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benwhitelaw.bsky.social
Founder and editor of everythinginmoderation.co. Co-host & writer of ctrlaltspeech.com puns. Media consultant by day. #LUFC fan by birthright.
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Athletic Bilbao fans have travelled in numbers

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‘Prominent journalist suffering at the hands of social media platforms’ is a specific genre of newspaper column that I hope to study in depth one day on.ft.com/3RwFiIn

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Content moderation is hard

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We always link our sources in the Ctrl-Alt-Speech show notes because credit where credit's due! Here's a quick rundown of the stories we covered this week. Go read the full article and support original reporting. 🧵/x

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meta oversight board issues a response to the company's trump-inspired content moderation changes from early january ("announced hastily, in a departure from regular procedure") www.oversightboard.com/news/wide-ra...

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Mood #lufc

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When you’re in the club and your favourite song comes on and the dance floor calls to you #lufc

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Fediverse people, the hot one to listen to this week: @benwhitelaw.bsky.social and @mmasnick.bsky.social on content moderation and internet regulation. Funny talk about the "crazy" idea of deleting all #Facebook users' #socialgraph. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2315966/episodes/16998541

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Trialling @fayjohnson.bsky.social's new CLR:SKY tool with some casual Leeds United self-hatred

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'All social platforms are born free and unequal in both revenue and regulatory scrutiny'

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Loved talking to Prateek about India’s famous IT Rules, the fascinating recent case of Indian comedian Kunal Kamra and the country’s “stable distinction” when it comes to tech policy. A must-follow.

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Notable update from Brussels: EU chief says Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act are “untouchable” as part of US trade negotiations on.ft.com/429Vd5x

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

I'm taking a lot from the fact that @jasonkoebler.bsky.social — who has written dozens of articles about FB and wondered if its employees "care about anything at all" — thinks Sarah Wynn-Williams' book is true to form www.404media.co/careless-peo...

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Happy to admit that I never expected a UK business secretary to play the kids safety card as part of trans-Atlantic trade negotiations. But here we are (via @financialtimes.com)

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