Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItEven before it announced that it would seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Frontier had a well-deserved reputation for mismanagement and abusive conduct. In an industry that routinely enrages its customers, Frontier was the , an and of the industry's and . As Frontier’s bankruptcy has shown, there was no good reason they—and all old big Internet service providers—couldn’t provide blazing-fast fiber on par with services in South Korea and Japan.Frontier's bankruptcy announcement forced the company to its finances, past...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItEven before it announced that it would seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Frontier had a well-deserved reputation for mismanagement and abusive conduct. In an industry that routinely enrages its customers, Frontier was the , an and of the industry's and . As Frontier’s bankruptcy has shown, there was no good reason they—and all old big Internet service providers—couldn’t provide blazing-fast fiber on par with services in South Korea and Japan.Frontier's bankruptcy announcement forced the company to its finances, past...WW…

I don’t want to pretend that freelance writing contracts were ever great, but in the 34 years since I sold my first short story — at 17 — I’ve observed firsthand how manifestly unfair contractual terms have become standard, and worse, non-negotiable.I started selling to magazines back in 1980s, which were the the dawn of corporate publishing consolidation. Magazines changed owners frequently as they were snapped up by new owners who, in turn, merged or bought out their competitors (thank Ronald Reagan for neutering antitrust and allowing these mergers to be waved through).Back then, it was...…I don’t want to pretend that freelance writing contracts were ever great, but in the 34 years since I sold my first short story — at 17 — I’ve observed firsthand how manifestly unfair contractual terms have become standard, and worse, non-negotiable.I started selling to magazines back in 1980s, which were the the dawn of corporate publishing consolidation. Magazines changed owners frequently as they were snapped up by new owners who, in turn, merged or bought out their competitors (thank Ronald Reagan for neutering antitrust and allowing these mergers to be waved through).Back then, it was...WW…

Published inEditor’s Note: Surveillance capitalism is everywhere. But it’s not the result of some wrong turn or a rogue abuse of corporate power — it’s the system working as intended. This is the subject of Cory Doctorow’s new book, which we’re thrilled to publish in whole here on OneZero. This is how to destroy surveillance capitalism.Update: Paperback and e-reader editions of the book, each with an extra print-only chapter, are — you can .The undercurrents of the future. A publication from Medium about technology and people.ininWriter, blogger, activist. Blog: ; Mailing list: Twitter:…Published inEditor’s Note: Surveillance capitalism is everywhere. But it’s not the result of some wrong turn or a rogue abuse of corporate power — it’s the system working as intended. This is the subject of Cory Doctorow’s new book, which we’re thrilled to publish in whole here on OneZero. This is how to destroy surveillance capitalism.Update: Paperback and e-reader editions of the book, each with an extra print-only chapter, are — you can .The undercurrents of the future. A publication from Medium about technology and people.ininWriter, blogger, activist. Blog: ; Mailing list: Twitter:WW…

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItShare ItIn a victory for users, Slack has fixed its for free workspaces. Instead of holding onto your messages on its servers for as long as your workspace exists, Slack is now giving free workspace admins the option to automatically delete all messages older than 90 days....Earlier this week, EFF, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and Demand Progress expressing our concerns about H.R. 3962, The Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2021 or SECURE Notarization Act....…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItShare ItIn a victory for users, Slack has fixed its for free workspaces. Instead of holding onto your messages on its servers for as long as your workspace exists, Slack is now giving free workspace admins the option to automatically delete all messages older than 90 days....Earlier this week, EFF, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and Demand Progress expressing our concerns about H.R. 3962, The Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2021 or SECURE Notarization Act....WW…

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItLate in 2019, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey a plan for an interoperable, federated, standardized Twitter that would let users (or toolsmiths who work on behalf of users) gain more control over their participation in the Twitter system. This was an exciting moment for us, a significant lurch towards an , decentralized social media world. We were especially excited to see Dorsey cite Mike Masnick's excellent paper.It’s been more than a year, and Twitter has marked its progress with an “” that sets out its view of the...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItLate in 2019, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey a plan for an interoperable, federated, standardized Twitter that would let users (or toolsmiths who work on behalf of users) gain more control over their participation in the Twitter system. This was an exciting moment for us, a significant lurch towards an , decentralized social media world. We were especially excited to see Dorsey cite Mike Masnick's excellent paper.It’s been more than a year, and Twitter has marked its progress with an “” that sets out its view of the...WW…

