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crecente

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#Law + #Technology for Good

Intentionally designed bespoke prosocial games for adolescents:

🎮 #Connectedness, #Consent, #CriticalThinking #Gaslighting, #HealthyRelationships, #MediaLiteracy, #Resilience, #TeenDatingViolence

► 2024 Changemaker
► #Nonprofit Founder
► Publisher: #Prosocial #VideoGames since 2008
► Speaker: Violence prevention

Always happy to speak with folks who want to be part of the solution.

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crecente, to ukteachers
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⭐ Scholarship: deadline today

Gender Studies, Gay/Lesbian, Minority Psychology research grant funding. Offered by the Texas Psychological Foundation.

🎓 For Texas students. Know one or know somebody who knows one?

❤️ Please share!

🌐 https://www.texaspsyc.org/page/TPFAwardandGrant

@edutooters @psychology @sociology

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crecente,
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@asayakkara @boud @tiago @LukasBrausch @academicchatter

❤️ Quoting as long as it is consensual.

For those who don't fully understand consent:

⭐ The default setting is NO.

crecente,
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@tiago @asayakkara @boud @LukasBrausch @academicchatter

That might be because "citing" implies content that was designed to be shared in a fashion that social media posts are not.

(e.g. a journal article vs an offhand comment)

Pragmatically: we will never have this functionality unless those resistant to it are given the choice to not have it imposed on them.

crecente,
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@tiago @asayakkara @boud @LukasBrausch @academicchatter

Clarifying:

► "Imposition" is how it is seen by those who do NOT want quote tweets: "... unless those resistant ... not have it imposed..."

► Google engages in many harms; we are heading in a new direction which requires that we be better than them.

► Cultural norms matter even in the absence of explicit licenses (not to say I agree there are no explicit licenses here).

► We're not merely talking functionality but also form ... yes, we can take a polaroid of the message on the screen and scan it for a website, etc.

The hope is ease-of-use while being respectful of those creating the content.

Long term, it makes sense to consider many use cases, including those who have had bad experiences.

It does not matter if I have not had their bad experiences. Their experiences and resulting impacts are valid.

That should matter to me.

[Edit: missing important NOT in 1st point]

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So… People put stuff in their robots.txt to “prevent” malicious scraping of their data for machine learning purposes. I hope everybody understands that this is just a “please don’t take my data” sign on the front lawn. We should be creating heaps of adversarial data instead. Data suitable to taint those datasets.

crecente,
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@nblr

Agreed.

Belt & Suspenders:
Adverserial data + robots.txt.

With robots.txt we can show the bad actors were on notice not to scrape. Helpful for the lawsuits.

crecente, to VideoGames
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❤️ Thank you GPB & Hope Givers for featuring our resilience video game!

🎮 'One New Message' is a free award-winning video game about resilience & coping strategies for young people.

🎓 A free companion standards-aligned lesson plan is available to support use in classrooms.

🌐 https://www.gpb.org/education/hope-givers#support-materials

@edutooters @publichealth @sociology @stopTDV @resiliencegames

clive, to random
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"The Cognitive Style of Subtitles"

Subtitles are becoming much more common these days -- on TV, in films, on livestreamed video conferencing, and in social media

It's damn interesting

Research finds that subtitling has really good effects on comprehension and recall

My essay on it: https://clivethompson.medium.com/the-cognitive-style-of-subtitles-f1e9d9f27dd0

A "friend" link in case you're not a Medium subscriber: https://clivethompson.medium.com/the-cognitive-style-of-subtitles-f1e9d9f27dd0?sk=583af74146da6cfdf387414f0d048ff0

crecente,
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@clive

I'm American. I watch a lot of Scandinavian & Korean TV but turn on captions / subtitles for everything.

Thank you to Downton Abbey for helping me realize how much I was missing ... even if the language is English.

crecente, to instagramreality
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Here is an interesting piece about some possible impacts that AI might have on online communities.

Shown here is one that I feel has been a problem for many years:

"... everything new posted online is created by a machine or by someone looking to turn a profit."

Although I do occasionally find other voices online, big social media has been very effective in silencing too many of them. Their algorithms-tuned-for-profit and use of dark patterns has made it increasingly difficult to hear the helpful voices over the ugliness and nonsense.

And we've allowed them to improperly use Section 230 as a shield to protect them from responsibility for the harms they have knowingly created.

🌐 https://techpolicy.press/will-ai-degrade-online-communities/

@sociology @law

crecente, to godot
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⭐ Interested in Godot? Want to help a good cause? Here's a deal for you!

