Category: Media & Corporate Criticism
Rebuilding The Internet: Decentralized Platforms, Decentralized Hosting, Combating Censorship, & Internet Bill of Rights
On Alt-Tech’s decentralized platforms, new methods for decentralized hosting, combating censorship, & an Internet Bill of Rights (as an alternative to increased regulations). Much of this is in reaction to the corruption, collusion, and complicity of silicon valley and big media/business… and other usual suspects.
Exploit, Don’t Endorse – Responding to the Big Social & Big Search Credibility Crisis at Google, Facebook, and Twitter
Exploit, Don’t Endorse – Responding to the Big Social & Big Search Credibility Crisis at Google, Facebook, and Twitter Big Social Media Companies have become a large part of customer-facing communications and interactions, so how best to respond ethically to their privacy, corruption, and censorship scandals? We promote an explicit “Exploit, Don’t Endorse” policy that …
The Consequences of Losing Net Neutrality – Computing Forever
Dave Cullen of Computing Forever discusses the consequences of losing Net Neutrality. In practice, Net Neutrality protects Free Speech online. Without it, many obstacles can be placed to slow down or cut off access to content according to the mercy of the ISP and its plans or policies, which may be driven by its business …
YouTube Ads for Nasty PC Companies and Content Creators Opposing Advertisers
Allegedly, some major corporations are boycotting the YouTube Advertisement Platform because their ads are appearing before, or during, or next to video content with which they do not agree… This is more likely part of the general Corporate Collusion to destroy the decentralized media YouTube dominated for its first 12 years by independent content creators, …
Thoughts On Websites Nudging You To Stay Signed In
In the past several years, websites have been encouraging their users to remain logged in at all times, often nudging with a checkbox next to a “keep me logged in” option or making it difficult to find a way to log out. This helps these websites to track your behavior and preferences, often aiding them …
The Trump Effect & Media Freedom
What effects will a President Trump have on Media Freedom? Donald Trump’s allegedly unexpected win over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Presidential Election represented Middle America rejecting the policies and propaganda of the PC Marxist Democratic Party and its ilk, including the vast majority of the Mass Media. Trump’s attitude toward the Lying Press, observations …
Milo’s Suspension & The Future of Twitter
The suspension of Milo Yiannopoulos from Twitter in 2016, followed by the same for many others on the Alt-Right – often without explanation but apparently related to tone or topical content – have led some to suggest that the future of Twitter as a leading social media platform is in question. Twitter, which is itself …
YouTube to Become One Big, PC, Censored “Safe Space”?
Google-owned YouTube has some new policies regarding monetization of video containing content involving subjects or events that are controversial or sensitive… This could be construed (and applied?) many ways, and it sure sounds like it is describing most things that are really worth talking about; That is, anything “newsworthy”… If Google retains control to determine …
A “Dislike” Button For Your TV – Where To Complain About Television Content
A popular request on platforms like FaceBook has been a “dislike” button to show disapproval or negative reaction to content. The Internet does allow virtually unlimited avenues of content discovery, and the user experience is largely user-directed. Television, in contrast, is heavily controlled and programmed, with the viewer choosing between channels. Where is the call …
FAKE YouTube’s RESTRICTIVE Mode and COLLUSION with Network TV to End REAL YOUTUBE
Apparently, YouTube sees its decentralized video content model as such a severe threat to Google’s newer Network TV Business/Other interests that it is sabotaging the traditional usability of the YouTube platform. We’ll have more on this soon. To get up to speed, we encourage you to watch this video from Dave at Computing Forever…
Intro to Dissenter (The Comments Section of The Internet) by Gab – Tutorial by Dave Cullen of Computing Forever
Gab just released Dissenter, “The Comments Section of Internet” – and Dave Cullen shows you how to use it in this video. Basically, you can now comment on any URL on The Internet if you have a Gab account, either by going to that URL’s Dissenter Page or by using the Dissenter browser plugin. This …
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