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What it’s like to be an extrovert-presenting introvert at a conference: a short thread
First things first: I want to do a deeper write up about this, and I’d like someone who wants to read that blog post to hold me accountable. But I need a few days to decompress.
Ok. By “extrovert-presenting introvert” what I mean is that I derive JOY from interacting with a wide range of people, but I do not derive ENERGY.
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Back for day 2 of #MozFest and first up is a panel discussion about content moderation ImageImage
Among those on the panel is Chris Gray, a former Facebook moderator who is leading a class-action lawsuit against the company in Ireland irishtimes.com/news/crime-and…
Also on the panel are Moritz Riesewieck and Hans Block, directors of the chilling movie The Cleaners about the moderators used by Google, Facebook and Twitter to cleanse their platforms of objectionable content
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First up at #MozFest is @szymielewicz a lawyer specialising in human rights and technology for a talk on data and exploitation Image
@szymielewicz "Our data is used as a tool of power against us,” @szymielewicz says. #MozFest
@szymielewicz Szymielewicz says she is not a fan of breaking up big tech companies like FB, Google etc. Instead she envisions building something new ;emerging the existing platforms and stores of data, building something more humane, something of more value to us. #MozFest
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The internet should be for everyone.

We are committed to an internet that includes all the peoples of the earth — where a person’s demographic characteristics do not determine their online access, opportunities, or quality of experience.

mzl.la/manifesto
In January, we filed suit against the FCC to protect #NetNeutrality. Repealing NN threatens freedom of expression and disproportionately impacts marginalized communities. We’re committed to taking action when fundamental user rights are under siege. blog.mozilla.org/blog/2018/02/2…
At #MozFest, the Web Foundation's @NiNanjira discussed how public policy can encourage more women to participate online.

Watch her keynote, "Closing the Digital Gender Divide" 👉 mzl.la/Nanjira-Sambuli Image
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.@nighatdad is the Founder of @DigitalRightsPK, a women-led advocacy NGO that fights for safe and open access to the internet for women in Pakistan. #WWWomen #InternationalWomensDay
"Women in #Pakistan experience online spaces very differently than men. The constant abuse that they face... on online platforms is nerve-wrecking, and ultimately leads to self-censorship.

In some cases, women leave online spaces in fear of their physical safety."
@nighatdad
"The thing that keeps me fighting for open access is when I see young girls and women fighting to occupy online spaces and trolling the trolls...
Online spaces belong to women as much as it belongs to anyone else."

More from Nighat at #mozfest 👉 mzl.la/nighat-dad I’m So Sick of Talking My F...
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Next at #ORGcon: @mariafarrell with @nighatdad and Azmina Dhrodia talking about abuse online and what we can do about it
With @amnesty, Azmina released a qualitative and quantitative report using machine learning to look at the abuse sent to MPs.
In the 6 weeks up to the 2017 election, @HackneyAbbott received 45% of all abuse sent to MPs. Removing her data, female MPs of colour >
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Moving from dystopian questions, #ORGcon now hears from @audreyt, civic hacker and Digital Minister of Digital Enterprise for Taiwan.
Short video presentation followed by live Skype Q&A session #ORGcon
(The video's coming from YouTube, but I can't find a link, sorry.)
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