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Is scientific peer-review a failed experiment? This essay (from a psychologist) makes the case for ditching pre-publication peer review. There do seem to be a lot of parallels between the arguments for pre-publication peer review and the argument for suppressing online misinformation (and the related issue of censorship). Maybe if we can solve the problem for science, we can solve it more generally.

https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-peer-review/comment/11127579

#publishing #science

Understand the threats facing press freedom in the US and the world:
https://protectpressfreedom.org/threats/#threats
#Freedom #Journalism

@rchusid That is a good point, and consistent with what I've heard elsewhere. One thing that struck me about the Twitter Files is how the Twitter team was constantly looking for diplomatic ways to say "no" to the Feds. I'm frankly impressed with Yoel Roth's behavior, regardless of Musk's efforts to demonize him.

Here is the Freedomhouse report for "Freedom on the Internet" in the USA. It will be interesting to see how they handle the revelations in the 'Twitter Files'... I suspect that the revelations came after the report was published.

https://freedomhouse.org/country/united-states/freedom-net/2022

#Twitter #Freespeech #Journalism

@rchusid Thanks. This is the first reasonable assessment I've seen of this issue. We do need to reframe this issue as one of whether the state should be involved here, but it also feels pretty futile. Politicians have always pressured publishers to be 'responsible' if not outright 'friendly'. We've faced a constant barrage of attacks on freedom of speech by the government for decades, and even much bigger infractions triggered hardly any reforms. It's good to point out that even big, wealthy platforms like Twitter can be co-opted by the state, and in fact we should expect them to be fully allied with whomever holds power. So we're back where we started -- we need to create publishing institutions that are resistant to censorship, along with direct resistance to any direct imposition of censorship (which the WH/FBI-Twitter connection is not)

Giving it some more thought... I suspect that Musk would whine about a conspiracy but refrain from encouraging obstruction of justice. People like Musk would probably benefit from Trump being arrested -- they could milk the resentment of his arrest, while getting Trump out of the way for them to insert people closer to them.
For the broader Twitter community, I suspect that Twitter does not have the administrative capabilities to handle a flood of incitement to criminal activity, particularly after Musk's shakeup/downsizing.

I wonder what would happen to Twitter if Trump gots arrested. Would Twitter suspend people who encourage obstruction of justice (e.g. blockading courthouses; threatening judges/prosecutors)? Would Musk himself encourage obstruction of justice? Would Twitter get taken offline?
#Twitter #Trump #USA #Justice

@protecttruth The article provides no evidence that AIPAC would qualify as a foreign agent. Neither does the Forward article. This is just another conspiracy theory.

@glenweyl Do you have any thoughts on this criticism of peer review?
https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-peer-review/comment/11127579

Peer review could be seen as a way to improve where we allocate our attention -- but the standard pre-publication peer review is clearly a very expensive way to do so (and possibly not very effective anyway)