*is this thing on* *is it quiet enough to say something*? I.. couldn't connect to the brouhaha. Here's an article I wrote before. IMO, nostalgia-based discussions of free speech do not work because they do not connect to the issues we face or our reality. https://www.wired.com/story/free-speech-issue-tech-turmoil-new-censorship/

I guess this is the follow-up article, as it connects to our information ecology. The normative discussion isn't really easy to have if both the information ecology and, crucially, labor realities aren't folded into the topic. https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/08/14/240325/how-social-media-took-us-from-tahrir-square-to-donald-trump/

To conclude my case, I present the way the letter/response brouhaha actually took place. As a case study, it highlights more of the thorniest problems we *actually* face. *that's it*