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Timnit Gebru criticizes Bluesky and Democracy Now! for platforming controversial news

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Timnit Gebru has criticized the social media platform Bluesky and news organizations like Democracy Now! for platforming content from BreakThrough News. Gebru alleges that these platforms are hiding critical comments about "genocidal tankie news organizations" and failing to acknowledge harm caused to various communities. She argues that this approach silences legitimate criticism by framing it within a narrow Western political dichotomy. AI

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Timnit Gebru criticizes Bluesky and Democracy Now! for platforming controversial news

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  1. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · timnitgebru.blacksky.app ·

    I say someone is genocidal, I give specific examples of how they are genocidal towards my own people and communities, and someone on here says "but they've spok

    I say someone is genocidal, I give specific examples of how they are genocidal towards my own people and communities, and someone on here says "but they've spoken up about Palestinians, what are your sources for your claims?"

  2. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · timnitgebru.blacksky.app ·

    Look at Democracy Now reposting this platforming of BreakThrough News to hide critical comments about the genocidal tankie news organizations they're platformin

    Look at Democracy Now reposting this platforming of BreakThrough News to hide critical comments about the genocidal tankie news organizations they're platforming. Because millions of communities around the world harmed by them should be quiet since they're "left" in the western l…

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