Ethan Zuckerman
@ethanz.bsky.social
UMass Amherst, Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, Global Voices, Berkman Klein Center. Formerly Center for Civic Media, MIT Media Lab.
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The lawmakers who enacted Art. 40.12 were in *no mood* to give platforms gatekeeper power over transparency. The whole point of 40.12 was to unleash what @ethanz.bsky.social calls "unpermissioned" research using public data.
Do not let platforms interpret the law to put them back in charge again .
Do not let platforms interpret the law to put them back in charge again .
December 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The lawmakers who enacted Art. 40.12 were in *no mood* to give platforms gatekeeper power over transparency. The whole point of 40.12 was to unleash what @ethanz.bsky.social calls "unpermissioned" research using public data.
Do not let platforms interpret the law to put them back in charge again .
Do not let platforms interpret the law to put them back in charge again .
This is work that came directly out of Isaac's undergrad thesis at UMass Amherst - it's always cool to collaborate with students, but to have this work shared at the highest levels of scholarship is something I'm very proud of.
December 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is work that came directly out of Isaac's undergrad thesis at UMass Amherst - it's always cool to collaborate with students, but to have this work shared at the highest levels of scholarship is something I'm very proud of.
Reposted by Ethan Zuckerman
Watch the full panel on building democratic tech, featuring @ivansigal.bsky.social, @ethanz.bsky.social, and Mark Surman here: youtu.be/2pAoDrr8-Mg?...
Panel: Building the Next Generation of Democratic Tech | Attention: Govern Or Be Governed
YouTube video by Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy
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November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Watch the full panel on building democratic tech, featuring @ivansigal.bsky.social, @ethanz.bsky.social, and Mark Surman here: youtu.be/2pAoDrr8-Mg?...