Just a reminder amidst all this noise and chaos…Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok all purposefully designed their social media products to addict children and teens with no regard for known harms to their wellbeing, and how that mass youth addiction was core to the companies’ business models. Report linked below. #SocialMedia #DigitalAddiction #Meta #Google #Snap #TikTok #Capitalism #exploitation #PredatoryCapitalism #PredatoryPractices #TechBros

https://techoversight.org/2026/01/25/top-report-mdl-jan-25/

Predatory Publishing – What is a library’s role? An attempt at finding our place. https://in-transition.at/predatory-publishing-what-is-a-librarys-role-an-attempt-at-finding-our-place/ #OpenAccess #PredatoryPublishing #PredatoryPractices #Libraries

Predatory Publishing – Aufgabe von Bibliotheken? Versuch einer Verortung. https://in-transition.at/de/predatoy-publishing-aufgabe-von-bibliotheken-versuch-einer-verortung/ #OpenAccess #PredatoryPublishing #PredatoryPractices #Libraries

Schmitz, J. (2023, 10 Januar). Beyond Predatory Publishing: Weitere fragwürdige Angebote im wissenschaftlichen Publikationswesen. https://in-transition.at/de/beyond-predatory-publishing-weitere-fragwurdige-angebote-im-wissenschaftlichen-publikationswesen/ #PredatoryPublishing #PredatoryPractices

Schmitz, J. (2023, 10 January). Beyond Predatory Publishing: Additional Questionable Offers in Scholarly Publishing. https://in-transition.at/beyond-predatory-publishing-additional-questionable-offers-in-scholarly-publishing/ #PredatoryPublishing #PredatoryPractices

Predator & Prey – A Classic Role Allocation or a Symbiosis? https://in-transition.at/predator-prey-a-classic-role-allocation-or-a-symbiosis/ #PredatoryPublishing #PredatoryPractices #ScholarlyCommunication

Baker College Faces Federal Investigation Over “Recruitment and Marketing Practices”
ProPublica and the Detroit Free Press found that Baker College spent more on marketing than it did on financial aid. Now, the school faces an inquiry by the U.S. Department of Education
https://www.propublica.org/article/baker-college-under-investigation-us-department-education

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_College

#BakerCollege #PredatoryPractices #fraud #Michigan #education #EducationInMichigan #ProPublica

Luger, Susanne (2023). How did we get here? https://in-transition.at/how-did-we-get-here/ #ScholarlyCommunication #PredatoryPublishing #PredatoryPractices

@openaccessnetwork @tugraz Und hier findet sich die Präsentation dazu: Maxl, Gerlinde, & Ferus, Andreas. (2023, June 6). Predatory und andere fragwürdige Praktiken in der wissenschaftlichen Kommunikation. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8010590 #OpenAccess #ScholComm #PredatoryPublishing #PredatoryPractices

Schultz, T. et al. (2023) “The Notion and Assessment of ‘Predatory’ in Scholarly Publishing”, The Journal of Electronic Publishing 26(1). https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.3681 #ScholarlyPublishing #PredatoryPractices #Assessment #Evaluation