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EmilyTav Sep 27, 2023

“… the ability to merge big tech with governmental power [is] a merger of power that, I think, rivals the fear our founders had of the merger between church and state.”
- Professor Margaret Hu

Full episode here👇🏼

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/william-mary-libraries/episodes/Democracy-X-Technology-e2984ru/a-aabl0ul

Democracy X Technology by Democracy Initiative Podcast

Join Host Emily Tavoulareas '04 and guests Margaret Hu, Elizabeth Losh, & Jaime Settle in a discussion about knowledge as a public good and a look at democracy in the age of AI and mass media.

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EmilyTav Aug 21, 2023

Dan Gillmor Aug 20, 2023

Yes, it is disgusting that Musk and company have removed 2011-2014 photos (and videos?) from the deadbird site.

But it's also yet another reminder to everyone: DO NOT completely entrust what you create to highly centralized, privately controlled (sometimes by evil people) cloud-based services.

At the very least, have backups -- local and off-site -- from which you re-post what you've created.

EmilyTav Aug 21, 2023

Maria Popova Aug 21, 2023

"There are more things … likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more often in imagination than in reality."

Seneca's antidote to anxiety: https://t.co/ZTRwpcYLOf https://t.co/tgyqu1bpnR

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EmilyTav Aug 15, 2023

GeriAQuin Aug 15, 2023

#ClimateChange #Environment

EmilyTav Jul 26, 2023

joncamfield Jul 26, 2023

I come not with a hot take on X, but to eulogize twitter: https://www.joncamfield.com/blog/2023.07/the-failwhale-in-the-room.html

the failwhale in the room

A eulogy for twitter

Jon Camfield Dot Com

EmilyTav Jul 26, 2023

Brilliant piece by a colleague / one of our fellows, arguing for the use of the principle of “unjust enrichment” as a legal response to the harms from social media companies. #techpolicy #techlaw #bigtech #regulation

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/unjust-enrichment-by-algorithm

Unjust Enrichment by Algorithm

The only effective way to ensure that platforms stop promoting harmful content is to make sure doing so is not profitable for them.

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EmilyTav Jul 1, 2023

David Gerard Jul 1, 2023

bluesky skeet:

Yoel Roth - 1h

For anyone keeping track, this isn't even the first time they've completely broken the site by bumbling around in the rate limiter.

There's a reason the limiter was one of the most locked down internal tools. Futzing around with rate limits is probably the easiest way to break Twitter.

EmilyTav Jul 1, 2023

Show thread

Adam Dalliance Jun 30, 2023

Today
* Reddit ends free API access.
* Twitter turns off anonymous reading.
* Youtube is talking about banning ad-blocking users.

The tech industry was living on cheep money and low interest rates, and now they're all afraid to let their precious content get used for AI training.

The walls are going up, the lawful corporate web is collapsing in on itself.

EmilyTav Jul 1, 2023

Good moment to re-read (read?) this by @davetroy

“Musk and the people backing all this are more interested in reshaping the global order than in earning fake “fiat currency.” Their real goal is to usher in “hard currency” and re-base global currencies around scarcity and physical assets.”

https://t.co/Rs9ZfB23xh

No, Elon and Jack are not “competitors.” They’re collaborating.

Elon Musk’s deal to buy Twitter has been met with surprise, derision, and gnashing of teeth — and an overwhelming amount of well-intentioned but poorly-informed commentary and analysis. As someone…

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EmilyTav Jun 19, 2023

Molly White Jun 16, 2023

amused that the Tech Won't Save Us episode title format makes it sound like i am the final boss