🎮 "The Complete Godot Software Bundle Encore" includes 20 Godot courses if you pay at least $25.

❤️ The link below also supports the charity @stopTDV. They do a LOT to help young people & your support will make a difference.

🌐https://www.humblebundle.com/software/everything-you-need-to-know-about-godot-4-encore-software?partner=19393&charity=19393

@gamingagainstv

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crecente,
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@rcpierce @LoneLocust @law

I can't imagine this will be successful. Here are a few articles (from 2016/17 unfortunately) that explore some issues around hashtag marks:

▪️https://www.americanbar.org/groups/intellectual_property_law/publications/landslide/2016-17/november-december/full-court-press-hashtag-trademarks/

▪️https://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2017/05/article_0009.html

▪️https://jipel.law.nyu.edu/trademarks-are-hashtags-protected-by-trademark-law/

⭐ This last article includes a quote from Chris Messina, the originator of hashtags for social media:
"... trademarks don’t belong on hashtags. Hashtags are a kind of conversational commons, and should be owned by no one but the crowd.”

(TM)⁉️

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“I know how this information looks—when taken out of context, it seems bad,” Exxon CEO Darren Woods said in response to the Wall Street Journal’s inquiry about the documents that show Exxon executives strategized over how to diminish concerns about warming temperatures, and they sought to muddle scientific findings that might hurt its oil-and-gas business.

Lol. In what context does this look good?

https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/exxon-climate-change-documents-e2e9e6af

crecente,
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@mastodonmigration @davidho

. . . not if there's nobody left! 🔥

/oil-exec-strategy

crecente, to tech
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If I am "googling" something that's my way of saying I'm searching for it online using Duck Duck Go.

bicmay, to instagramreality
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"As chatter and images about guns and violence slip into the social media feeds of more teens, viral messages fueled by “likes” can lead to real-world conflict and loss.

This illustrated report has been adapted from a KFF Health News article, "All We Want Is Revenge’: How Social Media Fuels Gun Violence Among Teens,” by Liz Szabo."

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/illustrated-report-how-gun-violence-goes-viral/

crecente,
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Social media companies are responsible for algorithms promoting violent content and should be held accountable.

⭐ Section 230 was NOT intended to allow the recklessly dangerous actions of these social media companies.

@bicmay
@law @publichealth

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crecente,
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@mviktoro @rglueckler @djvanness @academicchatter

(Genuinely) not to be pedantic but it's helpful to explicitly distinguish between various interpretations of "gaming center."

The original article refers to E-Sports. I would place E-Sports in the same general category as tennis courts (i.e. student recreation).

However, it's important to not inadvertently lump those in with various university game labs / centers focusing on non-entertainment games (e.g. games for physical rehabilitation or public health).

Advancing our knowledge and use of digital games for prosocial purposes is, among other things, intended to encourage future generations to value media literacy and critical thinking.

⭐ Some design decisions we've made around our prosocial games are intended to make it easier for students to access them in libraries.

crecente, to random
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@devlogic
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"10.1 Customer Content. You or your End Users may provide, upload, or originate data, content, files, documents, or other materials (collectively, “Customer Input”) in accessing or using the Services or Software, and Zoom may provide, create, or make available to you, in its sole discretion or as part of the Services, certain derivatives, transcripts, analytics, outputs, visual displays, or data sets resulting from the Customer Input (together with Customer Input, “Customer Content”) [...]"

This is so broadly written ("other materials"?) that it isn't clear if they define "customer content" to include our use of their service for video conferencing. Their privacy policy does carve out "meeting, webinar, or messaging content" explicitly so why don't they also do so here?

And if they are making such claims about video conferencing (and all it includes) they are delusional if they think the TOS grants them sufficient rights to do so.

crecente,
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@devlogic @paulkidd

https://news.yahoo.com/zoom-contradicts-own-policy-training-153900906.html

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The good news: Zoom now states they will not use "audio, video, or chat content" for AI training without end user consent.

➖
The bad news: Zoom does not understand consent.

As with most big tech companies, Zoom seems to regard an unwieldy and unread set of policies as some magical talisman that indicates valid consent.

They are wrong.

⭐ Consent is, among other things, an ongoing understanding of what you are agreeing to and an appreciation of what that agreement entails.

