$725 million dollar data privacy settlements, fading Signal and terrifying AI-generated pizza commercials + this day in history w/the Battle of Alcatraz and our song of the day by Prezence on your Morning Monarchy for May 2, 2023.
Notes/Links:
Media Monarchy 2023 Baseball Caps
https://newworldnextweek.com/products/media-monarchy-2023-baseball-caps
First Republic: JP Morgan snaps up major US bank
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65445427
US and South Korea Agree to Co-Design Nuclear Weapons Policy 5 Years After Panmunjom Declaration
https://original.antiwar.com/Andy_Corbley/2023/04/27/us-and-south-korea-agree-to-co-design-nuclear-weapons-policy-5-years-after-panmunjom-declaration/
Canada passes its duplicitous online censorship bill
https://reclaimthenet.org/canada-passes-its-duplicitous-online-censorship-bill
Wikipedia will not perform Online Safety Bill age checks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65388255
New proposals would let governments seize domain names
https://reclaimthenet.org/new-proposals-would-let-governments-seize-domain-names
Court finds geofence warrants to be unconstitutional
https://reclaimthenet.org/court-finds-geofence-warrants-to-be-unconstitutional
Elizabeth Warren wants the police at your door in 2024
https://cointelegraph.com/news/elizabeth-warren-wants-the-police-at-your-door-in-2024
If you were a Facebook user in the United States between May 24, 2007, and December 22, 2022, inclusive, you may be eligible for a cash payment from a Class Action Settlement.
https://www.facebookuserprivacysettlement.com/
Video: Facebook users can now apply for their share of $725 million data privacy settlement (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm4TtIbDb_E
Coinbase offers a fiery response to the SEC’s threat of enforcement action
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/27/coinbase-offers-fiery-response-to-sec-wells-notice-.html
The 7 Pillars Of A Global CBDC System
https://www.technocracy.news/the-7-pillars-of-a-global-cbdc-system/
Video: Are you going to let them insert the microchip ? 🤔 This is getting really dystopian. 😥 (Audio)
https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1651997997427830792
Video: Signal Doubles Down on Dropping Android SMS Support (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ8k68gQZkw
Brazilian court orders Telegram ban
https://reclaimthenet.org/brazilian-court-orders-telegram-ban
Address and ID verification proposed for World Bank social welfare program in Nigeria
https://www.biometricupdate.com/202304/address-and-id-verification-proposed-for-world-bank-social-welfare-program-in-nigeria
Amazon Halo is dead, and it’s a bigger deal than you think
https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/amazon-halo-killed-dont-trust-tech-subscriptions/
Video: More cloud GARBAGE – Amazon asks customers to recycle hardware they JUST PURCHASED! (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61KcJPFCcWU
China to explore 3D printing on moon to build habitats
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/25/china-to-explore-3d-printing-on-moon-to-build-habitats
The Red Cross wants gamers to stop committing virtual war crimes
https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/the-red-cross-wants-gamers-to-stop-committing-virtual-war-crimes-3433782
Video: The RULES OF WAR are being added to VIDEO GAMES (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bubrRQBsSq8
Image: @Hybrid’s Cover Art – Red Cross’ ‘Criminal Fun’
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/809978495454412840/1102972267312467999/20230502_MorningMonarchy.jpg
Everything we all wrote for the web is now being used to train AI
https://www.axios.com/2023/04/24/ai-chatgpt-blogs-web-writing-training-data
Deleted Tweet: AI is now indistinguishable from reality. It’s hard to believe, but this ad was AI generated. It’s not real. The future is here.
https://twitter.com/0xgaut/status/1650867275103174660
Video: AI Generated Pizza Commercial (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxD5TVYhOaI
#ThisDayInHistory: 1946 – The Battle of Alcatraz began when armed inmates attempted to escape from the prison (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I0J45d5sM8
May 2013 – Page 7 – Media Monarchy
https://mediamonarchy.com/2013/05/page/7/
Flashback: May Day, Beltane and the Maypole (May 2, 2013)
https://mediamonarchy.com/may-day-beltane-and-the-maypole/
Flashback: Kepler: A Unique Space Telescope (May 2, 2013)
https://mediamonarchy.com/kepler-a-unique-space-telescope/
#MorningMonarchy: May 2, 2016
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160502morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: May 2, 2016 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160502pumpupthavolume/
#GoodNewsNextWeek: Kitchen-Based Sharing Economy Is Cooking Up Change + DIY Cities & Freeing Monkeys
https://mediamonarchy.com/gnnw017-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/gnnw017-audio/
#MorningMonarchy: May 2, 2017
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170502morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: May 2, 2017 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170502pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: May 2, 2018
https://mediamonarchy.com/20180502morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: May 2, 2018 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20180502pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: May 2, 2019
https://mediamonarchy.com/20190502morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: May 2, 2019 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20190502pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: May 2, 2022
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220502morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: May 2, 2022 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220502pumpupthavolume/
#ThisDayInHistory: #May2 w/Clinton frees GPS
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/727178690698743810
#ThisDayInHistory: #May2 w/Senator #JosephMcCarthy dies at age 48 in 1957
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/859454925272530945
#ThisDayInHistory: #May2 w/the 1895 pastel-on-board version of ‘The Scream’, by Norwegian painter #EdvardMunch, sells for $120M in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction in 2012
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/991731405267787776
#ThisDayInHistory: #AnneBoleyn arrested for incest/witchcraft, #KingJamesVersion of The Bible published, #Iraq coup, ‘#Quadrophenia’ opens, Bush family business partner “#OsamaBinLaden” “killed” for realsies
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/991732531211862016
#ThisDayInHistory: #May2 w/Production began in 1960 on Elvis Presley’s “G.I. Blues,” his first post-Army movie.
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1124007657822670848
#ThisDayInHistory: #StonewallJackson wounded, #TennesseeWilliams wins #Pulitzer
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1124007659068375040
#ThisDayInHistory: German troops surrender to Allies in Italy, while Berlin surrenders to Russia’s Zhukov – HEY THOSE ARE OUR NAZIS!
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/german-troops-in-italy-surrender-to-the-allies-while-berlin-surrenders-to-russias-zhukov // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fSfmbS4aLo
#ThisDayInHistory: #TheodorHerzl, #HeddaHopper, #BenjaminSpock, #LinkWray, #EngelbertHumperdinck, #BiancaJagger, #LesleyGore, @LouGramm, #DonatellaVersace, #MikaBrzezinski, @JennaVonOy, @LilyAllen birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/991733455581933569
#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Prezence – “Reaching Humanity” (w/Alais Clay)
https://youtu.be/TJ6tWWtmWKw