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Predictions 2021: Disinformation, SPACs, Africa, Facebook, and a Return to Tech Optimism

John Battelle's Searchblog

” 2021 will be a year where we search for the root causes of our failures over the past few years, and at the center of that failure is a communication system that mindlessly manufactures disinformation. 2005 Predictions. 2005 How I Did. A free and open democratic economy can’t run on b t. Predictions 2010.

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BELGIUM: NEW DATA PROTECTION COMMISSIONER

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

For this reason, it was decided that the members of the former Belgian Privacy Commission would perform the tasks and exercise the power of the BDPA on an interim basis during this transitional period. Its supporting tasks include the management of internal and external communications of the DPA.

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A Berkeley Commencement Speech, Some Years Ago…

John Battelle's Searchblog

—– Back in 2005, as Web 2.0 Fortune 500 executives— particularly in the media and communications business—were thrilled that their monopolies were safe from what appeared to be a very real threat. I want it to be on my own site as well, just for the record. Like SIMS, the Internet is a study in interdisciplinary mechanics.

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Polar Opposites: The CRM Exams and Vendor Product Language

Brandeis Records Manager

While vague vendor Web language was nothing new to us, this immersive exercise left us astounded by just how hollow and unclear much of the vendor promotional language is. Granted, some of their promises reflect what we need to communicate to stakeholders who have no idea about what we do or are trying to do. It’s almost ubiquitous.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Fog of Cyber War

ForAllSecure

” What Schmidt was referring to was an incident when a common backhoe severed a strategic Sprint communications line in the United States. Mikko had read some of my reporting on Netsky, which Skynet backwards, a virus also known as Sasser, was a typical virus-of-the-day back in 2005. It’s really a cute story.