Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #contentmoderation

Cory Doctorow (see pluralistic.net)

Here is how #platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die. 1/

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/pot… 2/

I call this #enshittification, and it is a seemingly inevitable consequence arising from the combination of the ease of changing how a platform allocates value, combined with the nature of a "two sided market." 3/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr

#ContentModeration is fundamentally about making social media work better, but there are two other considerations that determine how social media *fails*: #EndToEnd (#E2E), and #FreedomOfExit. 1/

These are much neglected, and that's a pity, because how a system fails is every bit as important as how it works. 2/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr

No matter how hard conservative culture-war cannon-fodder love big business, it will never love them back. Take network policy, where rural turkeys in Red State America keep on voting for Christmas, then profess outrage when Old Farmer Comcast gets to sharpening his ax. 1/

@FCC

For two years, the @FCC has been hamstrung because MAGA Senators refuse to confirm @gigibsohn, leaving the Commission with only four commissioners. What do the GOP have against Sohn? 3/

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The online debate over #FreeSpeech *suuuuucks*, and, amazingly, it's *getting worse*. This week, it's the false dichotomy of #FreedomOfSpeech v #FreedomOfReach - whether a platform should override your explicit choices about what you want to see:

seekingalpha.com/news/3849331-m… 1/

It's wild that we're still having this fight. It is literally the first internet fight! The modern internet was born out of an epic struggled between #Bellheads and #Netheads. 3/

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@CenDemTech

🔊 HERE WE GO #FOSO2022

To start us off, @CenDemTech's Director of Policy Samir Jain joins long-time #FreeSpeech advocate + lawyer @WilmerHale's @pjcarome to explore how law around online speech has developed over the past 30 years.

📺 Day 2 Livestream:

@WilmerHale

@WilmerHale @pjcarome CDT's Jain: "We at @CenDemTech thought it appropriate to use this occasion to honor & recognize @pjcarome for his many contributions to the development of the law concerning the 1st Admt & free speech, particularly as country’s preeminent advocate around #Section230." #FOSO2022

@WilmerHale

@WilmerHale @pjcarome CDT's Jain: This fall was the 25th anniversary of 4th Circuit’s decision in Zeran v America Online, the seminal decision that set course for how courts around the country have interpreted #Section230 until now... I was fortunate enough to work w/ Pat & saw firsthand his tenacity.

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@AlexReeveGivens

👀 📢 TODAY IS THE (FIRST) DAY! #FOSO2022
Can't wait to have you join us IN 1 HR – just a *few* of the amazing speakers lined up:
* @AlexReeveGivens
* @viaCristiano
* @YaelEisenstat
* @jamalgreene
* @JulieOwono
* @MattPerault
It's not too late to join!📺:

https://twitter.com/CenDemTech/status/1595093034135584769

@AlexReeveGivens

@AlexReeveGivens @viaCristiano @YaelEisenstat @jamalgreene @JulieOwono @MattPerault Leading off today's incredible series of convos is an intro from CDT CEO @AlexReeveGivens - "We are looking at the most active term on #OnlineSpeech issues in the #SupremeCourt’s history, including the Court’s first look at #Section230."

📺 Livestream:

@AlexReeveGivens

@AlexReeveGivens @viaCristiano @YaelEisenstat @jamalgreene @JulieOwono @MattPerault .@AlexReeveGivens: This focus on how tech works in practice is a hallmark of CDT's advocacy going back to the beginnings of the org... essential for the Court to understand broad implications of its decisions. We hope the convos we’ll host over the course of #FOSO2022 can help.

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((( Kevin Karhan ))) 🛡️ #PNCHNZS 24/7!

@CenDemTech

‼️ New #SCOTUS amicus brief by @CenDemTech, @ACLU, @ACLU_NorCal, @EFF, @knightcolumbia, @RSI, & @rcfp argues that holding online intermediaries liable for aiding & abetting terrorism based on generalized knowledge that alleged terrorists use their services hurts free expression.

@ACLU

@ACLU @ACLU_NorCal @EFF @knightcolumbia @RSI @rcfp The brief, filed in Twitter v. Taamneh, urges SCOTUS to interpret the Anti-Terrorism Act to require a high knowledge standard before online intermediaries can be held liable based on hosting others’ speech.

cdt.org/insights/free-…

@ACLU

@ACLU @ACLU_NorCal @EFF @knightcolumbia @RSI @rcfp Requiring intermediaries to have actual knowledge a specific piece of user-generated content provides substantial assistance to terrorist act protects #FreeSpeech by ensuring a fear of liability doesn’t pressure intermediaries into over-removing content.

cdt.org/insights/free-…

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@k3vk4

Wie kann man so krass abstürzen?

