Dean Jackson
@dwj88.bsky.social
Unreal birb.
Principal, Public Circle Research & Consulting
Contributing Editor, Tech Policy Press
Senior Fellow, UPitt CTRL
Views my own with apologies to the reader
Learn more: https://www.publiccircle.net/home
Principal, Public Circle Research & Consulting
Contributing Editor, Tech Policy Press
Senior Fellow, UPitt CTRL
Views my own with apologies to the reader
Learn more: https://www.publiccircle.net/home
A reminder about the type of content JD Vance wants to protect from "censorship"
The fact that so many of the media personalities complaining about censorship in 2020 - 2024 were multimillionaires should've been a tip off that maybe they weren't so oppressed. It's all bullshit.
The fact that so many of the media personalities complaining about censorship in 2020 - 2024 were multimillionaires should've been a tip off that maybe they weren't so oppressed. It's all bullshit.
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A reminder about the type of content JD Vance wants to protect from "censorship"
The fact that so many of the media personalities complaining about censorship in 2020 - 2024 were multimillionaires should've been a tip off that maybe they weren't so oppressed. It's all bullshit.
The fact that so many of the media personalities complaining about censorship in 2020 - 2024 were multimillionaires should've been a tip off that maybe they weren't so oppressed. It's all bullshit.
@davekarpf.bsky.social meanwhile describes how the dynamic between advocates, tech companies, and the government has shifted dramatically over the past year--necessitating new strategies for change in an era of fewer cross-sector alliances.
www.techpolicy.press/the-dance-wi...
www.techpolicy.press/the-dance-wi...
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
@davekarpf.bsky.social meanwhile describes how the dynamic between advocates, tech companies, and the government has shifted dramatically over the past year--necessitating new strategies for change in an era of fewer cross-sector alliances.
www.techpolicy.press/the-dance-wi...
www.techpolicy.press/the-dance-wi...
@brooklyne.bsky.social makes a compelling case that it's beyond time to focus on corporate accountability, not citizen education, in the fight for a healthier information ecosystem
www.techpolicy.press/its-time-to-...
www.techpolicy.press/its-time-to-...
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
@brooklyne.bsky.social makes a compelling case that it's beyond time to focus on corporate accountability, not citizen education, in the fight for a healthier information ecosystem
www.techpolicy.press/its-time-to-...
www.techpolicy.press/its-time-to-...
@rhetoricpj.bsky.social on how little facts matter when the government places itself above accountability and "your mom" becomes the official response to public inquiry.
"For decades the American right invested in infrastructure and networks... All that it has won them is the world."
"For decades the American right invested in infrastructure and networks... All that it has won them is the world."
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
@rhetoricpj.bsky.social on how little facts matter when the government places itself above accountability and "your mom" becomes the official response to public inquiry.
"For decades the American right invested in infrastructure and networks... All that it has won them is the world."
"For decades the American right invested in infrastructure and networks... All that it has won them is the world."
wihbey.bsky.social writes that the "authenticity crisis" created by GAI requires vigorous reinvestment in institutions which can provide an "epistemic backstop"--that is, professionals like journalists and scholars who can help sort fact from fiction.
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
wihbey.bsky.social writes that the "authenticity crisis" created by GAI requires vigorous reinvestment in institutions which can provide an "epistemic backstop"--that is, professionals like journalists and scholars who can help sort fact from fiction.
Amelia Acker's contribution describes the administration's self-destructive assault on the value chain of knowledge: government workers and scientists create data, used by academics, to produce knowledge, curated by libraries and taught by schools.
www.techpolicy.press/week-after-w...
www.techpolicy.press/week-after-w...
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Amelia Acker's contribution describes the administration's self-destructive assault on the value chain of knowledge: government workers and scientists create data, used by academics, to produce knowledge, curated by libraries and taught by schools.
www.techpolicy.press/week-after-w...
www.techpolicy.press/week-after-w...
@dratropos.bsky.social, meanwhile, critiques common approaches to counter-disinformation for neglecting the role of emotion and affect, even though many of the most prominent "tactics of digital emotional manipulation" exploit frustration and rage.
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
@dratropos.bsky.social, meanwhile, critiques common approaches to counter-disinformation for neglecting the role of emotion and affect, even though many of the most prominent "tactics of digital emotional manipulation" exploit frustration and rage.
