#data-mining and database marketing

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Opinion | I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It.

I wanted the web to serve humanity. It’s not too late to live up to that promise.

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Author: BY SHIRA OVIDE - Publish Date: October 28, 2021 at 11:34PM

The tech giants talk a lot about the “metaverse” and cloud computing. What really powers them is selling us socks.

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Facebook, Fearing Public Outcry, Shelved Earlier Report on Popular Posts

The company praised itself this week for being “the most transparent platform on the internet.”

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By BY SABRINA IMBLER from Science in the New York Times-https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/science/indigenous-data-microbiome-science.html?partner=IFTTT A new workshop explores the right of Indigenous people to govern the collection, ownership and use of their biological and cultural data. Training the Next Generation of Indigenous Data Scientists New York Times

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By BY TIFF FEHR AND JOSH WILLIAMS from Times Insider in the New York Times-https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/insider/covid-tracking-data.html?partner=IFTTT The project began 18 months ago as a simple concept: Count every known U.S. case at the time. When the virus grew exponentially, so did the efforts to document it. 10 Million Data Requests: How Our Covid Team Tracked the Pandemic New York Times

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By BY GREG BENSINGER from Opinion in the New York Times-https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/14/opinion/google-privacy-big-tech.html?partner=IFTTT Why Google thought twice about restoring your privacy. Google’s Privacy Backpedal Shows Why It’s So Hard Not to Be Evil New York Times

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By BY LISA LERER from U.S. in the New York Times-https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/12/us/politics/data-for-progress-democrats.html?partner=IFTTT A liberal think tank has grown comfortable with mainstream influence. Other activists say that being “normie” means it’s selling out. Born on the Left, Data for Progress Comes of Age in Biden’s Washington New York Times

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By BY LAUREN JACKSON from Technology in the New York Times-https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/technology/shoshana-zuboff-apple-google-privacy.html?partner=IFTTT In a wide-ranging interview, the author of “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism” talks about why people should pay attention to how big tech companies are using their information. Shoshana Zuboff Explains Why You Should Care About Privacy New York Times