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Ending Discrimination by Twitter

Gender critical feminists are among those who have been excluded from Twitter for years. The time is right for a correction.

Holly Lawford-Smith

28 Nov 2022 · 8 min read

Forget Elon Musk. Maybe the Problem with Twitter Is You

No technical fix can remove the stress that comes with putting your opinions out into the world. And if you can’t handle that stress, you need to log off.

Jonathan Kay

4 Nov 2022 · 5 min read

Reject the Rules of the Social Media Game

The only winning move is not to play.

Niamh Jiménez

10 Sep 2022 · 19 min read

Stop Feeding Your Brain Junk Food

A simple way to discourage clickbait influencers from producing low-quality content is for the rest of us to stop consuming it.

Gurwinder Bhogal

26 Jul 2022 · 9 min read

Confessions of a Social-Justice Meme Maker

I made pretty pictures that helped keep people enraged and mobilized. Then I asked myself: ‘Why am I doing this?‘

Christina Buttons

17 May 2022 · 9 min read

Building a Better Twitter

Twitter’s current policy on content isn’t one dimensional: It serves up both false positives and false negatives—wrongly banning certain accounts for thoughtcrimes while permitting others to continue on the platform despite engaging in grotesquely abusive behavior.

The Quillette Editorial Board

6 May 2022 · 4 min read

How Much Real-World Extremism Does Online Hate Actually Cause?

While calls to censor hate speech and violent extremist content on social media platforms are common [https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/30/mark-zuckerberg-calls-for-tighter-internet-regulations-we-need-a-more-active-role-for-governments.html] , there’s little evidence that online incitement [https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000260382] leads to real-world radicalization. Ironically, such calls may actually galvanize extremists,