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Jason Hanna / CNN:
CNN crew released after being arrested while covering the Minneapolis protests; Omar Jimenez asked where to move to, but police said they didn't move when told — (CNN)A CNN crew has been arrested while covering Minneapolis protests live on the air Friday morning.
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@newday: Minnesota police arrest CNN reporter and camera crew as they report from protests in Minneapolis https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@cnn: Minnesota police arrest CNN reporter and camera crew as they report from protests in Minneapolis https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
MN State Patrol / @mndps_msp: In the course of clearing the streets and restoring order at Lake Street and Snelling Avenue, four people were arrested by State Patrol troopers, including three members of a CNN crew. The three were released once they were confirmed to be members of the media.
Philip Kennicott / Washington Post: When a CNN camera hit the ground, America saw the world through George Floyd's eyes
Abby D. Phillip / @abbydphillip: Wow. Police in Minneapolis just arrested @OmarJimenez live on CNN. What is going on?? Our camera crew and Omar's producer also now being arrested.
@cnnpr: A CNN reporter & his production team were arrested this morning in Minneapolis for doing their jobs, despite identifying themselves - a clear violation of their First Amendment rights. The authorities in Minnesota, incl. the Governor, must release the 3 CNN employees immediately.
Brian Stelter / CNN: Arresting reporters at a protest is an affront to the First Amendment
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: Twitter adds a new warning to a Trump tweet: “This tweet violated the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence”
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation: The arrest of CNN journalists was shocking, but less unusual than you might think
Ryan Cooper / The Week: What happens when the police lose all legitimacy
Tyson Whelan / @tyson_whelan: CNN reporter @OmarJimenez just got arrested by Minnesota state police live on @NewDay with no explanation. This is the most extraordinary moment of TV news I've ever seen. The camera man and producer are now being arrested. https://twitter.com/...
@cnnpr: This is not accurate - our CNN crew identified themselves, on live television, immediately as journalists. We thank Minnesota @GovTimWalz for his swift action this morning to aid in the release of our crew. https://twitter.com/...
@cnn: “It didn't make any sense to me,” law enforcement analyst Charles Ramsey says about the arrest of a CNN team in Minneapolis who had clearly identified themselves as press. “...There's no way something like that should occur.” https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Aviva Shen / Slate: Protesters Called Minneapolis Officials' Bluff On “Investigating” George Floyd's Killer
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Watch: @OmarJimenez's account of his arrest this morning https://twitter.com/...
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Calls On-Air Arrest of CNN Journalist ‘Inexcusable’
Josh Stearns / @jcstearns: The troubling arrest of a CNN journalist and camera crew in Minnesota last night is part of a pattern over the last decade, and it starts in part back in Minnesota in 2008 /1 https://twitter.com/...
CWA / @cwaunion: We condemn the arrests of CNN crew covering the Minneapolis protests. No member of the press should ever face intimidation while doing their job. @NABETCWA President Charlie Braico and @newsguild President Jon Schleuss (@gaufre) respond. https://twitter.com/...
@rtdna: We stand with @OmarJimenez and CNN and believe this morning's arrests were not only egregious but unconstitutional. Based on the CNN video we have seen, there appears to be no justification for the arrests. - @MurrowNYC https://twitter.com/...
Abby D. Phillip / @abbydphillip: My other colleague @joshscampbell is also on the scene in Minneapolis. He just reported that police approached him, asked him who he was with, he said CNN. And they say “ok, you're good.” This is minutes after Omar, who is black and Latino, was arrested nearby.
@cnnpr: We accept @GovTimWalz's apology & appreciate the sincerity of his words about the arrest of our crew this morning. As journalists, the First Amendment gives us not only the right but also the responsibility to shine light in darkness and hold those in power to account.
Grace Segers / CBS News: Minneapolis police arrest CNN crew on live television
Tom Grater / Deadline: CNN Reporter Omar Jimenez Released After Arrest Live On Air During Minneapolis Protest Broadcast - Update
@cnnpr: With that in mind, we will move forward and continue our work in Minneapolis and everywhere else where stories need to be told.
