A skeptical look at crypto as a foundation for self-sovereign identity and some likely dystopian outcomes, as Buterin, Dorsey, and others explore the idea
Anonymity and trustlessness are central to the crypto world. People don't have to attach real-world identities to crypto wallets …
[Thread]: After Bill Gross' 2015 hostile takeover attempt, Twitter locked the API and limited third-party clients to 100K users until Dorsey's return
Twitter is important, but it's always been vulnerable as a company. When Twitter does something which upsets the community of users, it is often due to this vulnerability. Let me tell you a little kno...
How a group of Dorsey's lieutenants overcame his reluctance to ban Trump's account when it became clear Trump was using his Twitter presence to incite violence
the essence of democracy—but they seem to be neglecting the duties of government officials not to violate human rights and their power to do great harm. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twi...
When asked whether social media platforms are addictive, Jack Dorsey said they can be, whereas Mark Zuckerberg said the research is “inconclusive”
Avery Hartmans / Business Insider : Tweets: @pemalevy , @rachblevins , @ghoshd7 , @drdenagrayson , @cbsnews , @willoremus , @juliacarriew , @jason_kint , and @karissabe Tweets: Pema Levy / @pemalevy ...
The latest congressional hearing was another parade of bad-faith arguments about Section 230, best illustrated by Senate Republicans mischaracterizing the law
@GiladEdelman https://www.wired.com/... John Kennedy / @senjohnkennedy : If Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg don't employ staff to block them from reading certain material, why don't they let their use...
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki should have been at Tuesday's Senate hearing alongside Dorsey and Zuckerberg, given YouTube is also a major vector for disinformation
a major vector for disinfo — avoiding scrutiny by being opaque & keeping quiet. https://www.wired.com/... Taylor Hatmaker / @tayhatmaker : i mentioned this in my pre-hearing post too and i'm also very...
Profile of Vijaya Gadde, Twitter's head of legal, policy, trust & safety, who sources say led it to a tougher line on speech, including a ban on political ads
meaning that if he violates Twitter's rules, he faces enforcement actions like everyone else. https://www.politico.com/... @twittercomms : “Gadde herself doesn't shrink from the notion that she wants ...
Sources detail Twitter's struggle to control employee account access: multiple warnings to Dorsey since 2015, bogus help requests used to snoop, and more
- Dorsey, Twitter's board warned repeatedly, ex-employees say — Company says 1,500 staff and contractors can access user data Tweets: @firstadopter Tweets: Tae Kim / @firstadopter : Great story on ...
With a tweet, Trump joins his campaign and Fox News in targeting Twitter employee Yoel Roth, after Dorsey asked to keep employees out of it
this employee may as well just be a meme. Harassment is just another tactic that Trump & his followers deploy as part of their usual playbook in the political disinformation wars. It's dehumanizing ht...
Dorsey's political ad ban is a worthy dare to all social networks that have become hostage to abuse and manipulation, with their growth-at-all-costs mentality
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