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The most disturbing aspect of the “Twitter Files” is the platform’s cozy relationship with federal officials who demanded suppression of speech they considered dangerous.
The failure to consider the timing of diagnoses makes it impossible to draw causal inferences.
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“I think the Chestnut is an example of an interventionist approach,” says scientist Jared Westbrook. “We might have some capabilities and responsibilities to correct some of the problems that we created.”
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Content moderators had "weekly confabs" with law enforcement officials, reports Matt Taibbi.
Most dangerously of all, they're starting to make their own central bank digital currencies.
Instead of debating whether the platform has been flooded by bigotry, Elon Musk should tell the congressman to mind his own business.
It’s one of the most competitive industries in the world, and there’s no good reason to stop Microsoft from acquiring Activision Blizzard.
Twitter employees have indicated that shadow banning—at least by some definitions—is both real and common.
The new book Inventor of the Future prefers to show him as a credit hog.
The lawsuit alleges that TikTok's algorithm funnels inappropriate content directly to teens. That not only defies logic, but it is also antithetical to how a social media platform keeps users.
Photos and information you store on iCloud will be safer from hackers, spies, and the government.
Making it easier for scientists to study marijuana is a far cry from the liberalization that most Americans want.
Fixing federal permitting rules and easing immigration policies would help companies like the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, which are interested in building more plants in America.
"You have this looming power over you that essentially can end your career," says Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya.
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A Democratic member of Congress laments how Twitter handled the New York Post's reporting on Hunter Biden's laptop.
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"The state of New York can't turn bloggers into Big Brother, but it's trying to do just that," said FIRE attorney Daniel Ortner.
A precedent set in the January 6 prosecutions could be dangerous to the public.
The Twitter Files are interesting but contain few true surprises. A mix of incompetence and partisanship got the site in trouble.
The "free speech absolutist" is maintaining some content restrictions while loosening others.
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It's a private company. Its owner can do what he chooses, even if it seems crazy.
At a dangerous moment for the free exchange of ideas, civil libertarians can tally a win.
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Elon Musk's rescission of the platform's prior policy, which forbade dissent from official guidance, is consistent with his promise of lighter moderation.
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Too many Western governments want to follow in the footsteps of authoritarians when it comes to tech privacy.
Ironically, the FTX meltdown is the best illustration yet of why the world needs bitcoin.
Mastodon might not be the future of decentralized social media, but it can’t hurt to check it out as Twitter implodes.
Regulators are beginning to smile on the sci-fi project of creating real meat products without the typical death and environmental destruction.
These are the people who showed up when the economy was shut down by the government, working in jobs labeled "essential."
Thousands of tech workers are being laid off. That’s putting H-1B visa holders on tight timelines to find new work.
Until next year's, because capitalism is always making things better.
EU officials threaten to make their restrictive content rules a global standard.
The mainstream coverage of SBF and FTX is more than a little blasé.
The Atlas of Surveillance lets us monitor the agencies that snoop on the public.