Amanda Marcotte / Raw Story: Trump and his man-baby fans have no idea what ‘free speech’ actually means
Katie Rife / The A.V. Club: CNN reporter Omar Jimenez released from custody after on-air arrest in Minneapolis
Ashley Reese / Jezebel: This Is What You Get — In August 2016, a small riot broke …
Brooke Baldwin / @brookebcnn: Never in my 20 years in Journalism did I think I'd see this. @OmarJimenez doesn't want the story today to be about him — but let us never forget this moment. Let's also be mindful of those who've been arrested *not* on live TV and weren't as fortunate to be released so fast. #CNN https://twitter.com/...
Alexandra Sternlicht / Forbes: Taylor Swift Blasts Trump, And Other Celebrities Respond To George Floyd's Death
Ilhan Omar / @ilhanmn: Why are they being arrested after clearly identifying themselves and complying? This is outrageous and not helpful. https://twitter.com/...
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Issues Public Apology to CNN: ‘I Take Full Responsibility’
Charlie Nash / Mediaite: MSNBC, Fox News Personalities Speak Out Against ‘Bullsh*t’ Arrest of CNN Reporter and Crew
@cnnpr: We can confirm that @OmarJimenez and the CNN crew arrested this morning in Minneapolis have been released.
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter: CNN's Omar Jimenez Arrested on Live TV While Covering Minneapolis Protests
Mondaire Jones / @mondairejones: This is not just a nakedly racist act, but an assault on the most basic tenets of our democracy. Citizen journalists and a free press helped bring awareness to the vicious murders of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd. We need them now more than ever. https://twitter.com/...
Liam Young / @liamyoung: They've just arrested a black CNN reporter live on air for reporting on the situation in Minneapolis. But they are yet to arrest the police officer who murdered George Floyd.
David Wyllie / @journodave: Extraordinary that CNN turns 40 on Monday and having spent decades covering wars, revolutions and protests in every country across the world it sees in that anniversary in with one of its own reporters, protected by the first amendment, arrested on the streets of an US city
@owenjones84: If the police are arresting news crews live on air for reporting the protests, what are they doing to everyone else? https://twitter.com/...
Sopan Deb / @sopandeb: One of my big regrets from 2016 was dropping the matter with no consequences afterwards and not pursuing legal action. I wanted to move on and not think about that night anymore. Obviously, not a wise decision because this kind of stuff keeps happening at protests.
Martin / @channingonblank: Did Minneapolis police arrest an innocent/peaceful black reporter on live TV? #cnn #GeorgeFloyd #arrest #minneapolis https://twitter.com/...
John Harwood / @johnjharwood: so impressed by the composure of my CNN colleague @OmarJimenez as he is groundlessly, outrageously arrested by police in Minneapolis https://twitter.com/...
Cindi Avila / @chefcindi: I can't believe what I just witnessed. @OmarJimenez and his entire @CNN crew was just arrested on live tv in Minneapolis. They were standing where they were told doing their job, then all of the sudden handcuffed. https://twitter.com/...
Yamiche Alcindor / @yamiche: .@OmarJimenez literally was wearing a press badge and doing a live hit on TV and the police had to arrest him to confirm he was a reporter? Omar said on air he is happy that it was caught on video and I am too. But, this is the statement? https://twitter.com/...
Nahlah Ayed / @nahlahayed: I've seen countless statements like this from international media addressing governments around the world - from Egypt to Iran, to Myanmar and beyond. Odd to see in the US context. #journalism https://twitter.com/...
@blakehounshell: Still stunned by this. Reminds me of Cairo in 2011. And stuff like this will only solidify the image of the Minneapolis police. https://twitter.com/...
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast: Black CNN Correspondent Omar Jimenez Arrested Live on TV in Minneapolis
Marisa Fernandez / Axios: CNN crew arrested live on air while reporting on Minneapolis protests
Miriam Elder / @miriamelder: This plus the arrest of @OmarJimenez are terrible in and of themselves but also because when the media is targeted it's usually because someone has something to hide. https://twitter.com/...
Walker Bragman / @walkerbragman: It's good that they've been released but the threat to journalism remains. This was a crew from CNN. But do journalists who don't work for such a big outlet and don't get arrested on live television get the same rapid response from the governor? https://twitter.com/...
Nathan Hodge / @nohodge: The kind of scene I'm used to covering in *other* countries https://twitter.com/...
