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• New on World Gone Wrong: Content moderation isn't a problem to be solved, it's the product.

  

  J.M. Berger

  

  22 hours ago

  Content moderation is the product

  Substack - J.M. Berger

  Some thoughts on the current slate of would-be Twitter-slayers This is a bonus newsletter. My dive into anti-Asian dystopias will resume next …

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  J.M. Berger

  

  1 day ago

  Elon Musk Shares Fake Voltaire Quote Actually From Neo-Nazi

  Forbes - Matt Novak

  Elon Musk shared a quote supposedly from French philosopher Voltaire on Saturday to make a joke about kids with leukemia. But the quote has frequently been debunked as something Voltaire never actually said. In reality, the quote is from a neo-Nazi who said it in 1993. “To learn who rules over you, …

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  J.M. Berger

  

  1 day ago

  Twitter withdraws from EU's disinformation code as bloc warns against hiding from liability

  United Press International - Adam Schrader

  May 27 (UPI) -- Twitter has withdrawn from the European Union's online disinformation code of practice, a voluntary agreement that most major social …

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  J.M. Berger

  

  1 day ago

  Jan. 6 rioters are raking in thousands in donations. Now the US is coming after their haul

  wesh.com - MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press

  WASHINGTON — Less than two months after he pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol, Texas resident Daniel Goodwyn appeared on Tucker Carlson's …

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  J.M. Berger

  

  5 days ago

  Activists Gear Up for 'Terrifying' Pride Month As Threats Increase, Brands Drop Out

  Rolling Stone - Ej Dickson

  When Susan Steinberg, the chairman of the Mahwah Pride Coalition in Mahwah, New Jersey, began organizing a Drag Queen Story Hour for Pride Month last …

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  J.M. Berger

  

  2 days ago

  Germany cracks down on far right with raids as hate crimes rise

  NBC News - Andy Eckardt, Patrick Smith

  “Politicians and the security apparatus have underestimated or downplayed the scale of the problem for decades,” one expert said. MAINZ, Germany — Germany’s security services are stepping up efforts to monitor and contain the threat from modern far-right extremists amid a rise in politically …