@bentf.bsky.social
Believing in building healthier platforms through design. 2025 Marshall Scholar
After all that…
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This week, COPPA 2.0 moved to the Senate floor for passage. See my new piece on how we have failed to enact a single federal data privacy law in my lifetime, and how Congress now has a generational, bipartisan opportunity to prime online life for an oncoming future.
27.06.2025 13:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Plant in pollinator garden
Plaque on bench that reads “in honor of everyone. Enjoy life and appreciate what you have. 2024”
Man laying in grass with a hat covering his face in front of grey columns
Perfectly kept azalea bonsai with plentiful pink blossoms
Had a 10/10 day at the National Arboretum. Need an azalea bonsai ASAP
25.05.2025 21:03 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0All to say: the motivations for this lawsuit baffle me, and I’m sad to see the hit transparency took today.
25.02.2025 15:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0One part of this I don’t understand: shouldn’t free speech absolutists be FOR these transparency requirements? If our fear here is that platforms will unfairly censor content by accusing it of misinformation or hate speech, shouldn’t we WANT to know their policy around what does and doesn’t count?
25.02.2025 15:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0They agreed to drop it following a lawsuit by X, who alleged section 230 grants them liability protection and that the disclosures were unconstitutionally compelled speech.
25.02.2025 15:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Today, California agreed to drop portions of AB 587, which, in addition to requiring public disclosure of Terms of Service, mandates social media companies disclose their policies for moderating hate speech, misinformation, and radicalization. (Notably, it doesn’t require any particular definition.)
25.02.2025 15:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Question: because of the approval process for amalgamated community notes, at which point does it constitute first-party speech by Meta? Are there Section 230 implications?
07.01.2025 16:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0In a town square, we would not call someone yelling “you’re wrong” at a Neo-Nazi rally a restriction of speech. In fact, just as much as espousing falsehoods is free speech, denouncing those falsehoods, is, too.
07.01.2025 16:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Meta’s third-party fact-checking provably reduced belief in falsehoods at astonishing rates. Whether by third party or first party, warning labels/community notes are not a restriction of speech - they’re added speech.
07.01.2025 16:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The need for design features to keep children safe on platforms is clear and present. It’s wanted by users, too (see this app’s growth.) But apps need deeper incentives to invest in R&D for healthier protocols. KOSA is impetus for innovation. Uncertainty of process != unimportance of outcome (2/2)
11.12.2024 20:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I disagree with Rand Paul on everything he says here, barring one point we agree on: we haven’t yet figured out the design features needed to meet KOSA’s “duty of care” standard. But that shouldn’t be cause to block the bill — instead, it urges it (1/2)
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Spending a month on Bluesky has created a whole new model of a fight we need to be having right now. Not liberal vs. conservative or whatever, but respect vs manipulation.
I am tired of being manipulated everywhere I go. That’s why I like it here, I feel like I’m in charge for once.
I’m such a believer in this platform
18.11.2024 16:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I’m officially dropping out of the race
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