Brief #WaPo story on #ElonMusk endorsing misinformation and antisemitic media orgs:
"As false information about the rapidly changing war between Gaza Strip militants and Israel proliferated on the social media platform X over the weekend, owner Elon Musk personally recommended that users follow accounts notorious for promoting lies."
It is both pathetic and frightening that MAGA types are vilifying the American Library Association for being a conduit for pornography and that red states are therefore severing ties with this esteemed organization. Gift access to Washington Post coverage at https://wapo.st/3ZomNsQ. The right in this country knows it benefits from keeping people ignorant and uneducated. #library#censorship
I don’t know what the heck Ruth Marcus is talking about, in her new column on the latest #TrumpIndictment:
“the potential problems inherent in bringing such successive prosecutions. Under the Petite policy, named for a 1960 Supreme Court case, noting the need ‘to protect persons charged with criminal conduct from the burdens associated with multiple prosecutions’”
She’s worried this is going to be unfairly burdensome on Donald Trump? Does she not remember anything that’s happened since 2016?
He’s unfairly burdened millions of Americans. If he is burdened, it is perfectly fair. In fact no burden we can impose on him could possibly be enough to achieve justice
I did not know that “In the UK, both the Evening Standard and the Independent are already part-owned by a bank controlled by the Saudi state.” News organizations cannot maintain independence when they are literally owned by billionaires — whether those billionaires are nations, organizations, or people. This is an #information emergency.
Today, #WAPO reported that the Stanford Internet Observatory "has found rampant child sexual abuse material on Mastodon."
“Investment in one or more centralized clearinghouses for performing content scanning (as well as investment in moderation tooling) would be beneficial to the Fediverse as a whole,” Thiel and co-author Renée DiResta wrote, referring to the so-called federated universe of platforms."
I've personally seen none of this and it seems a lot is coming from Japanese instances, which I can't read. I have seen instances doing a lot to block hateful and bigoted content, but the so-called bad guys will always be trying to slip in more content and I don't think most of use want anything to do with child porn. What is the best way forward? #Mastodon
It's hard to talk about "platforming voices". It's a thing. There's not enough time for everyone to pay attention to everyone. Choices have to be made. But also, most of our largest platforms didn't really earn their audiences.
The solution AFAIK is to both make decentralized media competitive with legacy systems and expose inauthentic hosts whose position is actually dependent on serving somebody else's interests. Then this conversation can be had in earnest.
> most of our largest platforms didn't really earn their audiences.
I'd say that institutionally, many of them did. #CNN, #MSNBC, and #FoxNews are all popular for good reasons. #Disney is one of the most beloved (or hated) entertainment companies for a reason.
But the problem is, as #CaptainAmerica might say, they've been run by people with agendas, and agendas change. Furthermore, these institutions have been passed down to management and employees who are nothing like their predecessors.
I think there are legitimate reasons why, say, the #NYT and #WaPo are popular now, but the reasons why they became popular don't really apply to those institutions as they exist today.
"If this level of naked hate for a group of people seems inappropriate for a mainstream op-ed page, that’s because it is. While open, dripping contempt for trans people has been normalized in right-wing media for years, and while the hatred has continued to intensify, conservatives writing in mainstream papers have tended to moderate their vitriol rather than openly taking the side of hate-mongers. In a normal article of this type, for instance, Parker might have briefly mentioned the bomb threats against Anheuser-Busch facilities, or the harassment campaign that resulted in Mulvaney fleeing the country to feel safe. In this column, Prker doesn’t take a sentence to condemn the violence. By eschewing the niceties of condemning violence she is openly making common cause with those on the far right who are using threats and harassment to attempt to drive trans people out of public life."
...challenging liberal or left-wing ideology within elite American law schools and universities. 👈" #WaPo
i/: So, my advise would be to make sure when you listen to the "left-wing" speaker they invite (which might not be top-notch, due to the tainted image of the Society, btw), you then switch on your "content filter" to "high" when the right-wing propaganda representative takes the stage. /i
To be fair, they have been doing a marvelous job of indoctrinating...
"...it has chapters at more than 200 law schools and features student, lawyer, and faculty divisions; the lawyers division comprises more than 70,000 practicing attorneys in ninety cities."
"It is one of the most influential legal organizations in the United States."
But WAS this the hottest day in 125,000 years? Climate Scientists are a contentious bunch & I actually did that simulation at #NASA GISS so hold my beverage while I check.
Its tough comparing the heat (cold/rain/etc.) of a single day against a time period where you don't have that kind of time resolution let alone spatial coverage #paleoclimate observations
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Anyone with a sense of smell for psy-ops knew there was no "EricaMarsh" last Fall when "she" was "MAGA thinks you're all bots! Where my allies at!"—tweeting and growing by 1,000 followers a day.
And that smiling face under purty blonde hair? Almost certainly #AI-faked.
#Twitter has suspended "Erica Marsh" as of Sunday, per WaPo.
@pbump
I'd take this guy seriously at his word. He is imo capable of the horrible things he proposes and champions. I don't think I care for #wapo desensitized take.