David Sifry
@dsifry
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Dave is just this guy, see? Founder of Offbeat Guides, Technorati, Linuxcare, others. Exec at Lyft, Reddit. Currently VP Center on Technology and Society, ADL.
San Francisco
Joined March 2007
My team @ADL Center for Tech & Society is hiring! Excited to share we have 3 open positions to drive impact in the global fight against online hate & harassment. We're fierce advocates for making digital spaces safe, respectful and equitable for all people. Share far & wide. 🧵1/
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If you hate OKRs, someone is doing them wrong. Maybe you, maybe your boss.
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“Self-regulation is clearly not working,” @ADL 's @dsifry said at the hearing. “Without regulation and reform, they will continue to focus on generating record profits at the expense of our safety and the security of our republic.” @marcrod97 reports. https://t.co/q9ygOp2vlq
jewishinsider.com
At a hearing on social media’s role in spreading extremism, panelists said that outside researchers should be given access to social media algorithms and other data
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Reports indicate Facebook knew their platforms spread dangerous content. WATCH Chairman @SenGaryPeters ask @ADL’s @Dsifry about the apparent conflict between social media companies’ business models that increase engagement and efforts to take down extremist content.
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Misinformation spreads rapidly online. In response, Facebook & @Twitter have suggested using ordinary users as fact checkers. But our new #OpenAccess article, in the inaugural issue of @journalsafetech, finds this is likely not a viable solution 1/ https://t.co/IMWFPR76FK
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This is awesome
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Glad to see @google’s continued public commitment to the fight against antisemitism, and progress in the fight against it online. More tech platforms need to show responsibility and #RepairTheInternet.
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Today marks an important day as world leaders, industry and civil society come together for the Malmö International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism. We recognize the...
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Haugen’s testimony confirms that to Facebook, we are the product not the consumer. They’ll do anything to keep us on the platform as long as possible—even if it means amplifying incitement, hate and racism. #REPAIRtheInternet #StopHateForProfit
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“Facebook has realized that if they change the algorithm to be safer, people will spend less time on the site, they'll click on less ads, they'll make less money,” says Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. https://t.co/wbxxfgorNE
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Exactly.
Facebook is not just a message board where people can post things. Facebook harvests your data, and uses it to show you things that Facebook thinks you want to see, to keep you coming back to Facebook, so that Facebook can sell ads. The problem isn't speech, it's surveillance.
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We cannot trust Facebook to guard the henhouse. We need Congress and the FTC to act immediately, to compel transparency, to protect our civil and human rights.
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We’ve always known that Facebook is a hate and lie profiteer. Thanks to Frances Haugen, we’re now certain that execs knew this and decided to put profits over public safety, and then lied to all of us about the depth and breadth of its harms. That’s harmful impact and intent.
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This is a really important point! How are supposed to validate claims like this? Facebook surely can’t expect anyone to just take their word for it at this point.
Clegg touts a useless stat - “the prevalence of hate speech on our platform is now down to about 0.05%” - yet Facebook refuses to validate its numbers, has zero transparency, bans good faith researchers like @LauraEdelson2, and is aggressively thwarting oversight.
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Meanwhile, it took @ADL’s experts only moments to find COVID misinformation and #antisemitic hate online like this group with over 20k followers, centered around the classic Rothschild antisemitic trope. #REPAIRtheInternet
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Clegg touts a useless stat - “the prevalence of hate speech on our platform is now down to about 0.05%” - yet Facebook refuses to validate its numbers, has zero transparency, bans good faith researchers like @LauraEdelson2, and is aggressively thwarting oversight.
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