Dear policymakers and politicians in the EU,
Stop funding Silicon Valley style startups with business models mired in the surveillance and profiling of the general population. Stop spending EU funds on #SurveillanceCapitalism and fund ethical alternatives instead.
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Dear everyday folks who just want to use our new everyday things to communicate, You’re not to blame. Silicon Valley funds/makes surveillance products then blames you for not caring about your privacy. But alternatives are emerging even with almost no funding… support them!
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I'm 100% certain that most of the engineers who work for Facebook or Google truly believe that they help to connect the world or to organize wold's information (accordingly). Ignorance is bliss, you'd say? I think a moral compass is what we lack. And it's way beyond FB or Google.
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Yep. And don’t forget that these companies go to great lengths to indoctrinate those folks. Which is why it’s essential that they get to see what life’s like outside their bubble whenever possible.
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I like this, but as someone who has attempted to find employment that doesn't harm and has ended up, frankly, unemployed as a consequence, I honestly believe that there is a need for preventative ethical policymaking around tech.
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I couldn’t agree more. See my follow up tweet:https://twitter.com/aral/status/978209661034868736 …
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It will be shame to have experience at fb and google in their cv
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Dear Aral: pay what Facebook pays and then you'll have a saying on what "high-skilled engineers" should do. And before answering me think a bit on why Facebook can pay what it pays so you can put the onus where it's due.
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unfortunately (most of us) live in a World where everything has a price.
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That's exactly my point. And then, what's the ethics behind the pricing and why we accept it.
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Look in your (black) mirror and discover your moral and ethics.
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You can find a "real" job and make a real difference.
#SurveillanceCapitalism#ban
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We should maybe start a GoFund me to make up the ridiculous $ difference that comes from selling out though. Help defer that pressure to be a billionaire at the cost of engineering society & decimating privacy rights/expectations.
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I will only use (and build) technology that is aligned with this pledge https://douglass.io/pledge
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But... "Don't do evil..."
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