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"If the debate about Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter tells us anything, it’s
that people – including those in governments – don’t understand how the World
Wide Web works.
We know that the algorithms Twitter uses to recommend content can guide people
to develop more extreme views, but what is considered extreme has changed since
Musk’s takeover. Many things he considers free speech would previously have
been thought to be derogatory, misogynistic, violent or harmful in many other
ways.
Many countries, including Aotearoa New Zealand as the co-initiator of the
Christchurch Call, are looking to Twitter and other platform providers to allow
analysis of their algorithms and more transparency about their effects on
individuals and the social fabric.
But what the Christchurch Call doesn’t address is a much more fundamental
question that governments should think about with urgency. Is it appropriate
that the infrastructure to host citizen discourse and engagement is in the
private and profit-oriented hands of multinational data monopolies?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
