Month: 8 Heshvan 5783 (November 2022)

Bullshit Reporting: The Intercept’s Story About Government Policing Disinfo Is Absolute Garbage by Mike Masnick

Do not believe everything you read. Even if it comes from more “respectable” publications. The Intercept had a big story this week that is making the rounds, suggesting that “leaked” documents prove the DHS has been coordinating with tech companies to suppress information. The story has been immediately picked up by the usual suspects, claiming […]

Twitter’s new owner faces a difficult regulatory landscape around the world.

Hey Elon: Let Me Help You Speed Run The Content Moderation Learning Curve by Mike Masnick

It’s kind of a rite of passage for any new social media network. They show up, insist that they’re the “platform for free speech” without quite understanding what that actually means, and then they quickly discover a whole bunch of fairly fundamental ideas, institute a bunch of rapid (often sloppy) changes… and in the end, […]