Posts By: Miriam Rasch

Monetizing privacy – How much does Facebook owe you?

By Miriam Rasch, March 21, 2013

By Peter Olsthoorn The poorest people in the world achieve hardly any physical privacy. They can’t afford it. A billion people enjoy Facebook because it’s free. Which parallel can we draw? Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights learns us: ‘No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home [...]

First Monday special issue: Unlike Us

By Miriam Rasch, March 18, 2013

      First Monday, one of the first openly accessible, peer–reviewed journals on the Internet, solely devoted to the Internet, has a special Unlike Us edition this March. Follow this link to read the articles: Introduction: Understanding social media monopolies Korinna Patelis, Pavlos Hatzopoulos Society doesn’t exist Jodi Dean Silence, delirium, lies? Caroline Bassett [...]

Coming soon: Unlike Us Reader

By Miriam Rasch, February 4, 2013

In February 2013 the INC will publish the next title in the reader series: Unlike Us Reader Social Media Monopolies and Their Alternatives Edited by Geert Lovink and Miriam Rasch INC Reader #8 The Unlike Us Reader offers a critical examination of social media, bringing together theoretical essays, personal discussions, and artistic manifestos. How can [...]

Brussels Nov. 29-30: For Your Eyes Only

By Miriam Rasch, September 25, 2012

International Conference on Privacy, Empowerment and Technology in the context of Online Social Networks 29. and 30. of November, 2012 www.foryoureyesonly.be