Befriending crows, and Twitter below Musk

By Jillian C. York, Director of Worldwide Freedom of Expression on the Digital Frontier Basis.

I made it massive on Twitter. Now I don’t suppose I can keep.

For a very long time, it was price it for author Mikki Kendall to remain on Twitter as a result of Twitter had the facility to vary your life. She broke massive on Twitter greater than 10 years in the past with a hashtag, #solidarityisforwhitewomen. It was nice for her profession, giving her entry to a world viewers and unprecedented entry to the editors who made her a broadcast creator.

However even earlier than Elon Musk purchased the platform, she’s discovered herself tweeting much less and fewer. Whereas she used to socialize frequently on the platform, TikTok, Instagram and personal teams have gotten more and more extra engaging methods to spend time on-line. And whereas harassment and an absence of time are partly in charge, for many who used Twitter to construct a profession, to maintain their careers, or just to attach, the actual query is: The place will we go from right here? Learn the complete story.

The must-reads

I’ve combed the web to search out you at this time’s most enjoyable/necessary/scary/fascinating tales about know-how.

1 Huge Tech is turning into boring
As shares drop, so does Wall Avenue’s urge for food for zanier, riskier ventures. (Vox)
+ The tech growth the pandemic triggered is nicely and really over. (Bloomberg $)
+ The tech inventory decline is unhealthy information for US pensions. (The Guardian)
+ Advertisers are spending much less cash on social media, too. (FT $)
+ Tech’s richest have misplaced near half a trillion {dollars} this yr. (WSJ $)

2 A number of new covid variants vying for dominance
Their capacity to skirt our present immunity is an actual drawback. (The Atlantic $)
+ Variants are inclined to unfold throughout Europe earlier than the US. (Slate $)
+ Vaccines that delay the immune response may give higher safety. (New Scientist $)
+ Is a covid and flu “twindemic” on the horizon? (MIT Expertise Evaluate)

3 Twitter is planning to begin charging for verification
Elon Musk reckons individuals will cough up $20 a month for the privilege. (The Verge)
+ Musk is reportedly planning to put off 25% of Twitter’s workers. (WP $)

4 Cease the Steal’s organizer is whipping up dissent in Brazil
Ali Alexander is mobilizing Brazilians after Lula beat Bolsonaro to the presidency. (Insider $)
+ Social media chatter in El Salvador is resulting in mass arrests. (Remainder of World)
+ How claims of voter fraud in 2020 have been supercharged by unhealthy science. (MIT Expertise Evaluate)

6 How cryptography can assist sexual assault survivors to get justice
Methods that share knowledge securely are getting used to construct circumstances towards repeat offenders. (The Guardian)

7 We’re nonetheless at midnight over how TikTok impacts our psychological well being
But it surely appears necessary to search out out. (The Guardian)
+ For a lot of teenagers, the app is a gateway to self-diagnosis. (NYT $)
+ Dementia content material will get billions of views on TikTok. Whose story does it inform? (MIT Expertise Evaluate)

8 Eric Schmidt is anxious by China’s speedy AI advances
He desires the US authorities to spend so much more cash on AI analysis in response. (Protocol)
+ Do AI programs want to come back with security warnings? (MIT Expertise Evaluate)