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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 30-Apr-2023 16:53:14 JST Aral Balkan

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   • ana vldv

   @ana_valdi We have an up hill struggle (still, it seems) in differentiating between data about things and data about people* and getting people to realise that if I have enough data about you (and the right algorithms), I can essentially simulate you. In other words, that data about people is people.

   Once you think of it that way, those slogans become even more unconscionable.

   * the former should be owned by us all; the latter by none other than the individual it pertains to

   • ana vldv (ana_valdi@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Apr-2023 16:53:15 JST ana vldv

     🤖💎 After attending one of the biggest venues on data centres, this picture clearly reflects the narrative of private actors:

     "Data is the gold of the future. We treat it like diamonds."

     Extractivism, data and natural resources are very much related in the digital landscape.