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare It2020 saw on take action against the dominance of the biggest tech platforms, with a flurry of pro-competition rules, investigations and lawsuits. As exciting as this is, it's just the beginning. Antitrust enforcement is often a matter of years or even decades, and if history is any judge, dominant companies will seek to avert precedent-setting judgments (which might lead to breakups) and instead try to settle their lawsuits, negotiating concessions rather than taking their chances before a judge.As an organization...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare It2020 saw on take action against the dominance of the biggest tech platforms, with a flurry of pro-competition rules, investigations and lawsuits. As exciting as this is, it's just the beginning. Antitrust enforcement is often a matter of years or even decades, and if history is any judge, dominant companies will seek to avert precedent-setting judgments (which might lead to breakups) and instead try to settle their lawsuits, negotiating concessions rather than taking their chances before a judge.As an organization...WW…

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItWhile 2019 saw the EU that through legal and policy circles, 2020 was a very different story as the EU introduced the , the most significant reform of Europe’s platform legislation the EU has undertaken in twenty years. It is an unparalleled opportunity to formulate a bold, evidence-based vision to address today’s most pressing challenges.One area we’re especially excited by is , an anti-monopoly remedy that is highly specific to tech and . Early rumblings about future enforcement , with some specific...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItWhile 2019 saw the EU that through legal and policy circles, 2020 was a very different story as the EU introduced the , the most significant reform of Europe’s platform legislation the EU has undertaken in twenty years. It is an unparalleled opportunity to formulate a bold, evidence-based vision to address today’s most pressing challenges.One area we’re especially excited by is , an anti-monopoly remedy that is highly specific to tech and . Early rumblings about future enforcement , with some specific...WW…

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItIt is one world. So & will create safe & trustworthy services while protecting freedom of expression. Give new do’s & don’t to gatekeepers of the digital part of our world - to ensure fair use of data, interoperability & no self-preferences.— Margrethe Vestager (@vestager)Future proofing:Real penalties and structural remedies:A ban on mixing data:Protecting multiple prices and terms:No more forced single sign-on:No cross-tying:No spying on business customers:Let a thousand app stores bloom:No...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItIt is one world. So & will create safe & trustworthy services while protecting freedom of expression. Give new do’s & don’t to gatekeepers of the digital part of our world - to ensure fair use of data, interoperability & no self-preferences.— Margrethe Vestager (@vestager)Future proofing:Real penalties and structural remedies:A ban on mixing data:Protecting multiple prices and terms:No more forced single sign-on:No cross-tying:No spying on business customers:Let a thousand app stores bloom:No...WW…

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItShare ItNew York’s legislature has the chance to make history and stand up for users’ rights by passing the Digital Fair Repair Act. Assemblymember Patricia Fahy’s bill, A7006-B, would require companies to give people access to what they need to fix their stuff by selling spare parts and special tools at...The joy of tinkering, making, and sharing is part of the human condition. In modern times, this creative freedom too often is stifled by secrecy as a means of monetization - from non-compete laws to quashing...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItShare ItNew York’s legislature has the chance to make history and stand up for users’ rights by passing the Digital Fair Repair Act. Assemblymember Patricia Fahy’s bill, A7006-B, would require companies to give people access to what they need to fix their stuff by selling spare parts and special tools at...The joy of tinkering, making, and sharing is part of the human condition. In modern times, this creative freedom too often is stifled by secrecy as a means of monetization - from non-compete laws to quashing...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Economic orthodoxy has been shaken by events of the last decade, with new enthusiasm for the old idea that states should spend freely during tough times. The 2008 crisis and this year’s are powerful counterexamples to the idea that government spending drives inflation. We’ve seen that when the public sector spends money on things the private sector doesn’t want (say, the labor of ), it doesn’t bid up prices.Economist seizes this once-in-a-century moment to posit a spending program more ambitious, and likely more effective, than and ....…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Economic orthodoxy has been shaken by events of the last decade, with new enthusiasm for the old idea that states should spend freely during tough times. The 2008 crisis and this year’s are powerful counterexamples to the idea that government spending drives inflation. We’ve seen that when the public sector spends money on things the private sector doesn’t want (say, the labor of ), it doesn’t bid up prices.Economist seizes this once-in-a-century moment to posit a spending program more ambitious, and likely more effective, than and ....WW…