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Dr. Jess Maddox

@drjessmaddox
17 posts
2025-01-20
American liberals and progressives have to get over this idea of insisting it's how things “should be” and actually reckon with how things are. I'm not saying throw up your hands and give up, but to talk about the TikTok ban and a potential Trump save as nuanced and complex.
2025-01-20 View on X
The Verge

TikTok restores its service in the US, thanking Donald Trump for “the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties”

The company said this afternoon that it is “in the process of restoring service” and thanked President-elect Trump for …

Now that I've slept on it, let's discuss the TikTok ban. The message popping up on everyone's app is propaganda, plain and simple. And having propaganda involved in something as precarious at the creator economy is very, very dangerous.
2025-01-20 View on X
The Verge

TikTok restores its service in the US, thanking Donald Trump for “the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties”

The company said this afternoon that it is “in the process of restoring service” and thanked President-elect Trump for …

It already seems like the “wait, creators have political power after all!” discourse from the US presidential election is fading. I don't know how many times I have to watch people realize their power and then move on to dismissing them again. Ignore their power at your own peril
2025-01-20 View on X
The Verge

TikTok restores its service in the US, thanking Donald Trump for “the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties”

The company said this afternoon that it is “in the process of restoring service” and thanked President-elect Trump for …

I encourage creators not to fall for the propaganda. If Trump does save TikTok, I encourage them to ask their audiences the questions I outlined above. Resist this savior narrative and continue to question the precarious conditions of your work.
2025-01-20 View on X
The Verge

TikTok restores its service in the US, thanking Donald Trump for “the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties”

The company said this afternoon that it is “in the process of restoring service” and thanked President-elect Trump for …

2025-01-05
People have found one of Meta's first AI only profiles, and surprise, the AI quality is shit. [image]
2025-01-05 View on X
404 Media

After a backlash, Meta says newly viral AI-generated profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting them

and what you can do with it Mia Sato / The Verge : Meta's AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well Josh Kerwick / Star Observer : Meta Wipes Scrutinised AI Accounts, I...

2025-01-04
People have found one of Meta's first AI only profiles, and surprise, the AI quality is shit. [image]
2025-01-04 View on X
404 Media

After backlash, Meta says newly viral AI profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting the profiles

Earlier this week, Meta executive Connor Hayes told the Financial Times that the company is going to roll out AI character profiles …

2024-05-18
People were still using VSCO?
2024-05-18 View on X
Bloomberg

Photo editing and sharing app VSCO says it is now profitable, has a user base of 200M worldwide, and has 160K subscribers for its $59.99/year Pro product

Paayal Zaveri / Bloomberg : X: @lapresmidi , @caseymlewis , @edludlow , @drjessmaddox , @analoguepilot , @joeldflory , @dmcgco , and @jeiting X: Lauren Sherman / @lapresmidi : Eve...

2024-04-25
I can't begin to state the ways this is a horrific decision for labor, entertainment, and information in the United States. This will impact the financial livelihoods of hundreds of thousands Americans.
2024-04-25 View on X
The Verge

President Biden signs the ByteDance-TikTok divest-or-ban bill into law, after the Senate passed it by 79-18; the House passed the legislation 360-58 on April 20

The divest-or-ban bill is now law, starting the clock for ByteDance to make its move.  The company has an initial nine months …

2024-04-24
I can't begin to state the ways this is a horrific decision for labor, entertainment, and information in the United States. This will impact the financial livelihoods of hundreds of thousands Americans.
2024-04-24 View on X
The Verge

The US Senate passes the ByteDance-TikTok divestment bill by 79-18, after the House passed the bill on April 20; President Biden signs the bill into law

A bill that would force China-based company Bytedance to sell TikTok — or else face a US ban of the platform — is all but certain …

2024-02-27
The precedent tells us the states will lose. SCOTUS has overwhelmingly sided with Big Tech in the past because of Section 230. It will come down to a couple things that I would have eaten my hat on 10 years ago: The strength of the First Amendment arguments...
2024-02-27 View on X
Bloomberg

During oral arguments, SCOTUS justices seemed reluctant to strike down Texas' and Florida's social media laws, but raised concerns about companies' 1A rights

Update Tim Wu / New York Times : Big Tech's Latest Power Grab: the Constitution Washington Post : A roundup of the oral arguments made in the Supreme Court for two cases involving ...

2024-02-24
I can't emphasize enough just how poor of a decision it was for Florida to ban social media for children under 16. 1. We need accountability for platforms to make safer spaces for minors - not outright bans.
2024-02-24 View on X
Associated Press

Florida passes one of the US' most restrictive bills on minors' social media use, despite First Amendment concerns; Governor Ron DeSantis has to sign the bill

2023-08-12
This is huge and going to fundamentally alter child influencer work and sharenting practices in the United States. https://www.teenvogue.com/...
2023-08-12 View on X
Teen Vogue

Illinois passes the US' first law protecting child influencers, entitling influencers under age 16 and featured kids of influencers to a percentage of earnings

Illinois has officially passed the nation's first legislation aimed at protecting child influencers, in a move advocates … Threads: @phil.lewis . X: @ellepolloloca , @fortesalatifi...

2023-04-07
Actually if you talked to any social media expert they would tell you this is a stupid idea. https://www.newyorker.com/...
2023-04-07 View on X
New Yorker

Utah's bills restricting kids' social media use have galling civil liberties concerns and hazy enforcement plans, and will likely face constitutional challenges

2023-03-16
“Aging politicians might not get it. But TikTok has become a valued place for learning and communication, as well as online innovation. Banning it would be exactly the kind of...censoring of the internet that we have come to expect of China, not the US.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2023-03-16 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: the Biden administration and CFIUS are demanding that TikTok's Chinese owners sell their stakes in the company or face a possible US ban of the app

TikTok says forced sale won't resolve national security issues; its CEO set to appear before Congress next week

2023-03-03
There's a systemic problem right now of users not realizing or recognizing the power of filters and jus those subtle they can be. @CatalinaGoanta made an excellent point the other day that “filter” needs to be one of the most visible things about a post - not hidden in captions.
2023-03-03 View on X
The Verge

A look at TikTok's viral Bold Glamour filter, which an expert says likely uses generative adversarial networks, amid fears the tool may hurt users' self-esteem

which could be pretty bad ...And TikTok refuses to confirm the Bold Glamour filter is AI https://www.theverge.com/...

Jenna is spot on. Honestly, this is misinformation. I know we don't think of misinfo like this, but trying to get people to look like a computer program feels like social misinfo that does more harm than good. https://twitter.com/...
2023-03-03 View on X
The Verge

A look at TikTok's viral Bold Glamour filter, which an expert says likely uses generative adversarial networks, amid fears the tool may hurt users' self-esteem

which could be pretty bad ...And TikTok refuses to confirm the Bold Glamour filter is AI https://www.theverge.com/...

2022-05-10
NFTs are bullshit, but insome of the research I've read on NFTs, some artists/creators tout NFTs because they say it helps with the ubiquitous problem of artwork theft online, particularly on platforms like Instagram. Will be interesting to follow, for sure. https://twitter.com/...
2022-05-10 View on X
The Block

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will start letting some US creators test digital collectibles and NFTs on Instagram this week, and won't charge for sharing NFTs

Anushree Dave / The Block : Source: Facebook .