Bluesky adds 1m new members as users flee X after the US election
Test Information Space
Multiple studies show old and new trends in social media "are making Americans more susceptible to the rumors and lies that undermine democracies and their militaries"
Should Freedom of Speech Extend to Social Media? (Part I)
Rocketbook Snapcast | Real Time Rocketbook Conferencing
(Rocketbook does not have a developer channel, but they allow destinations for content. In case output has doubled or multipled in these feverish political times. Looking for ideas. Unless they split, too.)
John Battelle's Search Blog Introducing DOC
The White House will host a conference for social media creators | TechCrunch
(Appears to be a tend this year. Other promoters have also held online conferences supported by experts, media, documents, and chatbots, often by subscription, to discuss knowledge and skills.)
Signal's Meredith Whittaker on the Telegram security clash and the 'edge lords' at OpenAI | TechCrunch
Spam, junk … slop? The latest wave of AI behind the ‘zombie internet’
John Robb on X: "The government’s role in social media should be the protection of free speech rights, not as a leader in crushing them." / X
Supreme Court to debate whether White House crosses First Amendment line on social media disinformation | CNN Politics
Social media jurors conceptualizing and analyzing online public engagement in reference to legal cases
(Political candidates that admit to some criticisms may simultaneously attempt to link the opposition to perceived worse ones, e.g. both leading considered aged but showing different effects.)
Pan, C. A., Yakhmi, S., Iyer, T. P., Strasnick, E., Zhang, A. X., & Bernstein, M. S. (2022). Comparing the perceived legitimacy of content moderation processes: Contractors, algorithms, expert panels, and digital juries. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 6(CSCW1), 1-31.
Digital juries.
Supreme Court questions Florida and Texas social media laws on First Amendment grounds | CNN Business
Opinion | This Is the Actual Danger Posed by D.E.I.
I’ll never stop blogging: it’s an itch I have to scratch – and I don’t care if it’s an outdated format | Simon Reynolds
New Tools to Support Independent Research | Meta
Kate Lee Joins Every as Editor-in-Chief
Character.AI introduces group chats where people and multiple AIs can talk to each other | TechCrunch
The Supreme Court will decide if state laws limiting social media platforms violate the Constitution
Niall Ferguson on Twitter
With Mass Social Media Layoffs, Researchers Warn of Rise in Hate Speech | KQED
Mastodon - Decentralized social media
A Timeline of the Consequences Kanye West Has Faced for His ‘WLM’ Shirts & Antisemitic Hate Speech
Orwell Daily | Substack
The Supreme Court takes on Section 230
The Age of Algorithmic Anxiety
Facebook May Be on the Cusp of an Embarrassing Milestone
From MIT social media summit, 5 trends experts are watching | MIT Sloan
The book ban movement has a chilling new tactic: harassing teachers on social media
The Propriety Path Platform