1/ Not sure if I am supposed to laugh or cry about this.
This is what happens when the state leans on social networks to manage speech.
Even when the state is not allowed to do so directly (🇺🇸)
This is what happens when the state leans on social networks to manage speech.
Even when the state is not allowed to do so directly (🇺🇸)
https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1502036658979495940
2/ "You can't advocate violence, except against Russian soldiers if you live on Azerbaijan, Slovakia and Ukraine" is the type of thing that belongs in a satirical book about doomed regimes, not the actual policy of one of the most valuable tech companies in the world 
3/ Or how about this one - "you can't praise Neo-Nazi groups except for these 900 in the Azov Battalion in the context of the current war"
That is...weirdly specific, no?
That is...weirdly specific, no?
4/ What is happening here is the democratization of media.
When you had 3 TV channels and a few newspapers, it was much easier to keep everyone from saying the things that you are not supposed to say out loud.
And so you got things like this...
When you had 3 TV channels and a few newspapers, it was much easier to keep everyone from saying the things that you are not supposed to say out loud.
And so you got things like this...
5/ ...to Manufacture Consent.
This is the elite form of propaganda, or an elite form of social construction, to get everyone rowing in the same direction.
Everything you believe is a myth, a meme, an intersubjective reality and because situations change, myths get rewritten
This is the elite form of propaganda, or an elite form of social construction, to get everyone rowing in the same direction.
Everything you believe is a myth, a meme, an intersubjective reality and because situations change, myths get rewritten
6/ What is happening now is that the government can't just gaslight (or make a call to) 20 important reporters and get their talking points out.
The policy has to be written down so the Trust and Safety team at Facebook can implement it across billions of users
The policy has to be written down so the Trust and Safety team at Facebook can implement it across billions of users
7/ And written down, you see the sausage being made, the social construction being formed.
The substantive issue is that US/EU is concerned about Ukraine for geopolitical reasons.
But this needs voter support, so we need to have a storyline too about heroes/villains
The substantive issue is that US/EU is concerned about Ukraine for geopolitical reasons.
But this needs voter support, so we need to have a storyline too about heroes/villains
8/ BTW, I am not saying that the substantive decision is wrong.
It might be that our policy on Ukraine is exactly right.
But watching what version of reality is socially allowable this week is disconcerting.
It might be that our policy on Ukraine is exactly right.
But watching what version of reality is socially allowable this week is disconcerting.
9/ And if you think this is bad, a closed metaverse is going to be 100x worse.
You can close Facebook and move on. You won't be able to escape your ambient digital reality.
Imagine everything you ever say having to be in line with the latest from the US press secretary?
You can close Facebook and move on. You won't be able to escape your ambient digital reality.
Imagine everything you ever say having to be in line with the latest from the US press secretary?
10/ The world of tech-enabled centralized control is a dystopia.
Machine learning/AI/big data is a centralizing force
Crypto is the only decentralizing force out there
Let's keep helping society to get to the right rails
🤝
Machine learning/AI/big data is a centralizing force
Crypto is the only decentralizing force out there
Let's keep helping society to get to the right rails
🤝
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