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Transmediale digital arts: The internet's impossible paradox

21 February 2018

The internet poses an impossible paradox for digital artists: – the tech that delivers so much also filters out the context that allows art to really do its job
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Facebook may guess millions of people's sexuality to sell ads

16 February 2018

Three-quarters of all EU users may have had sensitive data inferred about them by Facebook, including things like sexual orientation, religion and political leanings

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