PART I – The Rise of Platforms and Platform Governance Summary This is a proposal for a thesis on the rise of platforms and platform governance. It is divided into two parts: part I introduces the underlying politics and ideologies of the internet, starting from its early years in the 1990s and the so-called “techno-optimism” …
Thanos, Trump & Silicon Valley Στο δρόμο που χάραξε ο arch-villain των Avengers, Thanos, περπάτησαν οι μεγαλύτερες πλατφόρμες κοινωνικής δικτύωσης την περασμένη εβδομάδα, εξαφανίζοντας με μιας τους λογαριασμούς του απερχόμενου Προέδρου των ΗΠΑ, Donald Trump (συμπαρασύροντας και δεκάδες χιλιάδες προφίλ υποστηρικτών/συνωμοσιολόγων της θεωρίας QAnon). Χτυπώντας τα δάχτυλα τους λοιπόν, οι λεγόμενες «Big Tech» εταιρείες προκάλεσαν …
This is a first for Citizen Erased. We have never really hidden our love for digital culture; naturally, this means there’s a special place in our heart for anime as well. Enjoy our first video essay on one of our all-time favourites: Serial Experiments Lain. The first episode of the series features the 4th episode …
The Brussels Effect and the Search of a Citizen’s Internet Illustration by Hertie School: Centre for Digital Governance The Brussels Effect is an interesting concept, coined by Ana Bradford in 2012, a Finnish-American professor at the Columbia Law School. Bradford’s attempt has a bifold aim: on the one hand, to create an accessible narrative to …
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ΤΑ Drones ΚΑΙ ΤΟ ΕΠΟΠΤΕΥΟΝ ΚΡΑΤΟΣ Επειδή ουδέν μονιμότερον του προσωρινού, καλό θα ήταν να ξεκαθαρίσουμε και ένα ακόμη ζήτημα που έχει περάσει στα ψιλά. Η χρήση των drones από την Ελληνική Αστυνομία φαίνεται να είναι ένα από τα πολλά μέτρα που επιστρατεύτηκαν εν καιρώ κρίσης και τα οποία θα παραμείνουν, καθώς φαίνεται, και αφού …
Trump, platforms, and the arbiters of truth Illustration by Ioanna Giannakopoulou Recently, two separate things reignited the discussion of content moderation of online platforms. First, on May 26, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, tweeted misleading and inaccurate claims about the 2020 US Presidential Election and the voting by mail process[1]. After a …
Coronavirus and Redemptive Solutionism As the first global wave of confinement is drawing to an end, with European countries planning the best strategies to opening societies and economies, another interesting story is shaping. One of the most discussed aspects of the “de-confinement” endeavour is how we are going to trace human contact to avoid a …
When screens are the only way out, which way is out? Image taken by Project 2051 A recent New York Times piece concluded a long-standing debate: screens won, digital detox can see itself out for now. During the coronavirus pandemic crisis, this much became evident. Take a moment to think of your daily routine – …
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Ο ΜΥΘΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΥΕΛΙΚΤΗΣ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΑΣ Ο Bilel, ένας 24χρονος νεαρός Γάλλος που εργάζεται ως διανομέας για την Uber Eats στη Λυών της Γαλλίας,χαμογελώντας νευρικά, παραδέχεται στο φακό: «Αφιερώνω όλες τις μέρες μου στο Uber, δεν έχω ζωή, ζω μόνο για τηνUber». Αυτό είναι ένα απόσπασμα από μια εξαιρετική σειρά-ντοκιμαντέρ με τίτλο: «Οι αόρατοι: Οι εργάτες …
THE MYTH OF FLEXIBLE WORK & MODERN COLONIALISM Don’t believe the capitalist hype Bilel, a 24-year-old young French working as an Uber Eats courier in Lyon, France, admits on camera while nervously smiling: “I devote all of my days to Uber, I don’t have a life as I live only for Uber.” This is a …