| This is a more fruitful approach than trying to erase dialog from the Internet altogether. We can all agree that material that incites violence doesn’t belong online. But when ISIS raises questions about the world, you can’t just wipe that from the Internet. Ideas need to be raised and confronted and disputed. Right now, it can feel dangerous to challenge extremism online. People get shouted down, harassed, or worse. That gives power to the bad guys, because it shuts reasonable people out of the conversation, leaving just the violent voices. | |
| We haven’t seen a terrorist organization as digitally savvy as ISIS before, but when you think about it, much of what it’s doing isn’t all that different from what any teenager can do; you wouldn’t be surprised if your 14-year-old daughter made a video and put it online. It’s only surprising because we have this idea of terrorists as old, bearded men hiding out in the mountains. Terrorist groups are evolving like the rest of us. We need to continue experimenting with solutions that meet these groups where they connect with the rest of the world. | |
| — Yasmin Green | |
| Quoted by: Jason Tanz | |
| In his article: “A To-Do List For The Tech Industry“ | |
| Appearing in: Wired Magazine, dtd: November 2016 | |
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| 2016 | Consistently |
| 2015 | We Must Dissent |
| 2014 | Now What? |
| 2013 | Judgement |
| 2012 | Stuck In My Mind |
| Life’s Hope | |
| 2011 | Just Getting Up |
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