@consentgame

eniko, (edited ) to random
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EDIT3: i'm going to close this to new submissions since they've slowed to a trickle now

new to mastodon? do you make cool shit? if you've got under 100 followers, reply to this with 1-4 images of stuff you've made and i will boost you to my 5.8k followers, because i want people who do creative work to find a place on mastodon

please note i will be spacing out boosts to not spam my followers too much

EDIT2: if you're a composer (or do similar non-visual work) you should probably drop a link to where people can listen to your work. maybe add cover art if you have any

EDIT: if i miss your post it's likely you're on an instance mine has muted, I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do about that

crecente,
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@eniko

❤️ Since 2008 we have been producing and publishing video games intentionally designed to prevent violence and to support those who've experienced it. All games are produced for @stopTDV, a nonprofit charity.

⭐ Topics include:
▪️ Consent
▪️ Critical Thinking (this is the current topic & games are coming later this year)
▪️ Healthy Relationships
▪️ Media Literacy
▪️ Resilience
▪️ Teen Dating Violence prevention

🌐 The games from these images (and more) are available to play at https://jag.itch.io

All are free with no ads.

Images from four video games about Consent. Clockwise from the top left: ADRIFT: You are a member of an interstellar salvage crew exploring an abandoned spaceship. Appropriate for all ages. HOW TO BLORRBLE BLOBBLE: A fun, lively exploration of consent in the context of learning new dance moves. Appropriate for middle school ages (11+). Stuck in a Dark Place: A wide variety of of scenarios about consent are explored through eight chapters of game play. Appropriate for high school ages (15+) but prior review by a parent or guardian is suggested. Crossing Boundaries: This globetrotting game explores the meaning of consent through a series of travel adventures. Appropriate for high school ages (15+).
Title screen for the prosocial video game One New Message. A colorful, tidy, and somewhat cluttered student's bedroom is shown. A desk on the right has a laptop computer on top indicating instant messages. Award laurels in the bottom left surround "Winner, Life.Love. Game Design Challenge"; to the left of the laurels is a badge indicating ESRB rating of E for Everyone.
Promotional image for the prosocial video game Grace's Diary. The background is the woodgrain of a desk. On the right is a black diary with a stylized logo which says "Grace's Diary" at the top; underneath the logo are award laurels with "Winner Life Love Game Design Challenge"; underneath are two quotes: "4.5/5 Sensitive and Moving - Jay is Games" and "Surprised how much I learned - Wired". The left of this diary show around a dozen screenshots and quotes from reviews of the game. These are presented as being torn or cut out of notebooks or post-it-notes which appear taped to the wooden desk. Here are a few: "Beautiful. Touching. - Gamasutra"; "... fundamentally important. I hope more young people play 'Grace's Diary' - Chiktionary, Jay is Games"; and "Wow. That was ... wow ... Any game that makes my thoughts switch over to capital letters most of the time is truly amazing. - NotSoAnonymous, Jay is Games" At the very top-left of this image is a small tab with the word "memo" and it appears to be something that would be used in a game by clicking on it.

crecente, to publichealth
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Free webinar: We Have to Talk About Gun Violence

⭐ Firearms are the leading cause of death for children in the U.S. As parents and caregivers, we have to talk about gun violence.

❤️ Join experts from Everytown, Moms Demand, and the Be SMART for Kids program for a free roundtable conversation.

Tuesday, June 13 @ 12PM ET

🌐 https://spr.ly/6010Ox404

@publichealth

arstechnica, to random
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Xbox COPPA violations cost Microsoft $20 million in FTC settlement

Complaint: MS didn't notify parents until children's info was already collected.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/xbox-coppa-violations-cost-microsoft-20-million-in-ftc-settlement/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

crecente,
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@arstechnica

🧐 Let's see:

A $20 Million fine on 2021's revenue of $16.28 Billion comes to ... not even worth calculating. And likely not much of a deterrent.

(FTA: "the $20 million fine represents 0.03% of Microsoft's total revenue")

crecente, to publichealth
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⭐ We are excited to share that our 'Gaming Against Violence' program is featured by Everytown during the "Wear Orange 2023" campaign!

You can read more about our violence prevention efforts through video games here:
🌐 https://everytownsupportfund.org/meet-the-survivors-who-support-other-survivors/#jennifer-ann-s-group

We are using the grant funds that we received to support our ongoing work through prosocial video games -- and also to hire our fantastic community engagement coordinator @susanne!

❤️ Thank you to everybody who has helped us produce, publish, and promote the wonderful games that have come from this program!

@publichealth @stopTDV @gamingagainstv

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