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This week on the New World Next Week: dark money in politics just got darker; Japan is a secret nuclear power; and DARPA wants mind control for soldiers.

This week on the New World Next Week: dark money in politics just got darker; Japan is a secret nuclear power; and DARPA wants mind control for soldiers.

(CD) — The European Union (EU) on Wednesday hit Google with a record-breaking €4.34 billion ($5.06 billion) antitrust fine and ordered the tech giant to make changes that will scale back its dominance of the mobile phone market. Characterizing the move as “the EU’s sharpest rebuke yet to the power of a handful of tech giants,” the Wall Street Journal reported: “[T]he […]

(ZHE) — It appears that government and intelligence agencies throughout the world did little or nothing to change their policies for personal fitness tracker usage as for the second time this year a massive data breach has exposed sensitive locations and the daily routines of government personnel, all accessible to the public.  And like with Strava’s interactive online fitness […]

The CEO of a company that makes facial recognition software has publicly stated that his company will not sell to law enforcement or governments. (AP) — In recent months controversies have erupted over various tech companies contracting with the various law enforcement and military agencies. At Google, employees publicly expressed their distaste for the company’s contract to […]

(CW) — In an unexpected move, this week the European Parliament rejected a highly controversial bill that critics claimed would stifle free speech and creativity on the internet. The EU Copyright Directive was heavily criticized over two elements in particular. Article 11 would have established a “link tax,” which would have required online publishes to pay a […]

(ZHE) — Twitter is purging accounts at a rapid pace – suspending over a 70 million accounts in two months as it ramps up its battle against “fake and suspicious” accounts, reports the Washington Post. The social media giant has more than doubled its rate of suspensions since October, when the company suggested that Russia used fake accounts to manipulate the […]

Sharing secrets, bombshell accusations and incompetent enemies + this day in history w/Clinton punishes Iraq and our song of the day by Stickybuds on your Morning Monarchy for June 26, 2018.

(FEE) — What is it about the European Union and bad tech laws with boring names? Brussels has managed to transform four harmless letters into a byword for irritating compliance-induced spam and pop-ups, as well as a consolidation of power for the internet’s biggest players. Now that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) dust has settled, along […]

(CD) — “The most important surveillance story you will see for years just went online, revealing how AT&T became the internet’s biggest enemy, secretly collaborating against its customers and partners to destroy your privacy.” That was how whistleblower and privacy advocate Edward Snowden reacted to the publication of an explosive story by The Intercept on Monday, which reveals for the first time how […]