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Alex Howard
@digiphile.bsky.social
Dad, writer, cyclist, citizen, cereal dilettante. Earnest advocate for freedom of info, open governance, & digital democracy. Lover of the Oxford Comma, hater of hubris. Recovering journalist. Trying to move carefully, & fix things.
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Elon Musk could have responded to court orders from Brazil, India, or other nations by removing tweets locally, but keeping them visible globally, & make government requests transparent with Lumen Database — like Twitter did. e-pluribusunum.org/2012/01/26/o... But X stopped doing that in 2023.

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Musk is accountable for what happened to X in Brazil. His ludicrous claims about a “dictatorship” don’t pass muster. This is part of a pattern & practice of him defending the content & accounts of the far-right, while demonizing journalists & falsely deriding liberals like VP Harris as Communists.

What the arrest of the Telegram CEO tells us about the future of online platforms
What the arrest of the Telegram CEO tells us about the future of online platforms

Good afternoon from Capitol Hill, where I’m listening to the cicadas buzz and enjoying see kids go back to school. Alex here, with another civic text. Many thanks to everyone who signed up over the we...

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Alex Howard
@digiphile.bsky.social
Dad, writer, cyclist, citizen, cereal dilettante. Earnest advocate for freedom of info, open governance, & digital democracy. Lover of the Oxford Comma, hater of hubris. Recovering journalist. Trying to move carefully, & fix things.
2.1k followers662 following1.9k posts