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I'm all for for getting more policy through Parliament to protect human rights/ liberties in the ways technology is deployed. Strategies for this can be divided into two broad categories;

1) working with existing parties on tech policy

2) growing a tech freedom party

Having been involved in trying both strategies, multiple times, I've had much more success with the first one, for far less effort.

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"We can reverse the enshittification of the internet. We can halt the creeping enshittification of every digital device.

We can build a better, enshittification-resistant digital nervous system, one that is fit to coordinate the mass movements we will need to fight fascism, end genocide, and save our planet and our species."

#CoryDoctorow, 2024

pluralistic.net/2024/01/30/go-

pluralistic.netPluralistic: My McLuhan lecture on enshittification (30 Jan 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

"With services like email and social media, Amazon and Apple Pay, health, diet and even sleep-tracking, technology is pushing ever deeper into our lives. But should we just accept the new gadgets and services on offer, or is there a hidden cost to pay? This seven-part series profiles the Rebel Geeks challenging power structures and offering a different vision of our technological future."

aljazeera.com/program/rebel-ge

www.aljazeera.comRebel Geeks | Video | Al Jazeera