Brilliant piece. The weaponizaton of online mobs against regulators like Inman Grant really exposes how platform power operates.When I dealt with content moderation issues on a smaller scale, the harrasment patterns were oddly similar. Linking personal attacks to regulatory capture is smart bc it shows these arent random outbursts, they're calculated.
This is a really useful case study of how intense online backlash can fall on people tasked with making the internet safer.
It also highlights how often that backlash has a gendered edge when women are in visible regulatory roles.
Brilliant piece. The weaponizaton of online mobs against regulators like Inman Grant really exposes how platform power operates.When I dealt with content moderation issues on a smaller scale, the harrasment patterns were oddly similar. Linking personal attacks to regulatory capture is smart bc it shows these arent random outbursts, they're calculated.
There’s more where this came from- stay tuned!