OUT NOW – New Essay by Geert Lovink: Extinction Internet

By Tommaso Campagna, November 24, 2022

Extinction Internet is not merely an end-of-the-world phantasy of digital technology that one day will be wiped out by an electromagnetic pulse or the cutting of cables. Rather, Extinction Internet marks the end of an era of possibilities and speculations, when adaptation is no longer an option. During the internet’s Lost Decade, we’ve been rearranging [...]

Berliner Gazette launches After Extractivism

By Chloë Arkenbout, November 24, 2022

After an inspiring local event in Berlin at the Haus der Demokratie und Menschenrechte, the Berliner Gazette has launched the “After Extractivism” conference as an “asynchronous online event” and expansive resource site with video talks, projects, texts, and audios tackling the Ecological-Economic Complex, Green Capitalism, and Transition Justice. Check out the website here: https://after-extractivism.berlinergazette.de. In [...]

Stuck on the Platform: A Night of Raving Against the Internet

By Laurence Scherz, November 21, 2022

With Geert Lovink, Annet Dekker, Lucien Le Chevalier, justin case, Mo Wrights Where: OT301, 1054 HW Overtoom 301, AmsterdamOpen: 19:00 – 01:00 hrsFREE Timetable: 19:00 – doors open 19:30 – start program, conversation between Annet Dekker and Geert Lovink 20:45 – 21:45 – drag performance and DJ set by Lucien Le Chevalier 21:45 – 23:30 – DJ [...]

A Conversation With Ruha Benjamin

By jasmin, November 18, 2022

With grace, eloquence and wisdom, Ruha Benjamin recently presented her book “Viral Justice – How we Grow the World we Want” in Amsterdam. As a Research Masters student at the University of Amsterdam and on behalf of the INC, I attended two of her events, both at SPUI 25 and the Institute of Advanced Study. [...]

Massaclaim tegen Twitter: SDBN bevecht illegale datahandel door ‘gratis’ apps

By Geert Lovink, November 17, 2022

Campagne Je Staat Te Koop van start Meer hier: https://jestaattekoop.nl/ Duizenden gratis apps, zoals Wordfeud, Buienradar, Vinted, Shazam en Duolingo, wisselden de afgelopen jaren illegaal persoonsgegevens uit met advertentieplatform MoPub. Volgens Stichting Data Bescherming Nederland (SDBN) schond MoPub, een dienst die tot voor kort eigendom was van Twitter, massaal de privacy van gebruikers. SDBN bereidt [...]

OUT NOW – Critical Meme Reader II: Memetic Tacticality edited by Chloë Arkenbout and Laurence Scherz

By Laurence Scherz, November 10, 2022

The (political) power of memes has moved beyond virtual images. The distinction between the virtual and ‘real life’ no longer applies, or perhaps was never really there. Their effects (or should we say affects?) are moving through digital infrastructures, policy, regulations and bodies. If memes are used as a tool by the alt-right to mobilize [...]

Female Manipulator Theory: On Being a Disgusting Angry Girl on the Internet

By dimitratrigka, November 8, 2022

By Dimitra Trigka Lux1isbon,[1] jenn1fersbody,[2] virginmary2008,[3] si1kvoid,[4] and livingdeadgirl44.[5] These are some usernames of the few girls that are left on Tumblr. Tumblr died long ago but other social media platforms nowadays like TikTok, Instagram, and Whisper have been overflown with tumblresque girlie personas with glossy hair, long laces, doe eyes, red lips, and perfect [...]