In her contribution, @noupside.bsky.social describes an opposing infrastructure using public health as a case study: Through the capture of institutions which produce data and science, the politically powerful can produce structural ignorance instead.
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In her contribution, @noupside.bsky.social describes an opposing infrastructure using public health as a case study: Through the capture of institutions which produce data and science, the politically powerful can produce structural ignorance instead.
The first piece, an intro to the series, is by me and Sam Woolley at CTRL.
In it, we describe knowledge as a source of human flourishing created not by lone geniuses, but through infrastructure.
We have reached a new and accelerated phase in the deconstruction of that infrastructure.
In it, we describe knowledge as a source of human flourishing created not by lone geniuses, but through infrastructure.
We have reached a new and accelerated phase in the deconstruction of that infrastructure.
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The first piece, an intro to the series, is by me and Sam Woolley at CTRL.
In it, we describe knowledge as a source of human flourishing created not by lone geniuses, but through infrastructure.
We have reached a new and accelerated phase in the deconstruction of that infrastructure.
In it, we describe knowledge as a source of human flourishing created not by lone geniuses, but through infrastructure.
We have reached a new and accelerated phase in the deconstruction of that infrastructure.
"non police response," e.g. community response or social worker response, centers health and social intervention instead of police. "We need a better toolkit"
October 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"non police response," e.g. community response or social worker response, centers health and social intervention instead of police. "We need a better toolkit"
Trying to put this back in order.
Resident engagement, @clevelandvotes.bsky.social's bread and butter issue.
"Residents don't just engage when voting. They are at the table when priorities are shaped and budgets are set"
"He who sets the agenda controls the narrative that results in policy"
Resident engagement, @clevelandvotes.bsky.social's bread and butter issue.
"Residents don't just engage when voting. They are at the table when priorities are shaped and budgets are set"
"He who sets the agenda controls the narrative that results in policy"
October 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Trying to put this back in order.
Resident engagement, @clevelandvotes.bsky.social's bread and butter issue.
"Residents don't just engage when voting. They are at the table when priorities are shaped and budgets are set"
"He who sets the agenda controls the narrative that results in policy"
Resident engagement, @clevelandvotes.bsky.social's bread and butter issue.
"Residents don't just engage when voting. They are at the table when priorities are shaped and budgets are set"
"He who sets the agenda controls the narrative that results in policy"
My friend Justin Strekal on Ohio's property tax crisis:
Your house is no longer a reflection of wealth. It's a reflection of work. How can we go back to taxing wealth?
Your house is no longer a reflection of wealth. It's a reflection of work. How can we go back to taxing wealth?
October 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
My friend Justin Strekal on Ohio's property tax crisis:
Your house is no longer a reflection of wealth. It's a reflection of work. How can we go back to taxing wealth?
Your house is no longer a reflection of wealth. It's a reflection of work. How can we go back to taxing wealth?
This venue is just stunning. Anyway here's Just Economy, with more remarks on cooperatives! Your workplace can be a cooperative and so can your residence and your favorite bar
(Adding another DYT shout out to the 5th Street Brewpub, a gem city gem)
(Adding another DYT shout out to the 5th Street Brewpub, a gem city gem)
October 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This venue is just stunning. Anyway here's Just Economy, with more remarks on cooperatives! Your workplace can be a cooperative and so can your residence and your favorite bar
(Adding another DYT shout out to the 5th Street Brewpub, a gem city gem)
(Adding another DYT shout out to the 5th Street Brewpub, a gem city gem)
Immigrant rights is next up.
Hard to think of a more important issue right now.
"The horrors of the neo fascist secret service known as ice"
Backed by the National Guard, including the Ohio Guard—responsible for the Kent State shootings and other violence
Hard to think of a more important issue right now.
"The horrors of the neo fascist secret service known as ice"
Backed by the National Guard, including the Ohio Guard—responsible for the Kent State shootings and other violence
October 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Immigrant rights is next up.
Hard to think of a more important issue right now.
"The horrors of the neo fascist secret service known as ice"
Backed by the National Guard, including the Ohio Guard—responsible for the Kent State shootings and other violence
Hard to think of a more important issue right now.