Sam Shead / @sam_l_shead: “If you are just tuning in you ware watching our correspondent...being arrested by state police.” https://twitter.com/...
Neroli Meadows / @neroli_meadows: CNN crew live on air reporting from Minnesota. Reporter is arrested on the scene. Then police arrest the producer and cameraman. Camera continues to roll. Police holding it while those pictures go live to air. CNN unaware of why their crew has been arrested. https://twitter.com/...
Manu Raju / @mkraju: After he and his crew were arrested for doing their job reporting on the Minneapolis protests, and they were just released, @OmarJimenez says on air that the officer who arrested him was cordial but had little information for him, telling him: “I'm just following orders.”
Asjad Nazir / @asjadnazir: White CNN reporter Josh Campbell also covering same protest says he was treated really well & hasn't been arrested. Meanwhile his black colleague Omar Jimenez has been arrested. This is not how to calm things down in a riot. #GeorgeFloyd #GeorgeFloydprotest
Sopan Deb / @sopandeb: (Kind of amazing. The cops keep holding the camera as it is rolling. Same thing happened to me. When I got mine back later, I played the footage through and overheard a cop calling me “some dickhead.” Some things never change.)
@newday: “It didn't make any sense to me,” law enforcement analyst Charles Ramsey says about the arrest of a CNN team in Minneapolis who had clearly identified themselves as press. “...There's no way something like that should occur.” https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Martin Luther King III / @officialmlk3: They arrested a CNN reporter before the police officers who killed George Floyd? Something is fundamentally broken in our justice system. https://twitter.com/...
Jim Roberts / @nycjim: It is crystal clear from the video that reporter @OmarJimenez was politely offering to move wherever the police wanted him to go. Instead they put him in handcuffs. Outrageous.
Oliver Willis / @owillis: the white cnn reporter just talked about how the cops came up to him, asked him what he was doing, told them he was with cnn and said “ok you're good”
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: CNN statement about this morning's arrests: “A clear violation of their First Amendment rights. The authorities in Minnesota, including the governor, must release the three CNN employees immediately.”
Vanessa Enoch, Ph.D. / @drvenoch: Hey @CNN I was arrested while researching and reporting the news for a local paper in the courthouse in Cincinnati using an iPad in 2014, while 26 whites used their iPads and cell phones to record me being arrested. I sued the Sheriff's office. https://twitter.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: CNN reports @GovTimWalz has apologized in a call with Jeff Zucker, called the arrest “inadvertent” (meaning I guess that he hasn't seen the video), and said he's working to release @OmarJimenez and his crew.
Tyson Whelan / @tyson_whelan: Police claim they've been arrested because the reporter and producers were asked to move and they didn't. There's no evidence of that on the broadcast. https://twitter.com/...
David Mack / @davidmackau: this is absolutely insane. police arrest a news crew, one by one, for seemingly no reason without realizing they are live on air. the camera stays rolling as the cops arrest the cameraman and carry his camera. all live across the country https://twitter.com/...
Abby D. Phillip / @abbydphillip: Watching my friend and colleague being surrounded by police and arrested while doing his job live on tv...I just can't. @OmarJimenez conducted himself with incredible professionalism in a truly terrifying situation. 😞
Arden Dier / Newser: CNN Reporter Arrested Covering George Floyd Protests
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Here's what Obama said after journalists were arrested in Ferguson in 2014: “Our constitutional rights to speak freely, to assemble, and to report in the press must be vigilantly safeguarded, especially in moments like these.”
Dell Cameron / @dellcam: “Wherever you want us, we will go.” Reporter is incredibly complaint and repeatedly requests police give him a command. Is arrested anyway. https://twitter.com/...
Isy Oderberg / @yodaberg: Apparently white CNN reporter down the road was not arrested. Interesting. https://twitter.com/...
Elie Honig / @eliehonig: What in holy hell is happening. This is utterly outrageous on so many levels. @OmarJimenez did zero wrong - it's all on film - and they marched him off in cuffs. What a disgrace. What did he do? What is he charged with? Why Omar and this crew?? https://twitter.com/...
David Wyllie / @journodave: can't recall a time when I've seen a reporter being arrested on the air in the United States https://twitter.com/...
