de la Corte Suprema y de la Cortes de Apelaciones ha permitido que se dé luz verde, en la mayoría de los casos, a la agenda del presidente durante el periodo 2025-2026. “De 24 decisiones, los jueces de la Corte votaron 88% a favor del presidente. En las Cortes de Apelaciones tuvo 51% a su favor. Lo más llamativo es que de los jueces que Trump nombróo en las Cortes de Apelaciones durante su primer mandato, no ahora, un 92% votó a su favor”, explica Richani. La traba judicial para Trump se presenta en las cortes distritales donde el presidente estadounidense solo ha recibido un 25% de votos favorables este año. Estos jueces federales de distrito se enfrentan ahora a una embestida de parte de la administración que les cuestiona su legitimidad y desestima su autoridad. El presidente de EE.UU. ha calificado a los jueces de "corruptos", "monstruos", "trastornados", "lunáticos", "que odian a EE.UU." y de "izquierdistas radicales". A diferencia de la Corte Suprema donde Trump cuenta con una sólida mayoría conservadora, los tribunales inferiores -en la mira del mandatario- no tienen una composición favorable a la agenda del presidente Trump. “Pero están trabajando para lograr una mayoría también ahí” afirma Richani. “Claramente, el presidente Trump desde su primer periodo está tratando de tener jueces que voten a favor de su agenda y de fortalecer el poder ejecutivo del Gobierno. Eso genera un balance peligroso para el futuro de la democracia republicana”, concluye el politólogo.
[REDIFFUSION] Avez-vous déjà entendu parler de l'affaire Cambridge Analytica ? Ou encore du scandale des pentagones papers ou celui du médiator ? Si ces histoires ne vous disent rien vous serez surpris d'apprendre l'existence de ces véritables complots. Des histoires qui dépassent largement la fiction. L'affaire McLibel Victoria commande des menus au McDo, ravie de l'efficacité du service. À la sortie, une militante lui tend un tract dénonçant les pratiques de la firme. Ce simple papier la plonge dans l'affaire McLibel, un procès historique opposant deux militants fauchés au géant du fast-food. Malgré une condamnation, leur combat met en lumière les dérives de McDonald's et fait évoluer la loi britannique. Une bataille perdue en apparence, mais une victoire pour la liberté d'expression. Un podcast Bababam Originals Ecriture : Clément Prévaux Production : Bababam Voix : Florian Bayoux Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
[REDIFFUSION] Avez-vous déjà entendu parler de l'affaire Cambridge Analytica ? Ou encore du scandale des pentagones papers ou celui du médiator ? Si ces histoires ne vous disent rien vous serez surpris d'apprendre l'existence de ces véritables complots. Des histoires qui dépassent largement la fiction. L'affaire des Pentagones Papers En pleine guerre du Vietnam, des soldats américains piégés dans la jungle affrontent un ennemi invisible, pendant que, à Washington, le gouvernement ment sciemment sur la réalité du conflit. En 1971, 7 000 pages de documents secrets fuitent : les Pentagon Papers. On y découvre que les présidents successifs savaient que la guerre était perdue, mais ont continué à envoyer des jeunes mourir. Grâce au courage des journalistes du Times et du Post, la vérité éclate. Un podcast Bababam Originals Ecriture : Clément Prévaux Production : Bababam Voix : Florian Bayoux Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
[REDIFFUSION] Avez-vous déjà entendu parler de l'affaire Cambridge Analytica ? Ou encore du scandale des pentagones papers ou celui du médiator ? Si ces histoires ne vous disent rien vous serez surpris d'apprendre l'existence de ces véritables complots. Des histoires qui dépassent largement la fiction. L'affaire Médiator Murielle, jeune mère, découvre tardivement que les coupe-faim qui l'ont aidée à perdre du poids l'ont aussi gravement fragilisée. Elle frôle la mort, sans savoir qu'elle est l'une des nombreuses victimes du Médiator, un médicament prescrit à tort comme amaigrissant. En 2007, la pneumologue Irène Frachon, seule contre tous, commence à faire le lien entre ce médicament et des centaines de cas d'atteintes cardiaques. Son combat acharné contre les laboratoires Servier durera plus de dix ans. Finalement, le scandale éclate, révélant l'un des plus grands drames sanitaires français. Un podcast Bababam Originals Ecriture : Clément Prévaux Production : Bababam Voix : Florian Bayoux Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
