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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Apr 20

      Aral Balkan Retweeted amelia gentleman

      You’re doing some great journalism but The Guardian helps perpetuate surveillance capitalism by using tracking and profiling-based adtech. Please get them to stop this and I will be happy to support them financially. Maybe we need a campaign: pledges for privacy?https://twitter.com/ameliagentleman/status/986929918931021829 …

      Aral Balkan added,

      amelia gentlemanVerified account @ameliagentleman
      The Guardian has given me the time and space to investigate the #Windrush scandal over the past six months. Please support independent, investigative journalism like this, so that we can continue to hold power to account https://bit.ly/2qGn6iy 
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    2. NoDPI‏ @NoDPI Apr 21
      Replying to @aral

      The @guardian are among the *very worst* examples of media organisations that attempt to profit from data harvested by illegal mass communications surveillance.pic.twitter.com/G7EiNIYSRo

      Guardian news and Media Guardian
      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      Aral Balkan‏ @aral Apr 21
      Replying to @NoDPI @guardian and

      Do you have the link for that? (thanks!) CC @carolecadwalla

      5:15 AM - 21 Apr 2018
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        2. NoDPI sigma‏ @NoDPIsigma Apr 21
          Replying to @aral @NoDPI and

          I'm sure @NoDPI can offer other links but for now try: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorm#Advertisers_and_websites …http://www.itpro.co.uk/181578/the-guardian-does-phorm-u-turn …

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        3. NoDPI‏ @NoDPI Apr 21
          Replying to @NoDPIsigma @aral and

          The original source is this; https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/feb/14/bt.virginmedia … "OIX monitors every website that a customer visits and sends this data back to a central advertising hub. Phorm is already working with ad agencies and partner websites, including the Financial Times, the Guardian..."

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        1. (((Rab Nesbitt)))  🖐️  🐶 #NHSLove‏ @blepharon Apr 21
          Replying to @aral @NoDPI and

          If you want more documents, I have a substantial archive. Since F'fox scrapped Scrapbook Plus its a little harder to access but I've got most of the relevant stuff (UK & global) 2008 till Phorm went bust last year. Including the censored Ask Jack Guardian article 8 Jan 2009.

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