#100hardtruths

Some #100hardtruths of the Internet

A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths that attempt to reveal the structure, logic, uses and power of the Internet.

What is the “real” internet? It is hard to see and thus hard to say. Is the internet the corporate overlay where the vast majority of us play? The protocols, controls and networks that underwrite this? The governments, corporations, and tech companies that own and write it? The deep web that sits below all that? (From #100hardtruth #1: the real internet is fake)

Contents of this path:

  1. My Pledge
  2. #1: the real internet is a fake
  3. #2: the fake news is very real
  4. #4: the internet is built on deceptions
  5. #5: #fakenews is logical outgrowth of web’s infrastructure
  6. #6: today’s fixes to fake news are bogus
  7. #7: skeptical interaction with the digital is critical for democracy
  8. #9: YouTube is less platform than emerging internet nation-state
  9. #15: the internet is perfect incubator for #fakenews and its material results
  10. #24: the 1st Amendment includes the right to receive information
  11. #33: speed matters; there is safety in the slow
  12. 5 #hardtruths and 2 new pledges @#50
  13. #53, tame and disarm dangerous algorithms
  14. #55, choose to be digitally productive rather than reactive
  15. #58, choose to know, name, and share your own internet truths (an invitation)
  16. #67, watch those who are monetizing their watching from the shadows
  17. #75, no time for fools
  18. #80, outlast virality
  19. #83, focus attention on the real-world applications of #fakenews
  20. #89, ten (more!) superhardtruths about #100hardtruths (certainly not) needed
  21. #93, citation is not enough
  22. #96, make manifest the contingency of the social