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22 Jun, 5 tweets, 7 min read
Tuning in to @DFRLab's virtual conference now, with @GrahamBrookie & @Rosejackson3 kicking off, recounting just how much happened in the last year.

Next up: @krmaher & @BrandyZadrozny.

I'm looking forward to learning more about DFR's new Democracy & Tech Initiative.

#360OS
Lives on Twitter via @AtlanticCouncil. @krmaher noted access to free knowledge is fundamentally disruptive to closed societies & governments aground the world.
She said @Wikimedia has built out the @wikipedia platform to be resilient against country-specific takedowns. #360OS
Can for-profit tech companies do what @Wikipedia has done?
@krmahawr models that bring people into setting policies for content & community standards. It’s expensive, hard, & takes years, she says, but products will be better in the long-term & mitigate negative harms. #360OS
Q for @krmaher, to make sure I heard this right: should @Twitter pay @birdwatch contributors?

Should @Facebook or @YouTube pay fact-checkers or editors? Or outright hire them & keep separate from government shops?

Why didn’t @Google Knol succeed? #ACFrontPage
To @krmaher’s point, @Twitter is closing the loop on @birdwatch contributions & ratings. I’ve been seeing notifications when I interact in-app. Would be interesting to see this model applied in @Facebook Pages & Groups with community & monetary incentives. #360OS

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22 Jun
The @WhiteHouse is tweeting about infrastructure – not DC Statehood or the For the People Act.

No tweets by @POTUS @VP at all, yet.

If @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris believe our democracy is at risk from authoritarianism, pls act like it!

Use the bully pulpit & protect voting rights.
There’s the public statement of support from this @potus that I’d looked for earlier.
If our democracy is “in peril,” then this @whitehouse needs to rally all Americans to defend it based upon shared public facts, from debunking @potus45’s lies of fraud to changing Senate rules.
More presidential attention, but no deeper insight into how the President or Senator Majority Leader propose to overcome the filibuster that has sunk civil rights legislation in previous years.
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11 Jun
Watching.

USAG Garland says @TheJusticeDept will double the @CivilRights enforcement staff to protect right to vote.

Garland says DoJ will use all of the relevant federal statutes to protect every qualifying American seeking to participate in our democracy.

A watershed moment.
@TheJusticeDept @CivilRights "…each of us has a moral obligation to stand up, speak up and speak out. When you see something that is not right, you must say something. You must do something. Democracy is not a state. It is an act" - @repjohnlewis, quoted by USAG Garland today.
nytimes.com/2020/07/30/opi…
@TheJusticeDept @CivilRights @repjohnlewis Hope @TheJusticeDept posts these remarks online soon; there's a lot here, from USAG saying Congress needs to pass S.1 & the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, to provide @TheJusticeDept the tools it needs, or reference to @POTUS' EO on voting to new guidance.
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A special citation of Darnella Frazier by @PulitzerPrizes for recording the murder of George Floyd is a reminder how we all can bear witness in the 21st century washingtonpost.com/media/2021/06/…
First Amendment rights to record & publish extend to all Americans, not just credentialed press
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"If we want to protect all acts of journalism, we need to change the stories we tell about press freedom"– @jcstearns
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Today did.
@PulitzerPrizes @YBenkler @jcstearns Emily recognized the significance of this moment eloquently:
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This bill (#SB7) was drafted in secret, expanded to include voting restrictions, & rushed through the Texas Senate on Saturday under suspension of rules, without time for Texans to read the legislation:
texastribune.org/2021/05/30/tex…
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President @JoeBiden said this Texas bill “attacks the sacred right to vote” & connected it to a broader “assault on democracy” that “disproportionately targets Black & Brown Americans.
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“It’s wrong & un-American.”-@POTUS Image
🚨🇺🇸🚨“language was also inserted in the bill making it easier to overturn an election, no longer requiring evidence that fraud actually altered an outcome of a race but rather only that enough ballots were illegally cast that could have made a difference”
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The @AP reports a car just rammed a barricade outside the US Capitol, injuring 2 @CapitolPolice officers; driver was shot.
apnews.com/article/ap-top…
Road closures in effect:
Capitol in lockdown; @NationalGuard activated politico.com/news/2021/04/0…
@AP @CapitolPolice @NationalGuard Motive & identity of suspect remains unclear; Congress is not in session, & @POTUS went to Camp David. nytimes.com/2021/04/02/us/…
No reports of other vehicles or threats on Capitol Hill.

(This is breaking news, so please be mindful of rumors & conspiracy merchants spreading BS.)
I haven't gone down to the Capitol, but @lindsemcpherson is on the ground, documenting rapid response:
@JakeSherman saw a Park Police helicopter land, apparently to transport injured party
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I'm listening, just as @nnamdikid did for 23 years.
The 5 times I got to go on @kojoshow remain highlights of my career. He's an incredible interviewer.
His retirement will leave a gaping void in public media for the District & region.
Can't overstate how much I'll miss
the show
@Nnamdikid @kojoshow Listen to how @Nnamdikid moderates a discussion about cameras, cops, & community policing
thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2015-04-… It's a testament to Kojo, @KojoShow producers, & the depths of our union's systemic problems with race & police that our conversation in 2015 remains relevant in 2021
@Nnamdikid @kojoshow Or this 2014 @kojoshow on police fighting crimes using social media, covering risks of officers share photos of suspects: thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2014-05-…

In 2021, @FBI is crowdsourcing identification of the insurrectionists who engaged in seditious mob violence: fbi.gov/wanted/capitol…
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