Preventing digital feudalism

The use and abuse of data by Facebook and other tech companies are finally garnering the official attention they deserve. With personal data becoming the world's most valuable commodity, will users be the platform economy's masters or its slaves?Prospects for democratising the platform economy remain dim. Algorithms are developing in...

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Turkish assault on northern Syria and adjoining territories

The evolving situation on the Turkish-Syrian-Iraqi Kurdish border continues to create anxiety not only in that region but also elsewhere -- including the European Union (EU) and the United States.When it started, we saw President Trump's controversial comments about the Turkish offensive and also about the role of the Kurds....

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