Ersthaft...
ardaudiothek.de/sendung/cui-bo…

Ich glaub' den muss ich mir archivieren...
radioeins.de/archiv/podcast…

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Santa Fe Institute

@sfiscience

@LaboratoryMinds

"Argument-Making in the Wild"

Today's SFI Seminar by Simon DeDeo (@LaboratoryMinds), streaming now. Follow our thread for pull quotes and slides:

First, let's divide human history into three eras, or regimes of #knowledge #production and #consumption:

• #premodern/#archaic
• #modern + #postmodern
• the #egregore (online content sharing)

• The premodern era is defined by caloric restriction.
• The modern era is characterized by a small number of sellers of #information vs. a large number of consumers (see also #HerbertSimon's remarks on the "poverty of #attention")

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@RRitunnano

"Listening well entails perceiving others as individuals with valuable and credible knowledge of their experience, and engaging in communication that does not discount or distort what is meaningful to both parties. -- Rosa Ritunnano @RRitunnano greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2022/06/10/dai…

The Theft of the Commons | The New Yorker
newyorker.com/culture/essay/…
#TheCommons, #enclosures, #LandOwnership, #capitalism, #farming, #environment

A huge Atlantic ocean current is slowing down—if it collapses, La Niña could become the norm for Australia
theconversation.com/a-huge-atlanti…
#ClimateChange, #LaNina, #AtlanticMeridionalOverturningCirculation, #CurrentSlowdown, #GlobalConsequences

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Alexandra Geese

@AlexandraGeese

My 2c on #ElonMusk #TwitterTakeover: If Musk implements his announcements, it means that Twitter can pack up here in Europe.
With free speech absolutism, he underestimates the consequences for our democracy and will clash with obligations under the EU's #DigitalServicesAct.

#ElonMusk will soon be confronted with the #DigitalServicesAct: content moderation in the EU must meet high standards & respect all fundamental rights. The #DSA contains many strict rules for the biggest platforms - and Twitter will very likely fall in the VLOPs category.

The #DigitalServicesAct means that Twitter has to invest in human content moderators, it has to comply with due diligence obligations, such as risk assessments of its service & algorithms for society. If he doesn't comply: there will be heavy fines!

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Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 01/05/2022 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2022/01/05/dai…

https://twitter.com/alexyablon/status/1476615230675468290

Alex Yablon on Twitter

https://twitter.com/alexyablon/status/1476615230675468290

#PartisanPolitics, #FreeMoney, #FederalFunding, #ResearchStudy

Federal Reserve Can't Fix Inflation, Supply Chain Crisis, Unemployment

businessinsider.com/federal-reserv…

#inflation, #SupplyChain, #unemployment, #FederalReserve, #legislation, #PoliticalAction

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Mark Scott

@markscott82

Seeing ongoing difficulty in getting ANYTHING passed through Congress & can’t help but think: none of the digital rulemaking linked to #antitrust, #contentmoderation or, already a long shot, #privacy is going to happen before the midterms, if not the 2024 presidential election

@FrancesHaugen

This is frustrating in some many ways (and, tbf, I’m a cynic on US rulemaking anyway). I wonder if @FrancesHaugen’s testimony will change the dynamics, but I doubt it. Digital policymaking and the fight against “Big Tech” is just not a priority

If you can barely pass a budget or an infrastructure bill, is there really an appetite for #ArtificialIntelligence rules or platform regulation? I find that hard to believe, especially as mid-term electioneering is already around the corner

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@CenDemTech

FILED: @CenDemTech filed an amicus brief joined by @EFF, @mediacoalition, @ncacensorship, @PENamerica & @RSI urging 9th Circuit to allow Twitter’s lawsuit – against TX AG Ken Paxton for retaliating against its #contentmoderation decisions – to go forward.

cdt.org/insights/chill…

@EFF

@EFF @mediacoalition @ncacensorship @PENamerica @RSI This lawsuit isn’t just about Twitter’s #FirstAmendment right to moderate content. Government coercion of social media companies is on the rise, in the U.S. & around the world, and the Court’s decision will affect users worldwide.

@EFF

@EFF @mediacoalition @ncacensorship @PENamerica @RSI Paxton’s retaliatory investigation of Twitter discourages it from moderating content, which is bad for users & public. We need companies to do more to address #disinformation, #hatespeech, & harassment in a way that respects human rights w/o being chilled by gov't interference.

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Phil Booth

@EinsteinsAttic

"We are the #Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. #ResistanceIsFutile."

theverge.com/2021/3/12/2232…

@Facebook

So if one-fifth of @Facebook's employees work on #AR/#VR, have all of them done a stint as a content #moderator? And given its toxic business model why doesn't #Facebook have at least as many *employees* (not contractors) working on #ContentModeration as it does AR?

Also, whether you believe #data '#TheNewOil' or that a better analogy is #ToxicWaste, for #BigTech / the #platforms the result's the same.

Using ML/DL/AI/AR/VR to extract value involves energy-intensive processing and doesn't factor in other externalities like cultural damage...

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Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 11/16/2020 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2020/11/16/dai…

Waves of Empowerment: Black Radio and the Civil Rights Movement by Tianyi Wang

econ.pitt.edu/people/tianyi-…

#history #CivilRightsMovement #media #activism #radio

The Social Media Managers Are Not Okay

onezero.medium.com/the-social-med…

#BrandManagement #ContentModeration #SocialMedia #burnout

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