Lilian EdwardsNov 19, 2022

Completely fascinating a/c by former head of trust&safety at Twitter of overwhelming power of app stores even over platforms & the arbitrariness of their rules ( h/t @joris )

"the most direct explanation is that platform policies are shaped by the preferences of a small group of predominantly American tech executives".

When can we see human rights and rule of law applied to platforms? Capricious autocracy can't rule the internet for ever. Aux barricades les citoyens!

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/18/opinion/twitter-yoel-roth-elon-musk.html

Opinion | What’s Twitter’s Future? The Former Head of Trust And Safety Weighs In

Elon Musk’s brand of radical transformation has unavoidable limits.

The New York Times
Show threadSimonetta VezzosoNov 19, 2022
@lilianedwards DMA, DSA, competition law, and barricades if not enforced properly and swiftly!
Show threadLilian Edwards
@wavesblog it's an amazing revelation to me that app stores actually issue warnings as if they were the ICO or something
Nov 19, 2022 at 9:19amWeb
Show threadJames Stewart - datacontroversNov 21, 2022
@lilianedwards @wavesblog absolutely - they were set up to police the behaviour of apps, first technically, then morally, but mutated into a massive stranglehold on the entire industry.
Show threadLilian EdwardsNov 21, 2022
@Jkjacobus any empirical lit for @joris