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19 Apr, 9 tweets, 3 min read
Why Political Sectarianism Is a Growing Threat to American Democracy: The country is increasingly split into camps that don’t just disagree on policy and politics — they see the other as alien, immoral, a threat, says @Nate_Cohn: nytimes.com/2021/04/19/us/…
A necessary critique.
Yes.
I'd encourage everyone to read @kreissdaniel and @shannimcg on this subject as well

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13 Apr
Stop & Frisk was ruled illegal by the courts. But researchers at @SAFElab say police are now engaged in a virtual version on social media- with serious policy gaps and abuses that cause real harms to Black and Brown people. Recommendations for reform:
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"This virtual Stop and Frisk policing includes the active creation of online accounts and profiles using faux identities as well as buying data and analysis tools from third parties."
"This draws attention to the imperative demand for legislation which regulates social media tech companies and would also include protections against racially disparate treatment of Black, Indigenous, and communities of color (BIPOC) by law enforcement online."
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12 Apr
1/ For the Guardian, @juliacarriew has a deeply detailed, highly damning whistleblower account of Facebook's failure to protect democracies around the world, replete with details on fake engagement with politicians and campaigns on nearly every continent.
theguardian.com/technology/202…
2/ The piece builds on earlier reporting by @CraigSilverman, @RMac18 and @PranavDixit in Buzzfeed about evidence collected on Facebook’s failure to combat political manipulation campaigns by Sophie Zhang, who departed the company acrimoniously after 2.5 years.
3/ One interesting detail is communications related to Facebook's prioritization of political manipulation targeting the US and Western Europe- confirming a phenomenon many around the world have worried about.
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6 Apr
Emails between NYPD and the controversial facial recognition startup Clearview AI are now in the public domain via a FOIL response on the nonprofit news site @MuckRock. They prompt questions about how the department administers access to the software:
techpolicy.press/emails-between…
For instance, how does NYPD work w/ ICE using facial recognition? NYPD's face recognition policy statement says “Information is not shared in furtherance of immigration enforcement” & “Access will not be given to other agencies for purposes of furthering immigration enforcement.”
Are NYPD officials using Clearview accounts associated with personal email accounts and personal devices?
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29 Mar
1/ We started a podcast for @techpolicypress and yesterday we published the 8th weekly episode. We're looking at issues at the intersection of tech and democracy. You can subscribe here:
techpolicypress.captivate.fm/listen
2/ The first episode featured @c_elsaesser on social media and violence amongst teens, and @jkosseff on the popular arguments for and against Section 230 reform. player.captivate.fm/episode/77a280…
3/ The second episode look at the problems in the public sphere with @AliVelshi, @KarenKornbluh and @emilybell: player.captivate.fm/episode/6c39bc…
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26 Mar
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14 Mar
In this week’s @techpolicypress podcast I talk to @AlecMacGillis, a reporter for @propublica about his new book Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America. It considers Amazon’s dominance & what it means for the wealth of American cities. Listen:
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Then, we listen to a panel discussion from the Betalab: Fix The Internet program at @betaworks on regulation of social media that features @YaelEisenstat, @jason_kint, and @MarietjeSchaake. Nerd out with us on what can be done to fix the public sphere! player.captivate.fm/episode/7df9ca…
You can find this podcast on Apple and most podcast apps:
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