Had some thoughts on the whole GARM thing. [www.techdirt.com/2024/08/09/j...](
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Jim Jordan & Elon Musk Suppressed Speech; Don’t Let Them Pretend It’s A Win For Free Speech
Up is down, left is right, day is night. And now, to Jim Jordan and Elon Musk, clear, direct government censorship is, apparently, “free speech....
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Jim Jordan & Elon Musk Suppressed Speech; Don’t Let Them Pretend It’s A Win For Free Speech
Up is down, left is right, day is night. And now, to Jim Jordan and Elon Musk, clear, direct government censorship is, apparently, “free speech....
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I hope people realize that Jim Jordan is very much the Joe McCarthy of this era. He is using McCarthy's playbook to suppress speech that he deems insufficiently supportive of MAGA causes and he'll keep doing it until everyone starts to call out how it's McCarthyism all over again.
Some personal news! I'm excited to be joining the Bluesky board to support Jay and the team in achieving their vision of a decentralized, protocol-based social internet. [bsky.social/about/blog/0...](
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Bluesky Welcomes Mike Masnick to Board of Directors - Bluesky
We’re thrilled to announce that Mike Masnick has joined Bluesky’s Board of Directors.
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Bluesky Welcomes Mike Masnick to Board of Directors - Bluesky
We’re thrilled to announce that Mike Masnick has joined Bluesky’s Board of Directors.
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Really great discussion on challenges of doing decentralized trust & safety (mostly focused on ActivityPub/Fediverse, but there's some talk of Bluesky composable moderation / labeling). RE:
Bluesky Social
Mike McCue (@mmccue.bsky.social)
As people flee X in search of something safer and more sane the fediverse is scaling. Will we be able to scale moderation too? In this episode of ...
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