Illegitimi non carborundum

This is fake news and has been confirmed by DOGE as such USCO is a subagency of the Library Congress and DOGE (as part of OMB) has no control. Even the President only has limited control over who runs USCO

If you think the discourse on this platform is remotely representative of the broader public then you’re sorely mistaken

🚨 THREAD: What does is mean to preserve online expression in the digital age? Here are 4 key takeaways from our Hill Briefing, “The Future of Online Expression In The Trump Era: Freedom vs Regulation” #OnlineSpeech Full video/audio here 👇 1/ www.netcaucus.org/event/online...

Quick 🧵 on why @opentechfund.bsky.social is awesome and why it's important that President Trump decided to save it at the last minute t.co/K0JK1GSk3z

Mark Graham (@mark.bsky.social), director of the #WaybackMachine, explains how the Wayback Machine archives over half a billion pages daily to ensure vital information remains accessible. Full video ➡️ youtu.be/ETpNMXeiR7c #InternetArchive #DigitalHistory #Preservation

Next in our Regulating Social Media symposium: @lehogg.bsky.social and @noupside.bsky.social analyze what it would take for #middleware to flourish: - align market incentives - address regulatory barriers & - encourage platform cooperation www.justsecurity.org/109974/enabl...

Join us: The Future of Online Expression In The Trump Era: Freedom vs Regulation" lunch with @ashkhen.bsky.social, Jenna Leventoff @aclu.org, Chris Marchese @netchoice.bsky.social, @lehogg.bsky.social @fai.bsky.social. 📅 Wed, April 23 ⏰ 12:00 PM 📍 Rayburn Building & Online ✉️ RSVP lu.ma/o51ptz6j

Francis Fukuyama's "middleware" concept offers an intriguing solution to the unchecked political influence of social media platforms. Great to see there's a new report out on it edited by @noupside.bsky.social & @lehogg.bsky.social substack.com/home/po...

I still struggle to understand how a democratically elected government doing things “experts in democracy” don’t like is a threat to democracy

2024 was the worst year for internet shutdowns, with governments imposing at least 296 outages in 54 countries. Ramsha Jahangir (@ramshajahangir.bsky.social) at Tech Policy Press on the key findings from Access Now's new report launched at #RightsCon:

Lots of people seem to think it's impossible to do age verification in a secure and privacy preserving way Those people are wrong That's why @fai.bsky.social teamed up to explain in detail for the first time exactly how we can do age verification right 🧵 1/x

Pumped to join @noupside.bsky.social and @yoyoel.com in leading this workshop at @knightfoundation.org We may even have a special appearance by @jay.bsky.team!

Age verification has become a real policy flashpoint, but this paper from @fai.bsky.social's @lehogg.bsky.social and Evan Swarztrauber is a worthwhile nuanced read: www.thefai.org/posts/on-the...

i’m going to start sending out emails that start: “Hostile reminder:”

🧵New paper out on MIDDLEWARE‼️What is it? 3rd party tools that can interact with, in this case, social media platforms, on behalf of users. Maybe to curate your feed in a particular way. Maybe to moderate, labeling & hiding content or users that you don't want to see. www.thefai.org/posts/shapin...

🧵 Our new paper @mccourtschool.bsky.social and @noupside.bsky.social just went live!

Now that bitcoin is going to the moon all you degens can finally afford to buy your mom something nice Lucky for you, the @fai.bsky.social team has you covered with our first ever gift guide for those who refuse to touch grass

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉 We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:

Only way to get over the east to west coast time change

Gosh who could have predicted that, besides almost everyone? www.techdirt.com/2024/02/20/g...

Congress sucks at being Congress If anyone’s interested in how to make it better, check out the new report we just put out www.thefai.org/posts/renova...

How many memoirs is one person allowed to write? Asking for a friend

Since @rachel.bsky.social called me out for posting on X first… We’re live with @publicknowledge.bsky.social in DC to talk DWeb!

Last week, @mchrisriley.com gave me the idea to have AI write a short story. This is the result. The Sisyphean Comment:

Cutting through the dilemma over content moderation requires rethinking the social component of online discourse, not just the technology, says Richard Reisman. www.techpolicy.press/protecting-f...

RIP in Pieces

A New, Broader Case for Social Media Agent "Middleware" to restore human context. Foundation for 3 pillars that synergize to counter issues w/ each: 1. individual agency 2. social mediation ecosystem 3. reputation. (Revised w/ previewer feedback) 🧵1/8 ucm.teleshuttle.com/2023/11/a-ne...

Say what you will about the Paxton impeachment, but potentially getting kicked out of office for bribing your buddy to hire your mistress so that she won’t tell your wife is objectively hilarious

Rollin into my day on the Twitter clones like

Can't be evil is way better than don't be evil... As governments continue to digitize, they should prioritized decentralization and encryption so that e-government inherently protects civil liberties

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations: “It is in our power to have no opinion about a thing, and not to be disturbed in our soul; for things themselves have no natural power to form our judgements.”

Now here, have a meme

Guess there's nothing better for my first post on Bluesky than an article I wrote on why the market is moving towards openness, federation, and interoperability