Fuck BigTech
- www.middleeasteye.net 'Technofascist military fantasy': Spotify faces boycott calls over CEO’s investment in AI military startup
Daniel Ek invested over $700m in drone, aircraft and submarine producer Helsing
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/32365961
> Spotify, the world’s leading music streaming platform, is facing intense criticism and boycott calls following CEO Daniel Ek’s announcement of a €600m ($702m) investment in Helsing, a German defence startup specialising in AI-powered combat drones and military software. > > The move, announced on 17 June, has sparked widespread outrage from musicians, activists and social media users who accuse Ek of funnelling profits from music streaming into the military industry. > > Many have started calling on users to cancel their subscriptions to the service. > > “Finally cancelling my Spotify subscription – why am I paying for a fuckass app that works worse than it did 10 years ago, while their CEO spends all my money on technofascist military fantasies?” said one user on X.
- www.theverge.com Facebook is starting to feed its Meta AI with private, unpublished photos
Facebook users opting into “cloud processing” are inadvertently giving Meta AI access to their entire camera roll.
