RT: Having #rightscon sponsored by Facebook, Google, & Microsoft is like having #healthcon sponsored by McDonald’s, Coke, and Lucky Strike.
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Human rights/privacy/anti-surveillance groups and conferences sponsored by Google, Facebook, etc. are only giving them undue legitimacy.
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The revolution will not be sponsored by those we are revolting against.
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@aral I share many of your point of view but I don't understand why you choose to be "against something" instead of "in favor of something" -
@We_Are_The_Web We are both: against those responsible for the current state of affairs and in favour of those working to improve it.
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@aral better that they're part of the conversation, no? -
@aram You’re not part of the conversation if you have a billion-dollar megaphone and you paid for the meeting room; you’re leading it. -
@aral fair enough. So how can we make them part of the conversation without letting them dominate it? -
@aram What’s the conversation to be had? They cannot change their core business model even if they wanted to. It’s time realise that. -
@aral pehaps you're right. On the other hand, platforms do evolve in the context of user, commercial and regulatory pressures.
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