I wonder if something like this could be made to work if the rules and basis for removal were available for public review?

https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/30/asia_in_brief/

Indian government creates body with power to order social media content takedowns

India's government has given itself the power to compel social networks to take down content.

Amendments to the nation's Information Technology Rules gazetted [PDF] last Friday allow the creation of Grievance Appellate Committees (GACs) that citizens can petition if social networks and other online services don't act on their takedown requests.

India's minister of state for electronics and information technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, said the GACs are needed because India's previous attempt at regulating social media – requiring the networks to appoint a grievance officer – has not delivered.

… But India's Internet Freedom Foundation characterized the Committees as "a government censorship body for social media that will make bureaucrats arbiters of our online free speech."

"Given that the GAC would hear appeals against the decisions of social media platforms to remove content or not, it will incentivize platforms to remove/suppress/label any speech unpalatable to the government, or those exerting political pressure," the Foundation argued.

(Related) Which approach is likely to work?

https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformation-dhs/

TRUTH COPS

Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY is quietly broadening its efforts to curb speech it considers dangerous, an investigation by The Intercept has found. Years of internal DHS memos, emails, and documents — obtained via leaks, Freedom of Information Act requests, and an ongoing lawsuit, as well as public reports — illustrate an expansive effort by the agency to influence tech platforms.

The work, much of which remains unknown to the American public, came into clearer view earlier this year when DHS announced a new “Disinformation Governance Board”: a panel designed to police misinformation (false information spread unintentionally), disinformation (false information spread intentionally), and malinformation (factual information shared, typically out of context, with harmful intent) that allegedly threatens U.S. interests. While the board was widely ridiculed, immediately scaled back, and then shut down within a few months, other initiatives are underway as DHS pivots to monitoring social media now that its original mandate — the war on terror — has been wound down.

A reaction to Elon Musk?

https://www.bespacific.com/how-to-download-a-backup-copy-of-your-twitter-data/

How to download a backup copy of your Twitter data (or deactivate your account)

Ars Technica: “Big changes are underway at Twitter as we speak—including new leadership —and some people are nervous about what the future might bring for the social network. Things may end up completely fine, but even in tranquil times, it’s good to know how to get a copy of your Twitter data for local safekeeping—or to deactivate your Twitter account if you choose. This puts control of your data in your hands Before we start, it’s important to know that the process of getting a copy of your Twitter data can take 24 hours or more. Twitter does this both for safety reasons and ostensibly to give its servers time to gather the detailed data it will send you. Also, you’ll need an email address or mobile phone number registered to your Twitter account so the site can send you a special confirmation code to complete the process. Once you have the data, you’ll get a local copy of all of your tweets that you can store indefinitely without needing to log in to Twitter…”

See also Ars Technica: “Report: Musk names himself Twitter CEO and intends to reverse Trump ban. Musk previously called the Trump ban “morally wrong and flat-out stupid.”

Background.

https://www.unite.ai/what-is-computational-thinking/

What is Computational Thinking?

Computational thinking, often referred to as CT, is a problem-solving technique that computer programmers use when writing computer programs and algorithms. In the case of programmers, they break down complex problems into more bite-sized pieces, which makes it easier to fully understand them and develop solutions that work for both computers and humans.

… When looking at computational thinking, there are four key techniques that should be understood:

• Decomposition: breaking down complex problems into smaller, more manageable pieces.

• Pattern Recognition: identifying similarities among and within problems.

• Abstraction: focusing on important information while leaving out irrelevant details.

• Algorithms: developing a step-by-step solution or certain rules that should be followed to solve the problem.

Each one of these techniques is just as important as the next. If you’re missing one, then the entire system is likely to collapse.

The true ethical dilemma.

https://dilbert.com/strip/2022-10-31