2/ Our report explores the connection between Big Tech’s surveillance-based business models and the health of #democracy. https://rankingdigitalrights.org/its-the-business-model … #ItstheBusinessModel
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1/ BOOM. Today we are launching our new report It’s Not Just the Content, It’s the Business Model: Democracy’s Online Speech Challenge. #ItstheBusinessModel https://rankingdigitalrights.org/its-the-business-model …pic.twitter.com/HjE1aFSOWw
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3/ The spread of online content like hate speech and disinformation is caused by surveillance-based business models that reward sensationalist content, finely targeted advertising, and invasive data collection practices. https://www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/its-not-just-content-its-business-model/ …
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4/ We urge U.S. policymakers to shift their focus away from holding platforms liable for content shared by users (including by amending/revoking Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act), as this would hurt free speech. https://www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/its-not-just-content-its-business-model/ …
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5/ Congress must mandate greater transparency about the processes and technologies (including algorithmic systems) that internet platforms use to determine what content is permitted on their platforms and who will see it. https://www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/its-not-just-content-its-business-model/ …
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6/ Our report also outlines concrete steps that the U.S. federal government can take to reform our online media ecosystem in service of democracy, starting with greater algorithmic transparency.
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7/ This report draws on new findings from a pilot to develop new indicators to evaluate policies and disclosures about targeted advertising and algorithmic systems. Many of the indicators will be in the next RDR Index methodology: https://rankingdigitalrights.org/2020/03/16/rdr-pilot-study-underscores-the-need-for-rights-based-standards-in-targeted-advertising-and-algorithmic-systems/ …
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8/ Thank you so much to the people who offered their insights and suggestions for this report:
@jendaskal, Sharon Bradford Franklin, @bgeurki,@SpandanaSingh, and@JoeWestby.#ItstheBusinessModelShow this thread -
9/ Deep thanks to the authors of this report,
@MarechalPhD and@ellerybiddle, who, working under tight deadlines, beautifully articulated our ideas about the connection between surveillance capitalism and democracy.#ItstheBusinessModelShow this thread -
10/ Thank you also to Paweł Kuczyński for the wonderful art that illustrates the report.
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11/ We would like to thank Craig Newmark Philanthropies (
@craignewmark) for making this report possible. https://www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/its-not-just-content-its-business-model/ …pic.twitter.com/SlVBgHQ2pK
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12/ We are also grateful to our funders The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (
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13/ The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (
@StateDRL); Mozilla Foundation (@mozilla); and Luminate (@luminategroup). Thank you!
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