And if you happen to live in the EU, know that you won't be saved from fascism by the EU either!
#GraduallyThenSuddenly #fascism #technofascism #EU #authoritarianism
#democracy #usa #gop #fascists

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I don't know much about the owners of bluesky, but I do really appreciate this service. I just became aware of the term #technofascism & it seems a valuable frame for how technology can transform politics. Still, I wonder if if there isn't a positive, achievable vision of humanity also at play here?

New Music Is Slowly Dying It's getting murdered by its own caretakers

Love the protest songs; but it *sounds like* (both the vibe & the actual songs) this channel is all AI (?).

To resist the #TechnoFeudal #TechnoFascism we can also support IRL protest singers: Jesse Welles (who recently appeared w/ Joan Baez), Jensen McRae, etc
www.honest-broker.com/p/new-music-...

Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, and Jensen Huang appointed to President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology "The United States has the opportunity to lead the world in AI."

Mark Zuckerberg (Instagram WhatsApp, Facebook) Larry Ellison (Oracle), and Jensen Huang (NVIDIA) appointed to Trump's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology to lead the world in AI.

#USA #trump #fascism #technofascism...
#democracy #gop #fascists

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Reading this now ancient (2025) paper by Becca Lewis on early warnings against #technofascism, showing how the Silicon Valley was always virilist, and in rage against the “PC police”.

www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

#technofascism

Will “AI” chatbots be the tobacco of the future? > Towards the end of 2024, Dennis Biesma decided to check out ChatGPT. The Amsterdam-based IT consultant had just ended a contract early. “I had some time, so I thought: let’s have a look at this new technology everyone is talking about,” he says. “Very quickly, I became fascinated.” > > Biesma has asked himself why he was vulnerable to what came next. He was nearing 50. His adult daughter had left home, his wife went out to work and, in his field, the shift since Covid to working from home had left him feeling “a little isolated”. He smoked a bit of cannabis some evenings to “chill”, but had done so for years with no ill effects. He had never experienced a mental illness. Yet within months of downloading ChatGPT, Biesma had sunk €100,000 (about £83,000) into a business startup based on a delusion, been hospitalised three times and tried to kill himself. > > ↫ Anna Moore at The Guardian These stories are absolutely heart-wrenching, and it doesn’t just happen to people who have had a history of mental illness or other things you might associate with priming someone for “falling for” an “AI” chatbot. Just a few years in, and it’s already clear that these tools pose a real danger to a group of people of indeterminate size, and proper research into the causes is absolutely warranted and needed. On top of that, if there’s any evidence of wrongdoing from the companies behind these chatbots – intentionally making them more addictive, luring people in, ignoring established dangers, covering up addiction cases, etc. – lawsuits and regulation are definitely in order. Only yesterday, Facebook and Google lost a landmark trial in the US, ruling the companies intentionally made social media as addictive as possible, thereby destroying a person’s life in the process. Countless similar lawsuits are underway all over the world, and I have a feeling that in a few years to decades, we’ll look at unregulated, rampant social media the same way we look at tobacco now. Perhaps “AI” chatbots will join their ranks, too.

Will “AI” chatbots be the tobacco of the future? Towards the end of 2024, Dennis Biesma decided to check out ChatGPT. The Amsterdam-based IT consultant had just ended a contract early. “I had...

#Technofascism

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Meta ordered to pay $375m after being found liable in child exploitation case New Mexico hails ‘historic’ win after jury finds firm misled consumers over safety and enabled harm against users

#Meta ordered to pay $375m after being found liable in child exploitation case

#markzuckerberg #tech #techbros #elonmusk #techfeudalism #taxtherich #socialmedia #US #technofascism #data #bidtech

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Disney moving away from OpenAI is a very positive sign. If they don't sign a deal with another company soon, this could actually help the bubble bursting.

#AI #Disney #AISlop #BrainRot #OpenAI #Technofascism

THIS is the MOST important video to watch TODAY:
#Technofascism at work.
"Brave New World" in the making.
Isn't too late? They HAVE your data, guys!

Important comments. | #Fascism #Technofascism

youtu.be/0OdR8rRMz3I?...

Solarpunk Journey: From Technocracy to Regeneration

A draft of a small website showing a system to oppose #technofascism: #solarpunk (although it could have many names) because just changing your apps is a first step, like changing your lightbulbs to Eco-friendly ones. https://polity.neocities.org/

The Silent Accretion: Technofascism and the New Cyber World Order There is a version of authoritarianism that is easy to recognize: the declared emergency, the suspended constitution, the strongman consolidating power in plain sight. We have built our entire vocabulary of democratic resistance around that version because history provided the blueprints. The version we are less equipped for arrives without announcement. It accretes through product...

#european #privacy #surveillance #technofascism #technopolitics #bigtech #security #ai #fascism #DigitalRights #InfoSec
#democracy #usa #gop #fascists

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The Technofascist Technology Quiz

By Catherine D'Ignazio

“I’ve begun a new project to synthesize the emerging literature around “#technofascism” into an accessible explainer. Since I’m an educator, I’ve also been thinking about ways that teachers and facilitators could involve newcomers in […]

Insights. Criticism of GOP presidents of the past: Reagan and Nixon. #AIPAC #DarkMoneyEmergency #SCOTUS #Kleptocracy #TechBros #BigTech #technofascism #SiliconValley #Corporations #Jail-a-President

#AI Overlords Are RUNNING The #US #WarMachine (w/ #AnitaSayChan)

#TaylorLorenze #Technology #TechnoFascism

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi-F...

#technofascism

#LivingTheMeme
#Palantir
#DGSI
#TechnoFascism
#CyberNowIsPunk
#InTheNameOfPhilipKDick

Technofascism: AI, Big Tech, and the new authoritarianism - AI & SOCIETY The rapid development of digital technologies, including AI, is having a significant impact on the social, economic, and political life. Yet, while presented as milestones in innovation and progress, ...

Technofascism: AI, Big Tech, and the new authoritarianism

#bigtech #techbros #fascism #farright #AI #authoritarianism
#technofascism #democracy

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism #Authoritarianism #TechnoFascism #Fascism

#democracy #usa #gop #fascists

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We might need to ban smartphone cameras.

#Bans #TechCritical #TechnoFascism

Now women and little girls and little boys have to wear masks and become invisible.

What a victory for patriarchy.

#Technofascism #Meta #ThoughtsofaNonWhiteWoman

High tech patriarchy.

#Technofascism #Meta #BanAINow #BanAI

#Trumpland #Technofascism

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Simon McGarr completely captures the Irish government’s obtuse determination to do nothing in the face of the illegal and immoral behavior of many American tech enterprises

While many Silicon Valley leaders are overtly supporting a democracy subverting American regime, the Irish ruling class […]

“Sharp and unique” is how labor economist Valerie Wilson describes the decline in employment for college-educated Black women — a trend not mirrored in any other group. We must pay… | Ruchika T. Malho... “Sharp and unique” is how labor economist Valerie Wilson describes the decline in employment for college-educated Black women — a trend not mirrored in any other group. We must pay attention! Unsurpr...

#LinkedIn users talk about discrimination, and one brings up #technofascism.

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