"The horrors of the neo fascist secret service known as ice"
Backed by the National Guard, including the Ohio Guard—responsible for the Kent State shootings and other violence
A moment of dialogue between a member of city council and a resident around the issue of deed theft.
Democracy in action!
Democracy in action!
October 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
A moment of dialogue between a member of city council and a resident around the issue of deed theft.
Democracy in action!
Democracy in action!
"Limited equity cooperatives can permanently provide affordability for folks"
(Broadly there is a lot of interest in cooperative ownership in Cleveland, as an alternative to rapacious private sector practices)
(Broadly there is a lot of interest in cooperative ownership in Cleveland, as an alternative to rapacious private sector practices)
October 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"Limited equity cooperatives can permanently provide affordability for folks"
(Broadly there is a lot of interest in cooperative ownership in Cleveland, as an alternative to rapacious private sector practices)
(Broadly there is a lot of interest in cooperative ownership in Cleveland, as an alternative to rapacious private sector practices)
We have labor advocates because workers deserve dignity on and off the job
October 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
We have labor advocates because workers deserve dignity on and off the job
We have housing and food sovereignty experts y'all
October 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
We have housing and food sovereignty experts y'all
Very excited for @clevelandvotes.bsky.social's reverse town hall. What an innovative idea: the audience asks community leaders questions, and elected officials and candidates listen.
Maximize the public's voice.
Maximize the public's voice.
October 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Very excited for @clevelandvotes.bsky.social's reverse town hall. What an innovative idea: the audience asks community leaders questions, and elected officials and candidates listen.
Maximize the public's voice.
Maximize the public's voice.
My latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social on tech censorship of ICE-monitoring applications.
www.techpolicy.press/under-trump-...
www.techpolicy.press/under-trump-...
October 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
My latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social on tech censorship of ICE-monitoring applications.
www.techpolicy.press/under-trump-...
www.techpolicy.press/under-trump-...
I don't get downtown for work enough.
October 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I don't get downtown for work enough.
Just look at the pieces in the "related" column. Not to blow our own horn, but is anyone telling this story better than @techpolicypress.bsky.social ?
www.techpolicy.press/trumps-state...
www.techpolicy.press/trumps-state...
October 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Just look at the pieces in the "related" column. Not to blow our own horn, but is anyone telling this story better than @techpolicypress.bsky.social ?
www.techpolicy.press/trumps-state...
www.techpolicy.press/trumps-state...
Very little of this is about free expression. If it were, the administration would say much more about repression in places like Russia, which State Dept. staff were told is "not a priority" for the admin.
This is about overturning the postwar European order in favor of the post-liberal right.
This is about overturning the postwar European order in favor of the post-liberal right.
October 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Very little of this is about free expression. If it were, the administration would say much more about repression in places like Russia, which State Dept. staff were told is "not a priority" for the admin.
This is about overturning the postwar European order in favor of the post-liberal right.
This is about overturning the postwar European order in favor of the post-liberal right.
In another shift, the USG hub for countering authoritarian media influence was closed. State alleges it is a "Biden-era censorship apparatus" despite its origins in 2016.
Sec. Rubio has signaled support for releasing GEC's files, which could have lethal implications for former US partners.
Sec. Rubio has signaled support for releasing GEC's files, which could have lethal implications for former US partners.
October 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
In another shift, the USG hub for countering authoritarian media influence was closed. State alleges it is a "Biden-era censorship apparatus" despite its origins in 2016.
Sec. Rubio has signaled support for releasing GEC's files, which could have lethal implications for former US partners.
Sec. Rubio has signaled support for releasing GEC's files, which could have lethal implications for former US partners.
The VP's office also asked staff to find examples of European regulators demanding tech platforms remove content.
They struggled to so and asked companies to bring examples directly. Only X responded to this request.
They provided a handful of examples of reprehensible, often illegal content.
They struggled to so and asked companies to bring examples directly. Only X responded to this request.
They provided a handful of examples of reprehensible, often illegal content.
October 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The VP's office also asked staff to find examples of European regulators demanding tech platforms remove content.
They struggled to so and asked companies to bring examples directly. Only X responded to this request.
They provided a handful of examples of reprehensible, often illegal content.
They struggled to so and asked companies to bring examples directly. Only X responded to this request.
They provided a handful of examples of reprehensible, often illegal content.