Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Fintech turned predatory inclusion into a booming business, recruiting Black ...
Fintech turned predatory inclusion into a booming business, recruiting Black spokespeople to claim that being the sucker at the table in the #cryptocurrency casino was actually a form of racial justice:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/07/business/media/cryptocurrency-seeks-the-spotlight-with-spike-lees-help.html
But not all predatory inclusion is financial. Take #FacebookBasics, #Meta's "poor internet for poor people" program. Facebook partnered with telcos in the #GlobalSouth to rig their internet access.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/07/business/media/cryptocurrency-seeks-the-spotlight-with-spike-lees-help.html
But not all predatory inclusion is financial. Take #FacebookBasics, #Meta's "poor internet for poor people" program. Facebook partnered with telcos in the #GlobalSouth to rig their internet access.
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