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SOspotlightcorruption.org

💰Dos Santos – who became Africa’s first female billionaire while her father ruled Angola – is being sued in London by Angolan telecoms firm Unitel for repayment of £330m in loans allegedly made for her personal benefit when she was director and 25% beneficial owner of Unitel.

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CMcllrdent.bsky.social

📶Telecoms work by Openreach at side of 73 Eastern Esplanade on Victoria Rd, between 27 September and 1 October - 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆.

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CMcllrdent.bsky.social

📶Telecoms work by Openreach outside 42 to 50 Chase Rd, between 30 September and 2 October - 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆.

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CMcllrdent.bsky.social

📶Telecoms work by Openreach outside 46 to 48 Cheltenham Rd, between 30 September and 2 October - 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 (𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲) 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲.

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CMcllrdent.bsky.social

📶Telecoms work by Openreach outside 51 and 73 Ambleside Dr, between 30 September and 2 October - 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 (𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲) 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲.

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MJispreview.bsky.social

BT Get £105m for First Sale of Old UK Copper Telecoms Cables - News By ISPreview.co.uk #BT#FibreOptic#FTTP#Openreachwww.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/20...

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DCthecubic.net

That's "zero rating". Facebook specifically paid telecoms to offer that - it's just a B2B agreement with special network rule infra. A few countries banned it as anti-net-neutrality Zero rating still exists on airplane Wi-Fi when you can access Messenger without buying in-flight

Facebook’s plan to find its next billion users: convince them the internet and Facebook are the same
Facebook’s plan to find its next billion users: convince them the internet and Facebook are the same

This is the story of Facebook’s rapidly unfolding plan to take over the world, or at least the world wide web. It’s a tale that’s been hiding in plain sight for years, and it begins with an explanatio...

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SMshannonmattern.bsky.social

Some good history on NYC's fortress-like telecoms buildings and conspiracy (Andrew Blum used to take my Urban Media Archaeology class on a tour of these buildings back in the early 2010s :)

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SMshannonmattern.bsky.social

"The Turkish House might not be the only building scandal linked to Adams. [The] mayor kept a “secret office” at 375 Pearl Street, a fortress-like telecoms tower operated by Verizon. On the same day that Adams was indicted, the FBI raided the Verizon tower offices of two more admin officials."

The Turkish Tower at the Heart of the Eric Adams Allegations
The Turkish Tower at the Heart of the Eric Adams Allegations

A Turkish consulate designed by Perkins Eastman is at the center of federal corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.

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