Nick Queff.
@nickquoo.bsky.social
Tech x human rights - Researching @futurefreespeech.org - Londoner
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🔗 Read @mchangama.bsky.social and @nickquoo.bsky.social at The Bedrock Principle:
Beyond U.S., Democracies Weaponize Free Speech in Immigration Crackdowns
Despite U.S. administration's criticism of Europe, its targeting of immigrants for unpopular speech mimics similar policies across the Atlantic.
www.bedrockprinciple.com
March 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
🔗 Read @mchangama.bsky.social and @nickquoo.bsky.social at The Bedrock Principle:
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American social media companies write the algorithms that determine what voters read; moderation systems are opaque; political advertising cannot always be tracked. Do European democracies, or any democracies, really have sovereign elections anymore?
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Can Europe Stop Elon Musk?
He and other tech oligarchs are making it impossible to conduct free and fair elections anywhere.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
American social media companies write the algorithms that determine what voters read; moderation systems are opaque; political advertising cannot always be tracked. Do European democracies, or any democracies, really have sovereign elections anymore?
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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‼️ Elon Musk and the new world order: the hijacking of the global conversation ‼️
Here is Peter Pomerantsev with a must-read article in The Observer. One of the topics explored is new ways in which journalism can tackle disinformation.
Short thread summarising this ⬇️. (1/6)
Here is Peter Pomerantsev with a must-read article in The Observer. One of the topics explored is new ways in which journalism can tackle disinformation.
Short thread summarising this ⬇️. (1/6)
January 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
‼️ Elon Musk and the new world order: the hijacking of the global conversation ‼️
Here is Peter Pomerantsev with a must-read article in The Observer. One of the topics explored is new ways in which journalism can tackle disinformation.
Short thread summarising this ⬇️. (1/6)
Here is Peter Pomerantsev with a must-read article in The Observer. One of the topics explored is new ways in which journalism can tackle disinformation.
Short thread summarising this ⬇️. (1/6)
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“Free speech is an essential weapon in the struggle for social change… But a selective defence of free speech is no defence at all. Demanding ‘free speech for me but not for thee’: that is the voice of privilege, not of progress”
@kenanmalik.bsky.social 👇🏾
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’ll defend Allison Pearson’s right to be obnoxious – as she should defend mine | Kenan Malik
Police investigation into writer’s alleged tweet has sparked a debate over free speech, albeit a somewhat selective one
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 9:45 AM
“Free speech is an essential weapon in the struggle for social change… But a selective defence of free speech is no defence at all. Demanding ‘free speech for me but not for thee’: that is the voice of privilege, not of progress”
@kenanmalik.bsky.social 👇🏾
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@kenanmalik.bsky.social 👇🏾
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Important (if scary) piece. What's scarier is its general point --that 1A law may end up providing much less of a safeguard than we might think in the Trump era--could apply to many other areas of law, such as for example, the regulation of universities www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t assume the first amendment will thwart Trump’s pro-censorious agenda | Jameel Jaffer
With Trump in the Oval Office, the US supreme court will find itself having to answer questions it has sidestepped for years
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Important (if scary) piece. What's scarier is its general point --that 1A law may end up providing much less of a safeguard than we might think in the Trump era--could apply to many other areas of law, such as for example, the regulation of universities www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Welcome to all the BlueSky newcomers! We're looking for an AI expert who can help us understand the impact of AI platforms and policies on free speech and access to information.
👉 More info here: futurefreespeech.org/jobs-interns...
👉 More info here: futurefreespeech.org/jobs-interns...
November 13, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Welcome to all the BlueSky newcomers! We're looking for an AI expert who can help us understand the impact of AI platforms and policies on free speech and access to information.
👉 More info here: futurefreespeech.org/jobs-interns...
👉 More info here: futurefreespeech.org/jobs-interns...