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Steve Coll / New Yorker:
We should be wary of celebrating any case of censorship, especially by opaque companies, because practices that marginalize the right will cut both ways — How should we challenge hate-mongering in the age of social media? — Alex Jones has drawn millions of people to his Infowars brand …
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@saraashleyo and @landryst
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Social media pressure is here to stay as a tactic against advertisers and platforms that support shows like Infowars, because it works, as Sleeping Giants shows — Shortly before the 2016 presidential election, Matt Rivitz stumbled upon the Breitbart News website, which once called itself the “home of the alt-right.”
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Dealing with the likes of Infowars on internet platforms is not a binary choice to keep or ban them; many other options exist, and they should all be explored — from the deplatforming-and-denialism dept — Warning 1: I'm about to talk about an issue that has a lot of nuance in it and no clear …
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New York Times:
Inside Twitter's Friday meeting where Jack Dorsey and executives discussed Infowars, what “dehumanizing speech” means, and a possible drafting of new policies — SAN FRANCISCO — With his arms folded, Jack Dorsey paced back and forth in a conference room at Twitter's headquarters on Friday afternoon.
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News:
Twitter suspends several accounts associated with the right-wing group Proud Boys and founder Gavin McInnes for violating policy on violent extremist groups
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Jeff Jarvis / The Atlantic:
Internet platforms are places of public conversations where society negotiates norms of acceptable behavior; Infowars bans show the process is starting to work
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Twitter says it found 7 tweets by Infowars or Alex Jones that broke rules but accounts won't be suspended; 2 of the now-deleted tweets were made after Dec. 2017
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Bob Salsberg / BostonGlobe.com:
Boston Globe is organizing a nationwide response on Aug. 16 to denounce Trump's attacks against media, says 70 outlets agreed to publish editorials as of Friday — BOSTON (AP) — A Boston newspaper is proposing a coordinated editorial response from publications across the U.S …
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Michael H. Keller / New York Times:
A look at the fake YouTube views ecosystem where sites like Devumi.com and 500Views.com sell millions of bot-generated views and how YouTube is fighting it — Plays can be bought for pennies and delivered in bulk, inflating videos' popularity and creating an environment ripe for manipulation.
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J.R. Hennessy / The Outline:
As the New York Times sends Bari Weiss to Australia, a look at the country's reactionary media discourse and at the paper's approach to expanding there — An Australian explains. — Power — An Australian explains. — The news that derided New York Times opinion columnist and …
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@raju, @_lauban, @davidklion and @cd_hooks
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
The cable TV bundle was brought down by licensing reruns to Netflix, spending on sports rights, slimmer bundles, and lack of cooperation among media companies — Insiders know the cable bundle, after generating more than $1.8 trillion, has been murdered. They don't agree on the prime suspects.
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@gerryfsmith
Teghan Simonton / Chronicle of Higher Education:
Journalism professors reframe courses to focus on theory of journalism and its role in democracies, wary of partisan debate as the field gets more politicized — Fred Reeder Jr. likes to open conversations with, “I teach journalism, or as some people would say, fiction.”
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@clairemuu, @chronicle, @lisalyonpayne and @chronicle
Alex Pareene / The Daily Beast:
Given the unusual circumstances of the vote to revoke Charter's license in NY, Cuomo seems to be punishing news station NY1, owned by Charter, for its inquiries — On July 19, Zack Fink, the Albany reporter for New York City's local cable news channel, NY1, asked Gov. Andrew Cuomo …
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@harrysiegel, @thedailybeast and @freedomofpress
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler on his database of President Trump's false or misleading statements, which reached 4,229 records in August at 7.5/day — Glenn Kessler's database of presidential untruths will become a reference, a talisman. — WASHINGTON — Samuel Johnson has James Boswell.
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@mistressmatisse and @nytopinion
George P. Slefo / Ad Age:
Spotify is running a test in Australia that lets users skip audio and video ads any time they want, says it may help company train its ad targeting algorithms — Spotify is hoping to deliver another blow at rival Pandora, all in an effort to dominate the fast growing, $1.6 billion market that is digital audio advertising.
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