Survey of 73 tech experts shows 93% approve of tech platforms' decision to suspend Trump's accounts following Capitol violence
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post : Tweets: @cat_zakrzewski , @drewharwell , @peterwsinger , @zacharygraves , @digiphile , and @digiphile Tweets: Cat Zakrzewski / @cat_zakrzewski : We asked more than 100 policymakers, executives and experts about tech companies suspending Trump. Most agree it was the right move. (w/@aaronjschaffer) https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Drew Harwell / @drewharwell : “Tech companies bet on labels to contain lies” but they “were utterly insufficient to prevent verified politicians and far-right media outlets from disinforming tens of millions of people” @digiphile https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Peter W. Singer / @peterwsinger : 93% of tech experts agree with the decision to suspend Trump's twitter account https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Zach Graves / @zacharygraves : Quoted making the argument that banning Trump may have been a rational business decision, but it's a bad precedent for global free expression and shouldn't be celebrated https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Alex Howard / @digiphile : Tech companies should apply the hard lessons of 2020 to 2021: *fill data voids *inoculate people with facts with interstitials *put @verified accounts that keep super-spreading medical misinfo & civic disinfo in “epistemic quarantine” Public health & civic integrity depend on it https://twitter.com/... Alex Howard / @digiphile : Tech companies bet on labels to contain lies on their platforms, & while there were benefits to the approach, labels were utterly insufficient to prevent @verified politicians & media outlets from disinforming tens of millions of people on their platforms. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...