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The op-ed works to create the appearance of a “debate” on more or less settled issues. This is a powerful function, bolstered by the NYT imprimatur, which allows it serve as a “Potemkin citation” -- a seemingly credible reference in support of bad privacy laws and platforms. 4/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/mer__edith/status/1610318887068860416
I guess this is just another example of how @nytimes@twitter.com and @washingtonpost@twitter.com are not the quality media they pretend to be. And maybe of why the independence-asuring model of the @guardian@twitter.com is not something exotic, but a necessity