"Reconsidering [Meta's] policy change would preserve the crucial distinction between political differences of opinion and dehumanizing harassment." #Fediverse
"Indonesia has launched a $45 billion nationwide free meal program aimed at providing nutritious meals to 82.9 million people by 2029." We should be doing this too. #Democracy
In searching for a place with no political bias to run its moderation teams from, Zuckerberg picked the famously politically-neutral state of Texas. #Technology
A funny thing about cries about censorship on social platforms is that they all seem to relate to people wanting to be abusive to vulnerable people who are already systemically oppressed. I guess we're allowing more of that now. This really is a new era of prosperity!
"Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didnβt tell police or the FBI. He didnβt tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter." #Democracy
"The Secret Service never actually checked whether people gave proper consent to be tracked by a mobile phone location monitoring tool, despite claiming the data was collected with peoplesβ permission." #Democracy