Tag: social media
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Social media thrives on shame – but how should we handle an offensive past coming to light?
Written by Stephanie Soh on gal-dem.
“Because one reason why there is such a visceral ‘gotcha’ response to these posts, is down to the continued dismissal of marginalised communities who want justice for the discrimination they face. Whether it’s Black people speaking out about police brutality, women who have suffered sexual assault being let down by the criminal justice system or trans people who are harassed not only in the street but in supposedly professional spaces, the problems marginalised communities face remain unaddressed. So when a trial-by-social-media does happen after old offensive posts surface, it can be a chance to see justice very publicly served, as well as prove that the discrimination you say you face, really does exist – because it’s right there to see, in a tweet.
But often, raging at individuals for long-past mistakes seems like misplaced energy. What we need to challenge are the people and institutions who continue to discriminate today, and who show no signs of changing.
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If serious problems are found, then it’s only right that Ollie and Yorkshire CCC should be held accountable for them. In fact, tackling the systemic problems would not only help prevent the attitudes that manifest themselves as offensive posts, but move us away from a culture where we are so justice-starved that we demand to see heads roll.”
Tagged with: social media, shame, systemic oppression.
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Write-only Twitter
A couple of weeks ago, Aral asked me if I could write a user stylesheet for web browsers to make Twitter nothing but a compose box.
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Social Media Censorship Is Hurting Those on the Margins
Written by Bryan Menegus on Gizmodo.
“A lot of people think there’s an easy solution, and that the [solution is] for the platforms to ‘do something.’ Social media companies do not have a good history in this arena, and there are so many reasons not to trust these giant companies, why should we trust them to decide what speech is acceptable?”
Read ‘Social Media Censorship Is Hurting Those on the Margins’ on the Gizmodo site.
Tagged with: social media, censorship, bias.
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Unfinished Business 81 and 82
I was so busy last week that I forgot to post about Unfinished Business episode 81: Do you have a dinosaur onesie?
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