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Facebook employees knew that a computer-curated feed increased the time users spent on the social network—and that it led to unhealthy behaviors.

Plus: Maybe crazy doesn't work

People on both sides of the debate are being too vague about what they favor and what they oppose.

What the NYT Cancel Culture Editorial Got Wrong, And What It Got Right

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web3 is not a thing by Morten RandHendriksen - MOR10

web3 is not “the next version of the web.” It’s not even a clearly defined vision of the next version of the web. It’s a marketing term coined by blockchain enthusiasts to make it sound like their vision of the future is inevitable. It is not. web3 right now is not a thing, and it will never...

So there has been lots of talk about Elon Musk and his takeover of Twitter. I’ve written multiple things about how little he understands about free speech and how little he understands conten…

Musk's free speech advocacy seems to apply mostly to his own speech or that of his fans and promoters.

Business moguls tend to be big on protecting speech, right until it hurts their bottom line.

The Worst-Case Scenario for Elon Musk's Twitter by Charlie Warzel

Plus: the more likely one.

Analysis: Is authenticating users a good way to foster free speech on a platform? by Ben Whitelaw

Exploring: user verification, anonymity and Koo's attempt to reduce lawful content

A social media account that has amassed a huge following by sharing videos originally posted by progressives gets critically covered by the Washington Post. Was the paper right to do so?

A shoddy story exposes the woman behind an 'own the libs' aggregator account, and the usual suspects line up

Using Twitter all the time is like drinking a daily cocktail of Liquid Plumber and battery acid. Would that cocktail be worse if someone also peed in it?

It’s not just a phase.

Lots of talk yesterday as Elon Musk made a hostile takeover bid for all of Twitter. This was always a possibility, and one that we discussed before in looking at how little Musk seemed to understan…

What I am starting to view as the Thiel-Musk-Andreessen viewpoint is somewhat simple: Anything that impedes the ability of a select group of billionaires to do whatever they want is tyranny.