The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Why does Twitter leave phony pictures like this up, but take down Republican/Conservative pictures and statements that are true?” as part of that country’s debate over proposed online-harm legislation, would “require platform companies to ensure that their algorithms do not skew toward extreme and unreliable material to boost user engagement.”

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The Verge

JUNE 18, 2020

The New York Times ’ Kevin Roose does a regular bit on Twitter where he posts the day’s top Facebook posts with links, and the results often skew heavily toward the conservative side. The Justice Department is also working on a proposal to pare back Section 230 protections for tech platforms. tweets, comments, posts, etc.)

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

One of the themes of the piece is that Facebook leadership is caught between competing forces in the United States: a liberal-leaning employee base versus a more conservative US population. The US Department of Justice submitted a proposal to weaken Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. What big feature should I write next?

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The Verge

MAY 29, 2020

An executive order like this had first been proposed last August , after the White House invited ordinary Americans to share stories about times when they felt they had been unfairly censored by social networks. That has led an increasing number of conservatives to sue social networks alleging infringements on their rights.

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

Reuters reported that one email said Texans “‘are put at risk’ by the company, ‘whose executives clearly display anti-conservative and anti-Republican bias, subtly controlling what Americans see when they search for information about national political issues.’”. Instead it all just bleeds together into partisan noise.

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The Verge

JULY 31, 2020

The idea that conservative voices are being censored during a time when they enjoy the broadest audience, and some of the widest support, in human history has become an article of faith for the Republican Party.). The idea that algorithms ought to be open for inspection comes largely from Republicans.

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The Verge

JULY 28, 2020

In keeping with Republican tradition, there will also be bad-faith questions about conservative bias.). I particularly liked this proposed question, about Amazon: In a five-week period during the pandemic, your firm added the value of the world’s largest firm by revenue — Walmart. But they may be a start.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

The second thing to say about “polarization” is that while it has a lot of negative effects, it’s worth thinking about what your proposed alternative to it would be. And despite the wave of conservative anger currently raining down on Twitter, there’s no reason to think this one will be any different. Is it national unity?

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