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How University Libraries Can Protect Data and Scientific Freedom | The Wire: Science
22/01/2022: This text has been translated from German. This article was first published by ZBW Mediatalk and has been republished here under a Creative Commons license. Data tracking has long been a lucrative business model for many corporations. The fact that it also takes place in science is not so well-known, however. But here too,…
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How the Math Men Overthrew the Mad Men | The New Yorker
Advertising has always been about the search for perfect targeting data, paving the way for the annihilating power of Google and Facebook. Source: How the Math Men Overthrew the Mad Men | The New Yorker
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‘Not Sitting Quietly Anymore’: How Librarians Are Fighting Trump | Broadly
“In a political climate where truth is dismissed, it can be difficult to figure out where politics end and moral, or even professional, imperatives begin.” Though some people may think the job involves more shushing than rallying, many librarians consider “making America read again” to be a radical political proposition. Source: ‘Not Sitting Quietly Anymore’:…
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