[REDIFFUSION] Avez-vous déjà entendu parler de l'affaire Cambridge Analytica ? Ou encore du scandale des pentagones papers ou celui du médiator ? Si ces histoires ne vous disent rien vous serez surpris d'apprendre l'existence de ces véritables complots. Des histoires qui dépassent largement la fiction. L'affaire Cambridge Analytica Dans une salle d'audition du Congrès américain, Mark Zuckerberg fait face à 44 sénateurs, impassible malgré les accusations. Au cœur de l'affaire : Cambridge Analytica, qui a siphonné les données de 80 millions d'utilisateurs Facebook. Ces données ont permis de cibler les électeurs indécis avec des contenus politiques sur mesure. Résultat : deux votes historiques – le Brexit et l'élection de Trump – ont peut-être été influencés. Découvrez ce récit et plongez dans l'un des plus grands scandales d'État du XXIe siècle. Un podcast Bababam Originals Ecriture : Clément Prévaux Production : Bababam Voix : Florian Bayoux Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this final part of our four-part series on why Meta remains the top platform for scaling in 2026, we continue analysing the evolution of Meta's advertising engine. From the days of custom audience uploads in 2012 to the impact of the 2016 election and the fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, these milestones have shaped the platform's current landscape.We also explore how the iOS 14 update and the rise of TikTok have pushed Meta to adapt and innovate in ways that make 2026 the best time to advertise on the platform. Central to these innovations is the Andromeda algorithm and creative diversification, which are set to revolutionize your advertising strategy.You'll discover how you can leverage these advancements to refine your marketing strategy, understand what the Andromeda update means for your campaigns, and why the future of advertising on Meta has never been more promising.In This Episode:- Why creative is now at the core of Meta ads- Cambridge Analytica scandal and the 2016 elections- Privacy issues and ad bans after Cambridge Analytica- Navigating iOS 14's App Tracking Transparency (ATT) prompt- The rise of TikTok and short-form content- Andromeda update and its impact on marketingMentioned in the Episode:Partner With Tier 11's Digital Marketing Experts: https://www.tiereleven.com/applyHow Facebook Won Trump The Presidency In 2006: https://www.wired.com/2016/11/facebook-won-trump-election-not-just-fake-news/Brad Parscale Interview on 60 Minutes: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/parscale-tv-news-thought-i-was-a-joke/Learn More About Creative Diversification: https://www.tiereleven.com/cdThe Cambridge Analytica Scandal: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6073073/Listen to This Episode on Your Favorite Podcast Channel:Follow and listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/perpetual-traffic/id1022441491Follow and listen on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/59lhtIWHw1XXsRmT5HBAuKSubscribe and watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@perpetual_traffic?sub_confirmation=1We Appreciate Your Support!Visit our website: https://perpetualtraffic.com/Follow us on X: https://x.com/perpetualtrafConnect with Ralph Burns: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ralphburnsInstagram -
professorjrod@gmail.comIn this episode of Technology Tap: CompTIA Study Guide, my students dive into the notorious Cambridge Analytica scandal and its profound impact on data privacy and technology ethics. Our students break down how seemingly harmless personality quizzes exploited Facebook data, creating psychological profiles that influenced elections worldwide. This discussion not only explores real-world technology applications but also enhances your understanding of data security—an essential topic for IT skills development and CompTIA exam prep. Tune in to expand your knowledge of technology education and the critical role of informed consent in today's digital landscape.We walk through the mechanics: the Open Graph loophole, the “This Is Your Digital Life” app, and the shift from demographic targeting to OCEAN-based psychographics that amplified fear, duty, or curiosity depending on your traits. The conversation connects the dots from early experiments with Ted Cruz to huge ad impression volumes tied to the 2016 cycle, explores coordination concerns with super PACs, and examines why these tactics made public debate harder and disinformation easier to spread. Along the way, our students highlight the whistleblowers who surfaced the practice and the global footprint that reached Brexit, the Caribbean, and beyond.The fallout mattered. Facebook faced FTC, SEC, and UK ICO actions; Cambridge Analytica went bankrupt; and Meta tightened API access to cut off friend data collection. We also dig into the privacy wave that followed—GDPR in Europe, CCPA in California—and what those laws do and don't fix. The core takeaway