"The case for keeping public goods under democratic control"

"Amid severe supply constraints it is best not to destroy jobs and growth but to allow economies to recover"

>"A District of Columbia federal judge has revived a case against Meta, formerly known as Facebook, over its alleged maintenance of a social networking monopoly."

"Yanis Varoufakis explains why Socrates was right to reject ancient Athens' version of the ultimate "metaverse.""

"The former US president is working to launch a social media app called Truth Social early next year."

"Although whistleblowing isn’t a panacea for corruption and corporate malfeasance, it has proven highly effective as a last line of defense against behavior that is both economically harmful and politically destabilizing. As such, there is _...Read More_

"Mark Zuckerberg wants you to believe his metaverse is the final frontier. The misconception comes with over a century of warnings."

"The story of Dungeons & Dragons isn’t just about nerds creating a wildly popular game and then losing control of it. It’s also about how the dictates of the free market inevitably end up stripping even our leisure activities of joy."

"It’s a rebrand of Silicon Valley's increasing power and reach. And it’s made for companies, not people."

"A long line of ugly Americans, mostly government officials, have believed that applying simple formulas based on idealized versions of US institutions could convert long-suffering places into Western-style consumer utopias. Today, the _...Read More_

"Mark Zuckerberg’s latest Meta morphosis fills me a deep sense of dread. And some companies are too toxic to rebrand, says journalist Imogen West-Knights"

"The firm posts strong profits as it continues to face negative press over leaked internal documents."

"Facebook is planning to rebrand itself with a new name focused on the metaverse, the Verge reported on Tuesday, as the tech giant comes under fire from regulators around the world over its business practices."

Facebook announced in a corporate blog post Sunday that it will hire 10,000 workers in the EU to build out its plans for the "metaverse."

>"UK campaigners write to chief executive with list of demands to ensure online safety of young people"