Out of Frame
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Video essays that explore the intersection of art, culture, and big ideas written & produced by FEE's Director of Media, Sean W. Malone.
Social Media is Censoring You. We Have the Receipts.
February 11, 2021
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DESCRIPTION:
We, like you, have been hopeful for a strong, pleasant 2021 to recovery from a tumultuous year.
For those hoping 2021 would provide a calmer political environment… Sorry.
In just over a month, we've dealt with confusion over election results, a crisis in DC, another impeachment, and a host of issues on social media. That's raised questions about how those platforms make and enforce their terms of service and what consequences come from those decisions.
But history has shown that exerting more control over speech tends not to yield the intended result.
In this episode of Out of Frame, we'll take a look at how the corporate and cultural response to increasing tides of restrictions on the free exchange of information is not only misguided, but will also foster a world with even more problems.
CREDITS:
Written & Produced by Sean W. Malone
Edited by Arash Ayrom
Asst. Edited by Jason Reinhardt
with additional research from Tyler Brandt, Matt Hampton, and Matt Tabor
LINKS:
-- Social Media Policies --
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/08/twitter-suspends-trump-account-456730
https://fox59.com/news/facebook-instagram-suspend-trump-accounts-indefinitely/
https://www.cnet.com/news/parler-goes-dark-after-amazon-pulls-hosting-as-concerns-over-violent-posts-mount/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/parler-ceo-says-site-was-shut-down-to-deny-trump-a-platform-after-he-considered-joining/ar-BB1cKZDV
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/01/15/big_techs_conservative_purge_changes_the_free_speech_debate_145038.html#!
-- Cancel Culture --
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jXHmJVk2EkO8hbs0c9-g8Cwe2tSMEwrC22DGk-UxIFg/edit?usp=sharing
https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/08/05/gina-carano-is-cancelled-on-twitter-after-users-claim-she-blocks-blm-supporters/
https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2020/12/16/22175024/people-got-canceled-2020-gina-carano-chris-pratt-jk-rowling-vince-vaughn-cancel-culture
https://theintercept.com/2020/07/14/cancel-culture-martina-navratilova-documentary/
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/feb/20/lgbt-group-drops-martina-navratilova-over-transgender-comments
https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/jns/jewish-pro-trump-groups-accuse-facebook-of-censorship-ahead-of-election/article_eb1393a5-74ce-5e58-a279-530e26ea04dd.html
https://nationalpost.com/news/police-will-be-present-at-toronto-library-event-featuring-controversial-speaker
-- Post-modernism, Critical Theory, and Academic Activism --
https://www.highereddive.com/news/activism-on-the-rise-among-college-faculty/436678/
https://amgreatness.com/2020/12/20/sow-political-activist-professors-reap-a-political-firestorm/
https://michaelscomments.wordpress.com/2020/07/16/the-smithsonian-whiteness-chart/
-- Silicon Valley's Biases --
https://news.yahoo.com/new-data-shows-just-how-liberal-silicon-valley-donors-are-233109872.html
https://www.wired.com/story/political-education-silicon-valley/
https://www.unclesamsmisguidedchildren.com/silicon-valley-california-secede-election/
https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/news-media/twitter-partisanship-journalist-bias-research/
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/01/07/aoc-spox-openly-asks-twitter-for-help-censoring-congresswomans-tweet-on-defund-police-riots-1013531/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/05/facebook-declaration-of-independence-hate-speech
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-need-more-than-deplatforming/
https://quillette.com/2019/02/12/it-isnt-your-imagination-twitter-treats-conservatives-more-harshly-than-liberals/
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54722362
https://gizmodo.com/facebook-shells-out-500-000-for-project-to-fight-elect-1797252417
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/10/facebook-fake-news-election-conspiracy-theories
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/facebook-click-gap/303033/
https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-to-limit-political-ads-ahead-of-november-election/
https://thenextweb.com/politics/2016/11/10/how-the-tech-industry-got-donald-trump-elected/
https://twitter.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1022188906467483648
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbTXqrS9l5E
https://youtu.be/DZCBRHOg3PQ
-- Solutions --
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/facebook-twitter-stock-price-trump-ban-capitol-riots-twtr-fb-2021-1-1029965338?op=1
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/230