class: left, middle ## Let's start at 12:10PM - Take a moment to review the **Week 6** folder - Recorded session to be made available on YouTube (unlisted) - Please check out weekly **Research Reading Group** videos #### In case of connection dropoff - Immediate announcement on shared Slack using mobile data - Leave and revisit the session recording later - Stick around in the chat room if it allows #### Formal cancellation if attempts fail in the next 10 minutes - Solitary session recording for reference #### View online at https://ckportfolio.com/slides/pc8005-w6 --- class: left, middle ## Let's get started ... --- class: left, middle, title ## The Virtual Organization #### PC 8005 - School of Professional Communication - Week 6 https://ckportfolio.com/slides/pc8005-w6 --- class: left, middle ### Start brainstorming for A#2 - Written feedback for A#1 no later than October 25, 2020 --- class: left, middle ## Assignment #2 #### Interactive Wireframe - Demonstrates visual design and user experience - Multiple screens that are connected together using hyperlinks - **Live preview link** (Figma, Adobe XD, etc.) - Evaluated using various criteria (25%) - More details available on D2L #### Due November 8, 2020 at 11:59 PM --- class: left, middle ### Upcoming deadlines - **End of this week**: Coding Exercise #3 - mashup application - **Week 8**: Assignment #2 - interactive wireframe --- class: right, middle ## Any questions? Moving onto the this week's content ... --- class: left, middle ### Research Reading Group, Set #1 - Personification of AI - Open Banking - Fuel Cells - Deepfake Video Technology #### Videos available on D2L --- class: left, middle ## Today's agenda - **Brief history of antitrust attention** - Content ratings and parental control - Censorship and circumvention --- class: center, middle ## Big Tech hearings
#### Quickly surpasses Big Oil + Big Media --- class: center, middle ## UK Red Flag Act
#### "6.4km per hour, no steam, person must lead the car" --- class: center, middle ## Cartels, trusts, robber baron
#### "In their greed and power ... sway over a helpless democracy" --- class: center, middle ## Sherman Act
#### "Protect the public from the failure of the market." --- class: center, middle ## Standard Oil dissolution
#### 34 individual companies --- class: center, middle ## Clayton Act and FTC
#### Increased government capacity to intervene --- class: center, middle ## Labour unions
#### Indirect control over corporate governance --- class: center, middle ## US v. IBM
#### Predatory pricing, bundling, and empty promises --- class: center, middle ## US v. AT&T
#### Creating regional "Baby Bell" companies --- class: center, middle ## US v. Microsoft
#### “Take away their oxygen supply” ... “crush them” --- class: center, middle ## Formation of Big Tech
#### Consumer reliance on digital technologies --- class: center, middle ## Convergence
#### One device for various activities --- class: center, middle ## Ineffective autoregulation
#### Amazon: designed losses and antitrust immunity --- class: center, middle ## Politicians
#### Limited understanding of technologies --- class: center, middle ## Future of Google
#### "The Internet’s most-used website has been getting worse." --- class: left, middle ## Today's agenda - Brief history of antitrust attention - **Content ratings and parental control** - Censorship and circumvention --- class: center, middle ## Moral panic
#### "Won't somebody think of the children?" --- class: center, middle ## Comic books
#### Ratings system for the 1930s comics --- class: center, middle ## Films
#### Motion picture ratings of the 1960s --- class: center, middle ## "Filthy Fifteen"
#### Advocacy groups for regulation --- class: center, middle ## Parental Advisory
#### Niche marketing tactic --- class: center, middle ## Mortal Kombat
#### Realistic depiction of violence --- class: center, middle ## Government intervention
#### "Encouraging criminality ... is this responsible?" --- class: center, middle ## Rise of ESRB
#### Self-regulatory board with no government oversight --- class: center, middle ## V-Chip
#### Chip that can decode TV signals --- class: center, middle ## Content filter
#### Controlling accessible website --- class: center, middle ## Scheduling
#### Tools for monitoring children's activity --- class: center, middle ## GPS
#### Location-based tracking --- class: center, middle ## Anxiety and cyberbullying
#### Rules and device control generally ineffective --- class: left, middle ## Today's agenda - Brief history of antitrust attention - Content ratings and parental control - **Censorship and circumvention** --- class: center, middle ## Cyberspace as refuge
#### "The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it." --- class: center, middle ## Censorship at large
#### YouTube blocking by country --- class: center, middle ## Reporters Without Borders
#### "Enemies of the Internet": North Korea, China, United States ... --- class: center, middle ## Golden Shield Project
#### Technological mechanism for social control --- class: center, middle ## IP and keyword filtering
#### Creative solution around passing information --- class: center, middle ## Proxy
#### Ability to "piggy back" on other machines --- class: center, middle ## Virtual Private Network
#### Commercial application of routed network --- class: center, middle ## Severing physical cable
#### Nation-level intranet --- class: center, middle ## Internet shutdown
#### Dictatorial states abuse control over infrastructure --- class: left, middle ## Takeaways - Regulation as a positive force in ensuring consumer protection - Content filtering a constant in popular culture - Internet censorship a reality away from the First World --- class: left, middle ### Tasks for this week #### Listed in order of priority - Brainstorming work on **Assignment #2** - Coding exercise #3 - Research reading group videos - Course readings #### More details available on D2L --- class: left, middle ### Things to expect next week - Contemporary Topics: Content Strategy for Digital Media --- class: left, middle, title ## The Virtual Organization #### PC 8005 - School of Professional Communication - Week 6 https://ckportfolio.com/slides/pc8005-w6