When the "Cure" is Worse than the Dis-ease

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Social Media Algorithms Content Moderation Amy Peikoff Don't Let It Go

Amy and Benjamin discuss a couple of different angles on the harms created by social media platforms, such as YouTube, which manipulate their users via algorithms ("angorithms"), then censor the byproducts ("hate speech," "misinformation") they don't like--or worse, of which government entities disapprove.

References:

https://dontletitgo.com/2023/03/03/phew-youtube-saved-you-by-censoring-my-super-dangerous-content/

https://dontletitgo.com/2011/09/14/attack-watch-as-case-study-of-how-force-stops-thinking/

https://open.substack.com/pub/historyisnow/p/angorithms-and-the-socio-media-path?r=4js7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

https://open.substack.com/pub/historyisnow/p/revenge-of-the-nerds?r=4js7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

https://open.substack.com/pub/dontletitgo/p/chatgpt-as-the-latest-challenge-for?r=4js7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

https://broadbandbreakfast.com/big-tech-speech-summit/ (use promo code FLASH)

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