Notes by Axbom

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Per Axbom Twitter

Are there outspoken people who regularly get harassed, get rape threats, and whose families are threatened, who also speak in favor of social media platforms?

Your regular checklist:

1. Who is in the room?
2. Whose voice is being heard?
3. Whose voices are not being heard?

I am aware of the many benefits of social media platforms, but I want real conversations around vulnerable people who are getting hurt and real talk around what benefits make that suffering worth it.

The real issue:
To what extent is harm exacerbated by digital services?

To what extent are vulnerable voices silenced by way of online services? How resilient to harassment do you need to be to benefit from digital media? What education, or help, do you need to be able to question the assertions made by news outlets and ads?

I'm all questions today.

đź”— Originally posted on Twitter

Per Axbom reply Twitter

↪ Replying to @andybudd

@andybudd @chrisnoessel @theBenRemington @inUse_swe Here you go Andy :)

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đź”— Originally posted on Twitter

Per Axbom Twitter

I think it’s important to remember that Zuckerberg is showing up and responding according to his belief system, but also to questions that don’t have yes/no answers.

The format of hearings give little time for problematization of complex issues, but he’s there and trying.

1/3

There are many ways he could respond in these hearings that would be worse, and there are many ways in which the members of congress set him up to look bad because the questions don’t allow longer explanations.

2/3

I’m not a fan of Facebook, but I feel the sound bites making the rounds in social media contribute to polarisation based on too little information and obvious knowledge gaps. We need to work on the knowledge gaps, and our own confirmation bias.

3/3

đź”— Originally posted on Twitter

Per Axbom Twitter

To truly understand this racial bias problem you have to understand that race was never part of the algorithm. Instead, makers of the system fail to take into account the markers of racial bias that are already in the data they are using.
#digitalethics

washingtonpost.com/health/2019/10…

But what’s more, even after knowing the problem it’s immensely difficult to adjust anything to ”correct it”. The system will always be biased.

To really understand this, please go through this interactive article by @_KarenHao technologyreview.com/s/613508/ai-fa…

đź”— Originally posted on Twitter

Per Axbom reply Twitter

↪ Replying to @sokmotorkonsult

@sokmotorkonsult Tack. Jag misstänkte ju först scenario 1 eftersom ”per axbom” gav annonser. Har identifierat 4 företag som matchar på det. Men när jag kontaktade ett av företagen (som jag känner) säger de att de inte hottar något sådant nyckelord. Därför trodde jag på scenario 2, men håller...

@sokmotorkonsult ...med om att det först också kändes långsökt.

*hittar (i föregående tweet)

đź”— Originally posted on Twitter