[nonostantement #88] - clothes against facial recognition / targeting zuckerberg with false claims / unreal city
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[Video] - INSTA DJ | Social Media and the New Age Dancefloor - A Production by Pioneer DJ
"What kind of impact is social media having on DJs and the dance music scene? Watch artists, DJs, managers, and experts discuss this issue in our new documentary"
From a comment: "People definitely dance differently now that everyone wants to look good."These clothes use outlandish designs to trick facial recognition software into thinking you're not a human
"[...] privacy-focused designers, academics, and activists have designed wearable accessories and clothes meant to thwart facial recognition tech."[Video] - The Self-Driving Race Car
"I got an email asking if I wanted to be driven around the most famous racetrack in Britain by an autonomous racing car. I wasn't going to refuse that offer."Elizabeth Warren targets Facebook's ad policy -- with a Facebook ad
"'We intentionally made a Facebook ad with false claims and submitted it to Facebook's ad platform to see if it'd be approved,' she tweeted. 'It got approved quickly.'"Why Are Rich People So Mean?
"Now, you may be thinking, 'Fuck those guys and the private jets they rode in on.' Fair enough. But here’s the thing: those guys are already fucked. Really. They worked like hell to get where they are—and they’ve got access to more wealth than 99.999 percent of the human beings who have ever lived—but they’re still not where they think they need to be."The not-so-secret life of a TikTok-famous teen
"Haley downloaded the app for fun. Now millions of people watch her videos."‘Fake Artists’ Have Billions of Streams on Spotify. Is Sony Now Playing the Service at Its Own Game?
"Large record companies – who have been complaining about the 'fake artist' practice for two years – appear to be adopting a 'if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em' approach"Blizzard Is Being Boycotted After A "Hearthstone" Player Was Punished For Supporting Hong Kong Protesters
"Memers are turning popular characters, like Overwatch's Mei, into pro-democracy protesters."[In Italian] - Il politico fa l’influencer? Non è un grande affare
Ma cosa succede se [...] un brand si trova invece coinvolto su tematiche direttamente legate alla politica? Per provare a dare una risposta alla domanda abbiamo esaminato il 'caso Papeete'".[Video] - Neil Cicierega, Internet Person - XOXO Festival (2016)
"One of the most prolific creators of weird and wonderful internet, Neil Cicierega is an artist, comedian, filmmaker, musician, and game developer."Unreal City
"These stories were composed by OpenAI's GPT-2 language model and AllenAI's Grover news generator. The accompanying photos were generated by the AI at This Person Does Not Exist. They are not real humans, but you can look into their eyes nonetheless."China Masters Political Propaganda for the Instagram Age
"Leveraging celebrities, the know-how of tech companies and images built for social media, the Communist Party can effectively stir patriotism among the youth."When the Choreographer Won’t Fly, the Dancers Rehearse by Skype
"Jérôme Bel has decided, for ecological reasons, not to work in any way that involves a plane ride. That can make things difficult."[Video] - Researcher Explains Deepfake Videos | WIRED
"Sam Gregory, program director at the human rights nonprofit WITNESS, talks with WIRED senior writer Tom Simonite about the implications of Deepfake videos and how we can adjust to this new and improving technology."[In Italian] - Come lo streetwear affama il mercato
"Proprio nell’epoca della disponibilità potenziale di ogni cosa, i soldi si fanno producendo una finta scarsità. Dalle opere d’arte fino allo streetwear, raro e costoso è meglio. Finché dura."
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