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Matthew Crain

@matthewcrain.bsky.social

Media prof. Proud labor union member.

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Matthew Crain@matthewcrain.bsky.social · last mo.

We are rushing towards age verification (a multi-faceted privacy nightmare) because these companies have created sociopathic, advertising-driven media products that have no natural upper bounds on their voraciousness.

Meta to Pay Up to $17.1 Billion in Landmark Settlement Over Social Media Addiction Claims (Gift Article)

The social media giant settled with 47 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, and agreed to make major changes to its products over claims its platforms endangered children.

nytimes.com

John Nichols@nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 2y ago

The great champion of independent, speak-truth-to-power journalism, and of the democracy that can only survive if the press is free, Robert W. McChesney, has died at age 72. He fought the media oligarchs and the politicians who served them — and often won. Now, we must carry the fight forward.

Robert McChesney, the Great Champion of Journalism and Democracy, Has Died

The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media reform movement that lives on.

thenation.com

Matthew Crain@matthewcrain.bsky.social · 2y ago

My book, Profit Over Privacy: How Surveillance Advertising Conquered the Internet, is available open access through JSTOR and @UMinnPress's Manifold site. It's an origin story for data-driven advertising via the lens of political economy of media & tech. www.jstor.org/stable/10.57...

Profit over Privacy: How Surveillance Advertising Conquered the Internet on JSTOR

p strongA deep dive into the political roots of advertising on the internet/strong The contemporary internet's de facto business model is one of surveillan...

jstor.org