Against Big Tech Viewpoint Discrimination
Some might claim that electric power is far more of a necessity that social media access.
James D. Miller
· 4 min read
Social Media
A collection of 121 posts
Watching My Own Excommunication—on a Facebook Video
The behavior on display in that video didn’t originate in a place of reason, but rather the realm of spiritual passions.
Sky Gilbert
· 11 min read
A Single Global Standard for Internet Content Regulation Is a Recipe for Censorship
If we are to realize Zuckerberg´s idea of an internet that is “safe” from “harmful” content, we will have to choose which groups get to enjoy a digital safe space.
Jacob Mchangama
· 13 min read
The Moral Panic Behind Internet Regulation
This will make the internet a much less free place to speak compared to Speakers’ Corner at Hyde Park—the place which is supposed to represent Britain’s commitment to free speech.
Matthew Lesh
· 14 min read
What Doesn’t Kill Us Brings Us Together
Because calamities are uniquely egalitarian in their capacity to kill indiscriminately, they dampen the qualities that make us different.
Vincent Harinam, Rob Henderson
· 13 min read
Why I'm Suing Twitter
Twitter is violating its own stated rules, and it is doing so as a means to target specific individuals for ideological reasons.
Meghan Murphy
· 10 min read
Quillette Podcast 17 – Former Facebook engineer Brian Amerige on the company's ambivalence towards free speech
Quillette‘s Jonathan Kay talks to Brian Amerige, a former software engineer at Facebook, about the company’s content moderation policy and why it is making a mistake in trying to prohibit hate speech.
Quillette
· 1 min read
The Internet Locusts Descend on Ristretto Roasters
People on social media hurried to declare that they would never again spend a penny at Ristretto and were rewarded with approval from like-minded peers.
Nancy Rommelmann
· 10 min read
It Isn’t Your Imagination: Twitter Treats Conservatives More Harshly Than Liberals
Harassment and the advocacy of violence are serious issues, and there is nothing morally objectionable about social media companies.
Richard Hanania
· 7 min read
How Radical Transparency Cures Web Censorship and Surveillance
The Legacy social networks have betrayed the trust of their users to such extent that their brands are essentially unsalvageable.
Bill Ottman
· 11 min read
There’s Nothing 'Intersectional' About Free Speech
This sort of freedom leads to a freer and safer world. At Gab, we will never compromise on our commitment to protect freedom of speech for everyone.
Andrew Torba
· 4 min read
Facebook Has a Right to Block 'Hate Speech'—But Here’s Why It Shouldn’t
The evolution of our content policy not only risked the core of Facebook’s mission, but jeopardized my own alignment with the company.
Brian Amerige
· 17 min read
The Virtue Economy
These data are consistent with Amnesty’s findings, where nearly 9 percent of Twitter mentions toward black women were problematic.
Suzie Mulesky
· 16 min read
PewDiePie's Battle for the Soul of the Internet
A small group of journalists have falsely smeared the world's top YouTuber as a Nazi sympathizer.
Allen Farrington
· 9 min read
Our Fast Food Social Media Diet
In this age of omnipresent social media, our greatest challenge may be figuring out how to take advantage of the benefits of the technology that can connect us to each other without suffering serious social costs.
Clay Routledge
· 7 min read