Censorship, Racial Inequality and Freedom

Venture Trends Newsletter, Issue #21

‌Palo Alto, 4 June 2020

This week’s venture trends includes news of a crisis surrounding the social media platforms in relation to free speech and censorship. I have penned an essay on the topic:

This week also includes content from Albert Wenger, Tomasz Tunguz, Ben Thompson, Saastr, Christoph Janz, The Information, The New York Times, Axios and many more. The topics are the ones that dominated the week.

Video interview with Andrew Keen here:

Here are this weeks highlights.

Censorship and Free Speech in Social Media Platforms

• Facebook Ex-employees shun Zuck’s policy — New York Times
• Tech Readers fail to support Zuckerburg — The Information
• Fixing Social Media with decentralized platforms — Albert Wenger
• In Defense of Mark Zuckerburg — Keith Teare

Racism, the Social Contract and…