"Speech is freaking messy. Once you turn messy human speech into rules that…
“Speech is freaking messy. Once you turn messy human speech into rules that scale, nuance gets flattened. And minority communities usually pay first.” From Taiwanese writer and open-source platform builder Shin Yang in new Speaking Freely interview: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/speaking-freely-shin-yang
Speaking Freely: Shin Yang
Shin Yang builds the kind of online space most platforms say is impossible: a sex-positive community that protects anonymity without turning users into data. She is the steward of Lezismore, an independent, self-hosted community for sexual minorities in Taiwan. It is built on open-source software and she is developing privacy-first governance as an alternative to identity gates and surveillance.
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