Had some thoughts on the whole GARM thing. [www.techdirt.com/2024/08/09/j...]( ) [Jim Jordan & Elon Musk Suppres...]( )
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...]( ) [Bluesky Welcomes Mike Masnick ...]( )
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: View quoted note →