“The rise of social media will be seen as directly correlating to the decline of Western civilization.” (says Scott Galloway, professor of marketing at New York University’s Stern School of Business) => Think Outside the Box, Jack – new york times
Strong metaphor: Big Dick Data projects are „are characterised by masculine fantasies of world domination. [They] fetishise large size and prioritise it, along with speed, over quality, ignore context and inflate their technical capabilities“ => Catherine D’Ignazio: ‘Data is never a raw, truthful input – and it is never neutral’
“The NSA had built a live, ever-updating social graph of the US.” Met alle videobeelden, foto’s en metadata van telefoongesprekken van de afgelopen week kunnen demonstranten het nog wel eens lastig krijgen in de nabije toekomst. => Inside the NSA’s Secret Tool for Mapping Your Social Network – wired
Trump and Zuckerberg just had a phone call “described by both sides as productive.” Meanwhile, Trump’s “shooting/looting” posts remain up on Facebook. Zuckerberg also made sure to go on Fox News to say he disagreed with Twitter putting a warning on them. => Trump and Zuckerberg share phone call amid social media furor – axios