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