Funeral: Parler, Part 2: Solutions Code & Chaos

2 of 3 conversations about issues related to the deplatforming of Donald Trump and the closing of Parler. This part deals with exploring the various technical solutions proposed for moderating content on the internet.

How To Spot And Critique Censorship Tropes In The Media’s Coverage Of Free Speech Controversies | Popehat
https://www.popehat.com/2015/05/19/how-to-spot-and-critique-censorship-tropes-in-the-medias-coverage-of-free-speech-controversies/

Decentralised content moderation — Martin Kleppmann’s blog
https://martin.kleppmann.com/2021/01/13/decentralised-content-moderation.html

The social media censorship issue nobody wants to talk about
https://blog.constelisvoss.ml/the-social-media-censorship-issue-nobody-wants-to-talk-about/

Not Easy, Not Unreasonable, Not Censorship: The Decision To Ban Trump From Twitter | Techdirt
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210108/17022646023/not-easy-not-unreasonable-not-censorship-decision-to-ban-trump-twitter.shtml

Politicians Who Said SESTA Was Needed To Takedown Backpage Claim Victory Over Backpage Takedown… Without SESTA | Techdirt
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180407/09564639587/politicians-who-said-sesta-was-needed-to-takedown-backpage-claim-victory-over-backpage-takedown-without-sesta.shtml

Silicon Valley’s Chinese-style social credit system
https://www.fastcompany.com/90394048/uh-oh-silicon-valley-is-building-a-chinese-style-social-credit-system

Opinion | They Used to Post Selfies. Now They’re Trying to Reverse the Election. - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/opinion/facebook-far-right.html

Facebook Is Showing Military Gear Ads Next To Insurrection Posts
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-profits-military-gear-ads-capitol-riot

Google experiments with Australian corporate media removals amid media bargaining code debate
https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/google-blocks-australian-news-in-experiment-20210113-p56tqd