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Any #InternetNZ members who haven't already voted in the current board elections: VOTE! It is critical that you do. This is a thread of some useful recommendations a friend put together on how to think about your vote as well as a link to my suggested rankings. bsky.app/profile/jpda...

But what if I think it isn't a bug that the internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it?

I see strong risk of censorship via internet age-gating and regulation of algorithms.

InternetNZ has been pretty vocal in its opposition to introducing age restrictions to websites… And the risk with algorithms is that often they currently promote censorship. Surely you would support regulation that would reduce the likelihood of censorship?

Choice of platforms is in part choice of algorithm. Folks can choose the one that suits them; they all have incentive to not screw up too badly. Regulation across the set of them introduces a single point of failure.