is clear: ethical data practices and transparent advertising aren't nice-to-haves; they're the guardrails for a healthy digital public square. If personal data can be turned into political power, then consent, purpose limits, and accountability must be visible and enforceable.Listen for a clear, step-by-step breakdown, plain-language answers to tough questions, and practical context you can use to evaluate political ads and platform policies. If this conversation sharpened your thinking, subscribe, share the show with a friend, and leave a review telling us how you protect your data online.Support the showArt By Sarah/DesmondMusic by Joakim KarudLittle chacha ProductionsJuan Rodriguez can be reached atTikTok @ProfessorJrodProfessorJRod@gmail.com@Prof_JRodInstagram ProfessorJRod
In this episode, Katie talks with Clare O'Donoghue Velikić about the shifting landscape of political advertising in Europe—and what's driving those changes. They trace how Brexit, the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and rising public scrutiny of tech platforms set the stage for today's regulatory environment. Clare breaks down the stark differences between U.S. and European campaign practices, the ripple effects of GDPR and data rules, and how policymakers are thinking about political communication in a post-scandal world. They also unpack Meta's recent decision to ban political ads in the EU, exploring why it matters, who it affects, and what transparency risks emerge when legitimate political messaging is pushed out of public view. The conversation offers a grounded look at the future of digital campaigning in Europe—and the tradeoffs ahead as platforms, regulators, and political actors navigate a rapidly changing system.Takeaways* Regulation intended to increase transparency can lead to less transparency.* Europe's political advertising landscape is significantly different from the US.* Data protection laws in Europe limit campaign strategies.* The early days of Facebook were marked by excitement and innovation.* The Cambridge Analytica scandal raised serious concerns about data use in politics.* Building political ad transparency tools was a complex process.* The current political ad ban in Europe poses risks to democratic discourse.* Extremist content may thrive in the absence of regulated political ads.* Finding a compromise between tech companies and regulators is crucial.* The removal of political ads silences moderate voices in social media.Chapters* 00:00 Introduction to Political Advertising in Europe* 03:38 Differences Between US and European Political Campaigning* 06:12 The Early Days of Facebook and Political Campaigning* 08:56 The Impact of Cambridge Analytica and Foreign Interference* 11:14 Building Political Ad Transparency Tools* 13:59 Challenges in Regulating Political Advertising* 16:49 Personal Experiences in Political Campaigning* 19:02 The Role of Data and Privacy in Political Advertising* 25:43 Political Ad Authorization and Campaign Dynamics* 29:29 Challenges of Political Advertising in Europe* 33:08 Meta's Political Ad Transparency Initiatives* 39:05 Impact of New Regulations on Political Advertising* 44:12 The Future of Political Advertising and Social Media* 48:53 The Role of Moderation in Social Discourse* 52:15 The Evolution of Political Advertising on Facebook* 52:44 Challenges of Transparency in Online AdsAnchor Change with Katie Harbath is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Anchor Change with Katie Harbath at anchorchange.substack.com/subscribe
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Cal Newport, computer science professor and author of Digital Minimalism, argues that the better analogy for social media is not big oil that must be broken up because it's vital to society but big tobacco that must be culturally rejected because it's unhealthy and dispensable—people don't care if you tell them to leave Facebook for six months but petroleum deprivation changes lives. Newport reveals Facebook's PR pivot after 2016 when defectors like Sean Parker exposed addiction engineering: Cambridge Analytica let Facebook redirect media attention to fixable privacy and content moderation issues instead of unfixable business-model problems like bleeding users' attention through steam whistle tweets. Drawing from Mark Harmon quitting Twitter and Neil Stephenson's famous essay Why I Am a Bad Correspondent, Newport explains the novelist's dilemma: each tweet is a steam whistle that bleeds energy needed to fuel the boiler for producing lasting work. He dismantles the myth that creators need social media to grow, arguing that people talking about your work on their channels matters infinitely more than you promoting yourself on yours. