Normally, I’d have pitched an op-ed rebuttal or something, but this is just too stupid not to tear apart quick-and-dirty blog style. The TL;DR for context is that Ronan Farrow, privileged celeb commentator, wrote a ridiculous Washington Post piece about how social media companies should censor terrorists. Nevermind that this debate is two years old, […]
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On the Knight News Challenge
I’m really excited to say that a project I’ve been working on for two years, OnlineCensorship.org (currently in alpha), is one of this year’s Knight News Challenge winners, along with an incredible set of projects. The project came about in late 2011, on my first trip to Palestine. I remember it clearly; I was chatting […]
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On Father’s Day
I miss my own father desperately. Sometimes everything’s fine, for months even, as I go about my independent life just as I did when he still walked this earth. Other times—like when I accidentally dial his old mobile number and someone else picks up—not so much. Sometimes it’s the art of hiding my pain, other […]