#and detailed the nightmare process he and the rest of the people who do classification for video media in the country

[andromedasummer]

going to be honest elon taking over twitter JUST as i finished my university course on national and international media policy is some unreal shit

#favourite course ive taken hands down got to talk to people in charge of broadcasting authority and the people who #made the acts that decide what is and is not appropriate to appear in film and or broadcast #we fucking!!! talked to the dude who was the chief censor until recently #hes the guy who. when the chch massacre happened had to be in charge of preparing the regulation that outlawed distribution or posession #of the livestream of the massacre #and detailed the nightmare process he and the rest of the people who do classification for video media in the country #they managed to get it out without loopholes two days after the massacre which lead to a buncha white supremacists #who distributed the material being done by the nz legal system #our lecturer also gave us insight into the christchurch call and the very very terrifying lack of international regulations around #social media and internet based media intermediaries #and what they complied with for fear of punishment vs what an actual policy with repercussions would look like #we also got to study the collapse of our shortlived public service broadcasting channels #and find the reason why they failed so severely (labour were spineless neolibs who made. the worst possible choice about how it was rub #and then when the nats came in they scrapped it because absolutely no right wing party in this country and many others #like free broadcast or free information paid by the state as it isnt profitable for them) #can you tell i kind of want to go into this sector of media #i want so badly to help critique research and make policies that will reduce extremism and misinformation on the internet #and have media conglomerates face repercussions instead of individuals who are given the chance to cause this harm #because those platforms let them do that and don't do anything about it