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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At Donald Trump's inauguration earlier this year, the returning president made a striking break from tradition. The seats closest to the president – typically reserved for family – went instead to the most powerful tech CEOs in the world: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Sundar Pichai. Between them, these men run some of the most profitable companies in history. And over the past two decades, they've used that wealth to reshape our public sphere.But this felt different. This wasn't discreet backdoor lobbying or a furtive effort to curry favour with an incoming administration. These were some of the most influential men in the world quite literally aligning themselves with the world's most powerful politician – and his increasingly illiberal ideology.Carole Cadwalladr has been tracking the collision of technology and politics for years. She's the investigative journalist who broke the Cambridge Analytica story, exposing how Facebook data may have been used to manipulate elections. Now, she's arguing that what we're witnessing goes beyond monopoly power or even traditional oligarchy. She calls it techno-authoritarianism – a fusion of Trump's authoritarian political project with the technological might of Silicon Valley.So I wanted to have her on to make the case for why she believes Big Tech isn't just complicit in authoritarianism, but is actively enabling it.Mentioned:The First Great Disruption 2016-2024, by Carole CadwalladrTrump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans, by Sheera Frenkel and Aaron Krolik (New York Times)This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like, by Carole Cadwalladr (TED)The Nerve NewsMachines Like Us is produced by Mitchell Stuart. Our theme song is by Chris Kelly. Video editing by Emily Graves. Our executive producer is James Milward. Special thanks to Angela Pacienza and the team at The Globe and Mail.Support for Machines Like Us is provided by CIFAR and the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Är det del av Moderaternas nya mediestrategi? Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. I veckan publicerade Aftonbladet en granskning som fick moderaternas presstab att sparka bakut. Aftonbladet publicerade att Ulf Kristerssons dotter fått låna Harpsund när hennes studentförening skulle ha kick-off för två år sen. Ett tveksamt sätt att använda statsministerns residens menade en professor som tidningen intervjuat. Men det dröjde inte länge innan motattacken var ett faktum. På X gick statsministerns biträdande presschef ut och menade att Aftonbladet jagat statsministerns dotter och hennes vänner och att dom ska skämmas. Aftonbladet i sin tur började gasta om att Moderaternas pressis helt enkelt ljuger.Erik Petersson har dykt rakt in i veckans största skitstorm och intervjuat Aftonbladets samhälls- och grävchef Jonathan Jeppson.Bråk mellan Leksands IF och lokala medier - vapenvila eller fred? Det har stormat kring storlaget Leksands IF. Inte bara för att det för tillfället går riktigt dåligt i hockeyligan SHL, där de ligger i botten efter flera förluster i rad - utan också för att Leksand har haft en minst sagt turbulent relation till medier och då i synnerhet till lokaltidningen Falukuriren. I oktober låste klubben dörrarna till träningarna alla dagar förutom onsdagar, någonting som blev en riksnyhet. Men Leksands konflikt med medier går tillbaka längre än så - till april i år.Tonchi Percan har åkt till Dalarna i en tid av vapenvila och pratat med Markus Josefsson, reporter Falukuriren, Markus Bäckström, chef för sporten på Falukuriren, Thomas ”Tjomme” Johansson, general manager Leksands IF, Helena Nyman, chefredaktör och ansvarig utgivare Falukuriren, Thorbjörn Carlsson, chefredaktör och ansvarig utgivare Siljan News.Ny EU-lagstiftning om politisk reklamDen 10 oktober trädde EU:s nya lagstiftning om politisk reklam i kraft. Förordningen ska öka transparensen, minska risken för utländsk valpåverkan och undvika en ny Cambridge Analytica-skandal. Men - kritiker har beskrivit det som ökad byråkrati som missar målet, och dominerande aktörer som Meta och Google har meddelat att dom på grund av det här stoppar all politisk annonsering i sina annonssystem.Vad innebär då det här för den svenska annonsmarknaden när vi strax går in i ett valår? Ökade möjligheter för svenska mediehus att tjäna pengar eller ett hot mot demokratin?Joanna Korbutiak har den här veckan vadat sig igenom EU:s snåriga lagparagrafer och intervjuat Jacob Dexe, Public Affairs Manager på IAB Sverige och Calle Boija, Head of Adtech på NTM.
