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@ben@werd.social

I lead technology at ProPublica and write speculative fiction. This is a personal account.

Every day, I write about tech, democracy, and society at https://werd.io.

More about me: https://about.werd.io

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I see free speech like the free market. Without rules, the powerful will always benefit. Moderation enables new ideas and less powerful communities to truly be heard.

ben,
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@Downes Yeah, there was a second part I decided not to post, which is that we should be wary that every locus of control that can be abused will be abused.

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