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A Trifecta Strategy Emerges
Oh, and: What Did You Do Last Week? Another edition of ‘Citizens Re-united’.
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‘The Walls Have Eyes’
In this Q&A, Manasa Narayanan speaks to Petra Molnar about the UK’s push for unchecked AI ‘innovation’ and what it means for the existing surveillance state and migrants.
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Tech fascism is not inevitable: community is the alternative
Activist Alistair Alexander works on alternatives to a techno-authoritarian future – drawing inspiration from nature as a model for resilience.
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