journalism
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Social Media Bans of Scientific Misinformation Aren’t Helpful, Researchers Say
Just let the anti-vaxxers, climate deniers, and 5G conspiracy theorists live without the constant threat of content removal and bans, lest they flee to even more radical hubs on niche sites and other obscure parts of the internet, the Royal Society has concluded.
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New Report Shows Phone Cracking Tech is Being Used to Target Journalists in Botswana
The willingness of digital forensics firms to sell to pretty much any paying law enforcement agency, regardless of the country’s human rights record, has stirred up no minor amount of controversy. These tools, critics say, allow bad governments expansive, invasive powers, and may be used in the course of investigations that illegitimately target activists or…
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Google’s Search Engine Is Squashing Local News, Study Says
When we ask who should take the rap for the decline of local news, most folks agree the blame partially lies on Google’s shoulders. The tech giant has spent the past decade systematically swallowing a larger and larger chunk of the digital ad market, diverting the dollars that outlets — particularly smaller outlets — desperately…
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The ACCC Isn’t Happy About Facebook’s Threat to Ban News for Australian Users
Australia’s consumer watchdog isn’t having a bar of Facebook’s response to its draft news media bargaining code. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has hit out at Facebook, criticising the social media giant’s ‘threat’ on Tuesday. On Tuesday morning Facebook threatened the nuclear option of banning local and international news for Australian users on…