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“What the establishment finds so threatening about the internet, I think, is the concept of virality, or emergence. We’ve seen over the past four years, the big tech companies trying to erase the Trump movement, banning prominent Trump supporters … But they’re also doing something far more insidious and far harder to notice, which is they want to prevent the emergence of new movements. They do that by shadowbanning, by covertly suppressing content in their algorithms.” … [Read more...] about Bokhari: Big Tech Ensures Pro-Trump Messages Don’t Reach Undecided Voters

Moreover, the contentious nature of current conversations provides perverse incentive for these companies to manipulate the online experience in favor of the loudest voices in the room. There exists no meaningful alternative to these powerful platforms, which means there will be no accountability for the devastating effects of this ingrained ideological bias until Congress steps in and brings liability protections into the modern era. … [Read more...] about GOP Senators Introduce ‘Online Freedom and Viewpoint Diversity Act’ to Fight Big Tech Censorship

FCOP is making a trial run at LambdaConf Winter Retreat, which is currently underway in Colorado. The COC is open source and can be freely adopted by any event or project. Interested readers can learn more by visiting Fantasyland Institute of Learning’s website. … [Read more...] about SJWs Furious After Tech Conference Protects Political Diversity

However, their efforts were quickly met with a response from members of the tech community who did not want attendees at programming conferences to be subject to political purity tests.  Status 451, a group blog edited by computer scientist Meredith L. Patterson and the pseudonymous anarcho-capitalist Clarkhat set up a crowdfunding campaign to ensure that LambdaConf could go ahead as planned. … [Read more...] about Tech SJWs in Disarray After Attempts To Silence Conference Backfire

“And what they’re doing is, they’re training their artificial intelligence algorithms to recognize how … different types of people talk. And that gives them the ability to essentially turn the volume up or down on entire political movements without anyone realizing.” … [Read more...] about Bokhari: Big Tech Can ‘Turn Down the Volume’ on Entire Movements