The Journalism Empire Strikes Back: Ben Smith NYT Column on WSJ’s Failure to Bite on the Hunter Biden Story Despite Efforts of Trump World and White House Counsel Lawyer
This is a must-read.
Category Archives: cheap speech
“Facebook Seeks Shutdown of NYU Research Project Into Political Ad Targeting”
WSJ:
Facebook is demanding that a New York University research project cease collecting data about its political-ad targeting practices, setting up a fight with academics seeking to study the platform without the company’s permission.The dispute involves the NYU Ad… Continue reading
“What global elections have taught Silicon Valley about misinformation”
Politico:
The swift action Twitter and Facebook took to stifle an unverified New York Post article and the crushing political pressure that forced them to reverse course illustrate a key reality: With just weeks until the U.S. election, tech… Continue reading
“Md. elections officials say video’s allegation of ballot fraud is untrue. But it’s already gone viral.”
WaPo:
Elections officials in Maryland’s most populous jurisdiction held an emergency meeting Wednesday to discuss a viral video alleging that an election worker attempted to tamper with a mailed-in ballot.A thorough investigation revealed no evidence of fraud or misconduct,… Continue reading
“Threatening emails to Democratic voters spark investigations in Florida and Alaska”
WaPo:
Authorities in Florida and Alaska on Tuesday were investigating threatening emails sent to Democratic voters that claimed to be from the Proud Boys, a far-right group supportive of President Trump, but appeared instead to be a deceptive campaign making… Continue reading
WSJ Profile of Facebook’s Zuckerberg Talks About His Political Education, “Open Line” With President’s Son-in-Law and Others
WSJ:
Mr. Zuckerberg maintains an open line with Mr. Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser. The two sometimes discuss Facebook policies over WhatsApp. The CEO spoke this year with Mr. Kushner and separately with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin about… Continue reading
“Twitter Changes Course After Republicans Claim ‘Election Interference’”
NYT:
President Trump called Facebook and Twitter “terrible” and “a monster” and said he would go after them. Senators Ted Cruz and Marsha Blackburn said they would subpoena the chief executives of the companies for their… Continue reading
Must-read: “For Trump’s ‘rigged’ election claims, an online megaphone awaits; sizable online network built around the president is poised to amplify claims about a rigged election, adding reach and enthusiasm to otherwise evidence-free allegations.”
NBC News:
The idea of a rigged election has already taken hold in Trump’s fervent online base, a horde of digital activists who dutifully share links from right-wing blogs and junk news sites and turn the president’s message into memes.Trump’s… Continue reading
“The First Amendment in the Age of Disinformation”
Looking forward to reading this new Emily Bazelon in the NYT Magazine.
“Fake Twitter accounts posing as Black Trump supporters appear, reach thousands, then vanish”
Washington Post:
An account featuring the image of a Black police officer, President Trump and the words “VOTE REPUBLICAN” had a brief but spectacular run on Twitter. In six days after it became active last week, it tweeted just eight… Continue reading
“Engagement with untrustworthy Facebook content doubles since 2016”
Axios:
Facebook users engage with content from untrustworthy outlets twice as often today as they did at the time of the 2016 U.S. election, researchers at the German Marshall Fund found, despite the many measures the platform and its competitors… Continue reading
“Facebook bans marketing firm running ‘troll farm’ for pro-Trump youth group”
WaPo:
Facebook said Thursday it will permanently ban from its platform an Arizona-based marketing firm running what experts described as a domestic “troll farm” — in a probe of the deceptive behavior prompted by a Washington Post article last month.The… Continue reading
“Facebook Widens Ban on Political Ads as Alarm Rises Over Election”
NYT:
Over the past few weeks, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, and his lieutenants have watched the presidential race with an increasing sense of alarm.Executives have held meetings to discuss President Trump’s evasive comments about whether he would accept a … Continue reading
“How Russia Today Skirts High-Tech Blockade to Reach U.S. Readers; The Kremlin-backed outlet has been boosted by a news aggregator dominated by conservative media sites”
WSJ:
On any given day over the past two years, visitors to the home page of RealClearPolitics were likely to see its famous average of political polls, a roundup of news and center-right commentary—and, near the bottom, a link… Continue reading