Zach Praiss
@zachpraiss.bsky.social
Fighting for a future for all. Engagements ≠ endorsements.
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Amid congressional inaction to protect young people online, states are stepping up and leading the way by passing Age-Appropriate Design Code laws that require Big Tech to design their products for us.
Here's Maryland Delegate Jared Solomon crushing tech talking points🧵
Here's Maryland Delegate Jared Solomon crushing tech talking points🧵
March 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Amid congressional inaction to protect young people online, states are stepping up and leading the way by passing Age-Appropriate Design Code laws that require Big Tech to design their products for us.
Here's Maryland Delegate Jared Solomon crushing tech talking points🧵
Here's Maryland Delegate Jared Solomon crushing tech talking points🧵
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Mistakes Meta said they're working on due to public pressure:
— Blocking LGBTQ+ hashtags
— Blocking searches of Democrats
— Making it difficult to unfollow President Trump and VP Vance
— Blocking LGBTQ+ hashtags
— Blocking searches of Democrats
— Making it difficult to unfollow President Trump and VP Vance
January 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Mistakes Meta said they're working on due to public pressure:
— Blocking LGBTQ+ hashtags
— Blocking searches of Democrats
— Making it difficult to unfollow President Trump and VP Vance
— Blocking LGBTQ+ hashtags
— Blocking searches of Democrats
— Making it difficult to unfollow President Trump and VP Vance
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Now feels like a good time to remind folks that in 2021 @accountabletech.bsky.social created a centralized repository of all the news made by Frances Haugen's trove of internal documents from the company then known as Facebook. Bookmark it:
facebookpapers.com
facebookpapers.com
The Facebook Papers
facebookpapers.com
January 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Now feels like a good time to remind folks that in 2021 @accountabletech.bsky.social created a centralized repository of all the news made by Frances Haugen's trove of internal documents from the company then known as Facebook. Bookmark it:
facebookpapers.com
facebookpapers.com
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Meta’s week in review:
Ending fact-checking? ✅
Promoting hate speech? ✅
Prioritizing profits over people? Always. ✅
Here’s a recap 🧵/1
Ending fact-checking? ✅
Promoting hate speech? ✅
Prioritizing profits over people? Always. ✅
Here’s a recap 🧵/1
January 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Meta’s week in review:
Ending fact-checking? ✅
Promoting hate speech? ✅
Prioritizing profits over people? Always. ✅
Here’s a recap 🧵/1
Ending fact-checking? ✅
Promoting hate speech? ✅
Prioritizing profits over people? Always. ✅
Here’s a recap 🧵/1
Repost if you think Bluesky should just make an ad-free version of Instagram too.
January 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Repost if you think Bluesky should just make an ad-free version of Instagram too.
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From inaugural donations to Mar-a-Lago visits, Big Tech is making its influence on Washington hard to ignore. thehill.com/policy/techn...
Why Big Tech is funding Trump’s inauguration
Hefty donations from tech companies and leaders to President-elect Trump’s inaugural fund are a sign of Silicon Valley’s shifting relationship with the incoming leader after past tensions. W…
thehill.com
December 23, 2024 at 6:33 PM
From inaugural donations to Mar-a-Lago visits, Big Tech is making its influence on Washington hard to ignore. thehill.com/policy/techn...
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We added Accountable Tech staffers, partner organizations, tech journalists, and other allies to our starter pack!
Follow them to stay updated on the latest developments in social media, AI, and all things digital justice: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Follow them to stay updated on the latest developments in social media, AI, and all things digital justice: bsky.app/starter-pack...
December 19, 2024 at 6:39 PM
We added Accountable Tech staffers, partner organizations, tech journalists, and other allies to our starter pack!
Follow them to stay updated on the latest developments in social media, AI, and all things digital justice: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Follow them to stay updated on the latest developments in social media, AI, and all things digital justice: bsky.app/starter-pack...
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*taps* Is this thing on?
We’ve landed on BlueSky and are ready to keep fighting for a safer internet.
Allow us to introduce ourselves...
We’ve landed on BlueSky and are ready to keep fighting for a safer internet.
Allow us to introduce ourselves...
November 15, 2024 at 4:24 PM
*taps* Is this thing on?
We’ve landed on BlueSky and are ready to keep fighting for a safer internet.
Allow us to introduce ourselves...
We’ve landed on BlueSky and are ready to keep fighting for a safer internet.
Allow us to introduce ourselves...
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Polling from @issueonereform.bsky.social finds a staggering 88% of voters support legislation to protect young people online.
It's past time for Congress to stand up to the Big Tech lobby and pass the Kids Online Safety Act #KOSA. sanantonioreport.org/sons-suicide...
It's past time for Congress to stand up to the Big Tech lobby and pass the Kids Online Safety Act #KOSA. sanantonioreport.org/sons-suicide...
San Antonio mom travels to D.C. one last time to push for online child safety bill
Maurine Molak has been a tireless advocate for online child safety since her son David took his own life in 2016.
sanantonioreport.org
December 9, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Polling from @issueonereform.bsky.social finds a staggering 88% of voters support legislation to protect young people online.
It's past time for Congress to stand up to the Big Tech lobby and pass the Kids Online Safety Act #KOSA. sanantonioreport.org/sons-suicide...
It's past time for Congress to stand up to the Big Tech lobby and pass the Kids Online Safety Act #KOSA. sanantonioreport.org/sons-suicide...
Key point:
Foreign influence campaigns in the 2024 election "were aided in that endeavor by tech companies such as Elon Musk’s X loosening their content policies, pulling back on trust and safety efforts, and limiting outside researchers’ access to data." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Foreign influence campaigns in the 2024 election "were aided in that endeavor by tech companies such as Elon Musk’s X loosening their content policies, pulling back on trust and safety efforts, and limiting outside researchers’ access to data." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Outraged? You’re more likely to share misinformation, study finds.
Research sheds light on viral falsehoods as a separate report finds foreign disinformation plagued social media in the 2024 election.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Key point:
Foreign influence campaigns in the 2024 election "were aided in that endeavor by tech companies such as Elon Musk’s X loosening their content policies, pulling back on trust and safety efforts, and limiting outside researchers’ access to data." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Foreign influence campaigns in the 2024 election "were aided in that endeavor by tech companies such as Elon Musk’s X loosening their content policies, pulling back on trust and safety efforts, and limiting outside researchers’ access to data." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
These headlines were 3 days apart.
December 3, 2024 at 2:42 PM
These headlines were 3 days apart.
Hey look, competition is a good thing. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Meta scrambles to respond to upstart social platform Bluesky’s surge
Threads, Meta’s answer to Elon Musk’s X, makes changes to incorporate features that have drawn millions to its much smaller rival.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Hey look, competition is a good thing. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
A social media platform not owned by a self-interested billionaire? Happy to be here.
November 25, 2024 at 2:46 PM
A social media platform not owned by a self-interested billionaire? Happy to be here.