I hope the Fairphone will be sold in the U.S. one day. It’s an awesome project.

I don’t know that any of this is surprising, but it remains worrying.

McConnell gets so close to recognizing the danger other Republicans pose to democracy, but he always stops just short.

This is why the EFF and others have concerns about overreach of even clearly well intentioned content moderation. CSAM is clearly despicable, but automated content moderation can make mistakes, and consequences for those mistakes aren’t small.

I knew that Gab was supporting Mastriano, but I didn’t realize ties ran this deep. Gab is a toxic hellhole, and if Mastriano is sending them money, that should rule him out as a candidate.

Worrying days ahead. There’s a lot being said on Gab that’s spilling out into “mainstream” GOP discourse.

What an enormous mess this is turning into.

Gun violence can’t be solved with educational technology—and make no mistake, all of this is edtech.

This is more worrying to me—and more damning for the GOP—than anything that happened on January 6th.

What a mess. Glad to be pivoting toward my blog and Mastodon.

Content moderation is a good thing, and ‘free speech’ should not be our primary concern when it comes to social media platforms.

I don’t think I want a Pence presidency any more than another Trump one, but I do want to see the GOP wrestle with what it’s going to be going forward.

Glad that there hasn’t been much conversation about this in Kentucky, but it’s still really worrying stuff.

What a troll. Even if the deal falls through, the way in which a sole rich dude can mess around with Twitter is souring me on the platform.

Say it together now: Content moderation and free speech are different things.

Disappointing that G.O.P. leaders so quickly did an about face. January 6th was a terrible event, and it’s cynical and irresponsible to pretend anything otherwise.

Very interesting read. I have never been a Republican, but I frequently voted GOP prior to 2016. Because my personal political views have shifted since then, it’s hard to say whether I would vote for a GOP that throws off the Trump baggage, but I do hope such a party one day re-emerges. I may not agree with it, but we certainly need it.

Content moderation is a necessity, and Musk’s take here is wildly irresponsible.

Litmus tests like this are making me even more worried about the future.

Frustrating to see steps that feel like progress seem to shore up the tech giants I hoped were being kept in check.

Glad to see reporting on Rumble, but disappointed to see uncritical repeating of claims about “free speech,” “neutrality,” and “censorship.” There are no neutral platforms, and content moderation is the real key idea here.

This is why I’m skeptical of terms like data driven decision making, which are meant to sound objective but cannot live up to their rhetorical power.

Pleased to see Stromae reviewed in the NYT—by someone who liveblogged Eurovision no less. Will be listening all afternoon, I’m sure.

A long but important read.

This whole situation sucks.