This week we're talking to Cory Doctorow about his new book Chokepoint Capitalism - coauthored with Rebecca Giblin, his as yet unpublished next book The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation, and how corporate power is shaping our rights.

Quick corrections!

  • GDPR compensation is in theory possible through court action: https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/data-protection-and-journalism/taking-your-case-to-court-and-claiming-compensation/

  • GDPR Article 80(2) not Section 20 something as I stated!

Links

  • Cory's website: https://craphound.com/

  • Chokepoint Capitalism coauthored with Rebecca Giblin: https://doctorow.medium.com/what-is-chokepoint-capitalism-b885c4cb2719

  • Giphy and Meta: https://privacyinternational.org/press-release/4911/uk-tribunal-agrees-metas-acquisition-giphy-harms-competition

  • Chokepoint Capitalism: the audiobook: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/chokepoint-capitalism-an-audiobook-amazon-wont-sell

  • How to leave dying social media platforms (without losing your friends): https://doctorow.medium.com/how-to-leave-dying-social-media-platforms-9fc550fe5ab

  • Cory on Mastodon: https://mamot.fr/@doctorow and https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic

  • PI on Mastodon: https://mastodon.xyz/@privacyint

  • Crad Kilodney documentary: https://vimeo.com/108567007

  • Algorithms Exposed: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/825974 or https://algorithms.exposed/

  • Bush V Gore election scandal: https://www.britannica.com/event/Bush-v-Gore

  • Goldacre report: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/better-broader-safer-using-health-data-for-research-and-analysis

  • Amazon and NHS: https://privacyinternational.org/node/3298

  • Rida Qadri: https://ridaqadri.net/research/ and some of her writing on tuyul apps: https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kvpng/delivery-drivers-are-using-grey-market-apps-to-make-their-jobs-suck-less

  • Oh for fuck's sake, not this fucking bullshit again : https://boingboing.net/2018/09/04/illegal-math.html

  • Dan Kaminsky's work on Colour blindness: https://dankaminsky.com/2010/12/15/dankam/

  • How to get the most out of your Data Subject Access Request: https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/3845/71-tips-how-make-most-out-your-dsar

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