Post #2876694
2023-01-03 17:04 UTC
The op-ed functions to create the appearance of a “debate” on a more or less settled issue. And this is a powerful function, bolstered by its placement in the NYT. Through this, it can serve as a “Potemkin citation,” providing a seemingly credible reference in support of bad privacy laws and platforms. 3/
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@Mer__edith@mastodon.world 2023-01-03 17:05
What laws? What political platforms? I don’t know. But the age ID requirement passed in CA this week and the regulations that would require communications apps to scan and police content currently moving forward in the EU and the UK give us some clues. 4/
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@foxfae@witches.live 2023-01-03 21:43
@Mer__edith@mastodon.world THIS. Exactly this concern applies to the casually dismissive transphobia of several NYT op-eds. Those bad faith (or negligent) think pieces are treated like evidence by those who wish to mislead the general public into complicity with the systematization of harm.
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@nathangs20@data-folks.masto.host 2023-01-12 12:26
@Mer__edith@mastodon.world This tactic has a long and glorious history "Report on the debate" when the debate was settled @dalias@hachyderm.io