Content Moderation
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Infrastructure companies need a distinct approach to moderation that focuses on neutrality and due process.
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Twitter went too far last week for reasons that go back to 2016 and the unfair blaming of tech for media’s mistakes.
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The question of what should be moderated, and when, is an increasingly frequent one in tech. There is no bright line, but there are ways to get closer to an answer.
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Meta Settles, A Framework For Regulating Content, The Rest of Big Tech
Meta’s settlement makes sense for all parties, but the entire sage highlights why any solution to regulating technology feels off.
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Data Center Discontent, Understanding the Opposition, Fixing the Problem
There are understandable reasons for people to oppose data centers; the only solution that will work is simply paying them off.
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Resiliency and Scale
Decreasing transportation and communications costs increases resiliency in theory, but destroys it in practice. The only way to have resiliency is through less efficiency.
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YouTube Restores Suspended Accounts, Free Speech and Cultural Mores, Platform Power
YouTube is reinstating accounts that were banned for alleged misinformation, and Google admits they made mistakes; the company — and big tech broadly — should go further, and lead the way in re-establishing the cultural importance of free expression.
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An Interview with Cloudflare Founder and CEO Matthew Prince About Internet History and Pay-per-crawl
An interview with Cloudflare founder and CEO Matthew Prince about founding Cloudflare from the bottoms up, and why now is the time to leverage the power that followed to enact pay-per-crawl.
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TikTok Ban Approaches, Generational Implications, Xiaohongshu
The TikTok ban is approaching; what happens if the service actually goes away? Then, why China will misunderstand the Xiaolongshu phenomenon
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Meta Changes Moderation Policies, Zuckerberg’s Journey — and Mine, The Audacity of Copying Well
Mark Zuckerberg is making big changes to Meta’s moderation policies; it’s the next step in a journey that has been more nuanced than people think — and it’s one I relate to.
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Perplexity Search Ads, Inventory-Defined Advertisers, Telegram Follow-Up
Perplexity’s upcoming advertising model looks a lot different than traditional search advertising; it may always look different.
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Telegram CEO Arrested, Telegram’s Non-Encrypted Advantage, Telegram Complexities
Telegram’s CEO was arrested. The case is very complex, in part because the realities of messaging and security and encryption are very complex.
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Congress Considering TikTok Ban, TikTok’s War, What Now?
A bill to ban TikTok is suddenly moving through Congress, and TikTok is helping to make the case. The big question is if ByteDane is willing — or able — to ultimately go along with it.