In this episode of Crazy Wisdom, host Stewart Alsop speaks with Eli Lopian, author of AICracy and founder of aicracy.ai, about how artificial intelligence could transform the way societies govern themselves. They explore the limitations of modern democracy, the idea of AI-guided lawmaking based on fairness and abundance, and how technology might bring us closer to a more participatory, transparent form of governance. The conversation touches on prediction markets, social media's influence on truth, the future of work in an abundance economy, and why human creativity, imperfection, and connection will remain central in an AI-driven world.Check out this GPT we trained on the conversationTimestamps00:00 Eli Lopian introduces his book AICracy and shares why democracy needs a new paradigm for governance in the age of AI. 05:00 They explore AI-driven decision-making, fairness in lawmaking, and the abundance measure as a new way to evaluate social well-being. 10:00 Discussion turns to accountability, trust, and Eli's idea of three AIs—government, opposition, and NGO—balancing each other to prevent corruption. 15:00 Stewart connects these ideas to non-linearity and organic governance, while Eli describes systems evolving like cities rather than rigid institutions. 20:00 They discuss decade goals, city-state models, and the role of social media in shaping public perception and truth. 25:00 The focus shifts to truth detection, prediction markets, and feedback systems ensuring “did it actually happen?” accountability. 30:00 They talk about abundance economies, AI mentorship, and redefining human purpose beyond traditional work. 35:00 Eli emphasizes creativity, connection, and human error as valuable, contrasting social media's dopamine loops with genuine human experience. 40:00 The episode closes with reflections on social currency, self-healing governance, and optimism about AI as a mirror of humanity.Key InsightsDemocracy is evolving beyond its limits. Eli Lopian argues that traditional democracy—one person, one vote—no longer fits an age where individuals have vastly different technological capacities. With AI empowering some to act with exponential influence, he suggests governance should evolve toward systems that are more adaptive, participatory, and continuous rather than episodic.AI-guided lawmaking could ensure fairness. Lopian's concept of AICracy imagines an AI system that drafts laws based on measurable outcomes like equity and happiness. Using what he calls the abundance measure, this system would assess how proposed laws affect societal well-being—balancing freedoms, security, and fairness across all citizens.Trust and accountability must be engineered. To prevent corruption or bias in AI governance, Lopian envisions three independent AIs—a coalition, an opposition, and an NGO—cross-verifying results and exposing inconsistencies. This triad ensures transparency and keeps human oversight meaningful.Governance should be organic, not mechanical. Drawing inspiration from cities, Lopian and Alsop compare governance to an ecosystem that adapts and self-corrects. Like urban growth, effective systems arise from real-world feedback, where successful ideas take root and failing ones fade away naturally.Truth requires new forms of verification. The pair discuss how lies spread faster than truth online and propose an algorithmic “speed of a lie” metric to flag misinformation. They connect this to prediction markets and feedback loops as potential ways to keep governance accountable to real-world outcomes.The abundance economy redefines purpose. As AI reduces the need for traditional jobs, Lopian imagines a society centered on creativity, mentorship, and personal fulfillment. Governments could guarantee access to mentors—human or AI—to help people discover their passions and contribute meaningfully without economic pressure.Human connection is the new currency. In contrast to social media's exploitation of human weakness, the future Lopian envisions values imperfection, authenticity, and shared experience. As AI automates production, what remains deeply human—emotion, error, and presence—becomes the most precious and sustaining form of wealth.
Tuesday Headlines: Trump says he ‘would love’ to run for a third term, pre-sentence hearing for Hannah McGuire’s killer resumes today, neo-Nazi leader Tom Sewell faces court in Victoria, Aussies can claim share of $50m Cambridge Analytica payout and the BOM’s new website bombs. Deep Dive: From athlete doping to criminal syndicate match fixing, for as long as there’s been professional sport, there’s been those trying to cheat and make big bucks. As the Australian 2032 Olympics edges closer, police and sporting agencies are already working to prevent such threats from hindering the integrity of the games. In this episode of The Briefing, Tara Cassidy speaks with Sport Integrity Australia’s Chris Butler and James Moller about how the body catches those doing the wrong thing, and how they’re preparing to crack down on cheats and criminals for the biggest sporting spectacle in the world. Follow The Briefing: TikTok: @thebriefingpodInstagram: @thebriefingpodcast YouTube: @TheBriefingPodcastFacebook: @LiSTNR Newsroom