@aral so in your view one should never involve governments or large companies in such an event ?
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@ErikJonker Involving != sponsoring. Would you have fast food and cigarette coma ones *sponsor* a conference on healthy eating? -
@aral if they just pay and have no influence on the program, maybe, although there is some "credibility" problem -
@ErikJonker Not how it works. Money is influence. And it legitimises the claims of those companies that they’re ’the good guys’.
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@aral@adambanksdotcom but a keynote speak is Max Schrems, who is taking on Facebook in Ireland. -
@howardnoakley@adambanksdotcom What’s Max’s yearly PR budget & what’s Facebook’s? What does FB gain in positive association as sponsor? -
@aral@adambanksdotcom Max seems to have done v well in recent days; money doesn’t buy credibility. -
@howardnoakley@adambanksdotcom Max has a right to be there. Facebook was allowed to buy their way in. Institutional corruption. -
@aral@adambanksdotcom you have evidence that the Dutch academic organisers have been corrupted? Best go public then… -
@howardnoakley@adambanksdotcom I just did. The evidence is the list of sponsors. Read up on *institutional* corruption (see@lessig) -
@aral@adambanksdotcom@lessig that is ideology not evidence. You may impute corruption but that is mere allegation.
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@aral yes, you would expect much more sponsors on such an important topic... The NSA would also be a good candidate ;-)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral Oh don't forget Vodafone, they were involved into a scandal about wiretapping the Greek prime minister along CIA a few years agoThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral what's a diamond sponsor? Like they slammed a bag of diamonds on the desk of the organisers.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral@SandraKoning1 De ironie!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral It's just a buy-off to not feel guilty... Like Mc Donalds is one of the biggest sponsors to the world-cup.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral all depends on what you define as privacy…Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral Shit happens ;-)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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