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When the Internet first started taking root, many enthusiasts including myself thought it would become a great connector of people around the world. It would build mutual understanding and maybe even foster peace. How incredibly naive, as we are now discovering. The latest news from The New York Times is that Russia is cracking down on […]…

This is an excellent article by Lauren Jackson in today’s New York Times interviewing Shoshana Zuboff, author of “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.” Zuboff says: “Apple is the wealthiest and most powerful corporation, certainly in modern history, perhaps in the history of capitalism. And Apple now exerts unilateral, essentially unaccountable control over critical communications infrastructures, […]…

Apple has made very questionable compromises with China’s Communist government to operate its data centers containing Chinese customer information there. The government essentially controls Apple’s data centers, according to this excellent article in today’s New York Times. Apple says its systems in China are “sequestered” from the rest of its global iCloud platform. Yet at […]…

The government of Xi Jinping has a clear objective in seeking to lure in American financial entities into China. They obviously want access to more capital, but the Chinese also view Wall Street as an important ally in shaping American governmental policy toward China. The Chinese have astutely recognized that Wall Street has power in […]…

This article from the Wall Street Journal is behind a pay wall but it’s worth the irritation of pasting it and cleaning it up here. The Chinese are using Facebook, Twitter and perhaps other U.S. social media platforms banned from China to spread their propaganda around the world. Facebook’s revenue from Chinese advertisers may exceed […]…