See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nick Cleveland-Stout, a Research Associate in the Democratizing Foreign Policy program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, discusses his research into Israel's having hired a conservative-aligned firm, Clock Tower X LLC, led by former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, to create websites and content designed to train AI models like ChatGPT with pro-Israel messaging aimed primarily at Gen Z audiences. Discussing how Israel is also paying a cohort of 14-18 social media influencers around $7,000 per post, Cleveland-State observes how none of these influencers are neither registering under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) nor are they marking their social media posts as being distributed on behalf of Israel, Cleveland-Stout notes how Parscale, having previously engaged the services of the microtargeting firm Cambridge Analytica, is influencing how AI GPT models like ChatGPT are being trained to frame topics and respond to them on behalf of Israel. Cleveland-Stout notes how Larry Ellison is poised to establish a media dynasty with his recent purchase of CBS News, of which his son David has taken control, while Ellison is planning a bid for CNN's parent company, as well as Trump having tapped Ellison to purchase TikTok. All this in addition to Ellison having donated $16.6 million in 2017 to Friends of the IDF, which was the largest-ever donation to the organisation.Cleveland-Stout also details his research into how tens of millions of dollars have been flooding American think tanks directly from foreign governments and defence contractors, with the hope of influencing the analysis of these think tanks, which usually are rubber-stamped as objective analysis and whose experts frequently are invited onto legacy media programmes to disseminate their research. Get full access to Savage Minds at savageminds.substack.com/subscribe
Aliveness: Earth Medicine and Deep Inner Work to Connect us With Who We Are
This episode asks: how do we stay human inside each of the social media platforms?I trace the ways some of the platforms undermine my values: from Meta and its documented harms, to TikTok's dopamine machine, to Substack's conflicted role in the attention economy. I bring in Shoshana Zuboff's theory of surveillance capitalism, the story of Cambridge Analytica, teen suicides linked to Instagram, and a chilling case of a man's fatal entanglement with a Meta AI.This is an episode about radical ethics. It's about what we consent to, what we refuse, and how we choose to connect in ways that don't hollow us out. Mostly it's about responsibility. I walk through my decisions platform by platform, and why podcasting has become my chosen container.What you will hearWhat “surveillance capitalism” means, and why it threatens democracyThe blurred line between influence, manipulation, and consent onlineMeta's record: Cambridge Analytica, teen mental health, and AI experiments gone wrongWhy TikTok and reels destroy our dopamine balanceWhy Substack works for me—and where it fails on anti-censorshipThe lure and limits of LinkedIn, BlueSky, and YouTubeWhy podcasting is my chosen space: no ads, no algo, no intrusionWeb3: I forgot to mention this in the podcast! Web3 social is an area of active research for me and while I'm not sharing my work on Forecaster or Base it's in the works. This is where we own our work.Timestamps02:00 Why the container matters as much as the content04:30 Surveillance capitalism (Shoshana Zuboff)06:00 Not all data use is surveillance, but the line blurs09:20 The escalation: clicks → biometrics → behaviour shaping11:00 Substack as a model, but also its flaws13:40 Meta's record: misinformation, Cambridge Analytica, teen suicides15:17 Meta AI harms: the New Jersey stroke patient case19:00 X as cesspool, TikTok as dopamine hijack25:00 Why feeds are different from algorithms28:00 LinkedIn, Blue Sky, YouTube—different shadows35:00 Substack's anti-censorship stance and my conflict42:00 Why podcasting: intimacy without intrusion46:00 Closing: real life is localLinks mentionedShoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: Book linkCambridge Analytica scandal (Facebook fined $5B, 2019): WikipediaResearch on Instagram and teen mental health / suicide risk: Wall Street Journal coverageMeta AI and the New Jersey man's death (stroke patient case): ReutersGenAI Content Risk Standards leak (Meta, 2025): ReutersOn TikTok's dopamine effects and algorithm design: Brown UniversityRobert Reich's Substack (“Coffee Klatch”):
