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After weeks of burning through users’ goodwill, Reddit is facing a moderator strike and an exodus of its most important users. It’s the latest example of a social media site making a critical mistake: users aren’t there for the services, they’re there for the community. Building barriers to access is a war of attrition. Reddit has an admirable record when it comes to defending an open and free internet. While not always perfect, the success of the site is owed...
This is part five of an ongoing, five-part series. Part one, the introduction, is here . Part two, about breaking up ad-tech companies, is here . Part three, about banning surveillance ads, is here . Part four, about opening up app stores, is here . Download this whole series as a single PDF . Once, news organizations enthusiastically piled into social media. New platforms like Facebook and Twitter were powerful “traffic funnels,” where algorithmic recommendation systems put excerpts from news...
As the Chinese government cracked down on online free expression over the last decade, blocking access to information, filtering content , surveilling users for social control , and unleashing malware disproportionately against its own people, there was one steady, anonymous voice on the internet speaking out against government censorship, calling for protests, and teaching netizens and activists how to protect themselves online. It was a blog called Program Think , and its author’s identity was not known to the public...
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Surveillance Self-Defense
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Surveillance Self-Defense is EFF's online guide to defending yourself and your friends from surveillance by using secure technology and developing careful practices.
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Privacy Badger
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Privacy Badger is an install-and-forget browser add-on that stops advertisers and trackers from secretly tracking where you go and what pages you look at on the web.
