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These days, tales of what Facebook did with its users during the singularity are commonly used to scare naughty children in Wales.

Cory Doctorow

These days, tales of what Facebook did with its users during the singularity are commonly used to scare naughty children in Wales.

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About Cory Doctorow

Cory Efram Doctorow (; born 17 July 1971) is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who served as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organization, using some of its licences for his books. Some common themes of his work include digital rights management, file sharing, and post-scarcity economics.