Charlie Kirk, the Kirk assassination, George Zinn, Zinn's arrest for child porn, June 14 SLC No Kings march, Armed Queers LLC, Utah County Sheriff's Department, David Lee Hamblin, Satanic ritual abuse (SRA), Hamblin's use of narco-hypnosis, David Leavitt, Ukraine, Gordon Bowen, Sundance, Robert Redford, M. Russell Ballard, Timothy Ballard, Operation Underground Railroad (OUR), Minnesota and OUR's move to, OUR's links to Ukraine, Kash Patel, Patel's links to Ballard, Richard C. O'Brien, Kirk's links to Ballard, Medvedev's Ukraine accusations, Jason Goodman, George Webb, attempts to link Ukraine to the assassination, Cambridge Analytica and its network, Russia-Israel links, intrigues in Trump 2.0, OUR as the Sword of Damocles in Trump 2.0, the similarities between Hamblin's techniques and CIA/Pentagon behavior modificationResourcesMusic by: Keith Allen Dennishttps://keithallendennis.bandcamp.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The UK sanctions Russian military intelligence officers tied to GRU cyber units. An AI-powered malware called LameHug targets Windows systems. Google files a lawsuit against the operators of the Badbox 2.0 botnet. A pair of healthcare data breaches impact over 3 million individuals. Researchers report a phishing attack that bypasses FIDO authentication by exploiting QR codes. A critical flaw in Nvidia's Container Toolkit threatens managed AI cloud services. A secure messaging app is found exposing sensitive data due to outdated configurations. Meta investors settle their $8 billion lawsuit. Our guest is Will Markow, CEO of FourOne Insights and N2K CyberWire Senior Workforce Analyst, with a data-driven look at how AI is affecting jobs. Belgian police provide timely cyber tips, baked right in. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Today we have Will Markow, CEO of FourOne Insights and N2K CyberWire Senior Workforce Analyst, discussing how AI is affecting jobs. Got cybersecurity, IT, or project management certification goals? For the past 25 years, N2K's practice tests have helped more than half a million professionals reach certification success. Grow your career and reach your goals faster with N2K's full exam prep of practice tests, labs, and training courses for Microsoft, CompTIA, PMI, Amazon, and more at n2k.com/certify. Selected Reading Breaking: UK sanctions Russian cyber spies accused of facilitating murders (The Record) Russia Linked to New Malware Targeting Email Accounts for Espionage (Infosecurity Magazine) New “LameHug” Malware Deploys AI-Generated Commands (Infosecurity Magazine) Google Sues Operators of 10-Million-Device Badbox 2.0 Botnet (SecurityWeek) 1.4 Million Affected by Data Breach at Virginia Radiology Practice (SecurityWeek) Anne Arundel Dermatology Data Breach Impacts 1.9 Million People (SecurityWeek) Phishing attack abuses QR codes to bypass FIDO keys (SC Media) Critical Nvidia Toolkit Flaw Exposes AI Cloud Services to Hacking (SecurityWeek) New TeleMessage SGNL Flaw Is Actively Being Exploited by Attackers (Hackread) Meta investors, Zuckerberg settle $8 billion privacy lawsuit tied to Cambridge Analytica scandal (The Record) Loaf and order: Belgian police launch bread-based cybersecurity campaign (Graham Cluley) Audience Survey Complete our annual audience survey before August 31. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Senate approved the Trump administration's rescission package today, which proposes taking back $9 billion in federal funding already allocated for programs such as public media and foreign aid. We'll get into the implications for the bipartisan nature of the budgeting process. Plus, we explain the latest development of a lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and company leaders, which stems back to the 2018 privacy scandal involving Cambridge Analytica. Then, we'll smile at a piece of new technology that claims to shoot mosquitoes using lasers. And, do you believe in supernatural forces?Here's everything we talked about today:“Russ Vought: Appropriations process ‘has to be less bipartisan'” from POLITICO“The Appropriations Process Was Already Broken. The Rescission Bill May Have Just Shattered It.” from NOTUS“Meta investors, Zuckerberg reach settlement to end $8 billion trial over Facebook privacy litigation” from Reuters“This ‘Iron Dome' for mosquitoes shoots down bugs with lasers” from Fast Company“Angels, witches, crystals and black cats: How supernatural beliefs vary across different groups in the US” from The ConversationWe love hearing from you. Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email makemesmart@marketplace.org.
The Senate approved the Trump administration's rescission package today, which proposes taking back $9 billion in federal funding already allocated for programs such as public media and foreign aid. We'll get into the implications for the bipartisan nature of the budgeting process. Plus, we explain the latest development of a lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and company leaders, which stems back to the 2018 privacy scandal involving Cambridge Analytica. Then, we'll smile at a piece of new technology that claims to shoot mosquitoes using lasers. And, do you believe in supernatural forces?Here's everything we talked about today:“Russ Vought: Appropriations process ‘has to be less bipartisan'” from POLITICO“The Appropriations Process Was Already Broken. The Rescission Bill May Have Just Shattered It.” from NOTUS“Meta investors, Zuckerberg reach settlement to end $8 billion trial over Facebook privacy litigation” from Reuters“This ‘Iron Dome' for mosquitoes shoots down bugs with lasers” from Fast Company“Angels, witches, crystals and black cats: How supernatural beliefs vary across different groups in the US” from The ConversationWe love hearing from you. Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email makemesmart@marketplace.org.