@ahhensel: People are rioting because the police killed someone who they claim was a threat, when the video evidence showed that was absolutely not the case. Now they're arresting a reporter for claiming he didn't follow orders when the video shows that was absolutely not the case. https://twitter.com/...
@thr: “A black reporter from CNN was arrested while legally covering the protests in Minneapolis,” the news network says. “A white reporter also on the ground was not.” Details: https://thr.cm/Ez1mcEa
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Today's arrest of the CNN crew in Minneapolis had some echoes of Ferguson, Missouri, where numerous journalists were detained while covering protests in 2014. Details here: https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tyson Whelan / @tyson_whelan: Let me be clear, @OmarJimenez and his team did EXACTLY what they're supposed to do. They had identification, they repeatedly said where they work, they complied with police orders and were ready to move per police orders. They were arrested for doing their job. It's unacceptable.
James Benge / @jamesbenge: This is supposed to be unimaginable in a democracy https://twitter.com/...
Peter Jukes / @peterjukes: This is what happens when Trump — and increasingly Johnson supporters in the UK — give a green light to attack journalists for telling inconvenient truths. A shocking moment in the US, which has many more constitutional protections for journalism than we do. https://twitter.com/...
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Unicorn Riot, a five-year-old nonprofit media collective, has been covering the Minneapolis protests by focusing on interviews highlighting protesters' views — When protesters reached the police precinct home to the officer who has been charged with murdering George Floyd, Unicorn Riot was there.
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Britni de la Cretaz / @britnidlc: If you've never heard of @UR_Ninja until now, here's a great @CJR story about them from 2017. They've been doing crucial work for years, and Minneapolis is their home town. https://www.cjr.org/...
Unicorn Riot / @ur_ninja: We will provide updates as we are able on the developing #GeorgeFloydProtest/uprising in #Minneapolis & #SaintPaul (Minnesota's #TwinCities) as well as other cities where solidarity actions are taking place. Revisit our #StPaul thread from this afternoon: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@deathspeliz: currently watching @UR_Ninja's documentary on #NoDAPL, i really recommend donating to them, their work in media and journalism is incredibly important, especially right now as they are on the ground in MN https://unicornriot.ninja/...
Unicorn Riot / @ur_ninja: ⬇️Thread of HD stills from tonight in #Minneapolis, taken during the ongoing #GeorgeFloyd uprising in the #TwinCities. Slides 1-2: maX it PAWN, 28th Ave & Lake Street https://twitter.com/...
Paul E Williams / @pewilliams_: @BenVarianMusic great piece on how @UR_Ninja are really doing the lord's work out there https://www.niemanlab.org/...
@adriana_lacy: Yesterday I watched a live stream from @UR_Ninja from Minneapolis and I had never heard of them before. Incredible on the ground reporting — Unicorn Riot, a nonprofit media collective, is covering the Minneapolis protests live and close up https://www.niemanlab.org/... via @NiemanLab
Catherine Kim / Vox: George Floyd's death set off uprisings across the country
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Trump signs an EO designed to limit Section 230 protections that shield social media companies from liability for the content that users post on their platforms — President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday designed to limit the legal protections that shield social media companies …
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Zeynep Tufekci / The Atlantic: Trump's Audience of One — The new executive order targeting …
Sahil Kapur / @sahilkapur: President Trump says he would shut down @Twitter if his lawyers found a way to do it but there are hurdles. “I'd have to go through a legal process,” he says, per White House pool report.
Washington Post: Trump signs order that could punish social media companies for how they police content …
Harrison Mantas / Poynter: Fact-checkers support Twitter labels, but more than that, they want transparency
Tim Wu / @superwuster: The White House doesn't seem to realize that if they succeeded - if Twitter was actually liable for the speech of its users (if 230 was repealed) - they'd be forced to take down the many defamatory posts of Donald Trump — Section 230 is actually his best friend.
Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt: In the same event where the president said Twitter is inappropriately cracking down on free speech, he says he would be willing to shut Twitter down if he could.
Sarah Frier / @sarahfrier: It's unclear whether Trump's social media executive order will do anything except keep us talking about Trump vs tech instead of 100,000 coronavirus deaths or record unemployment. https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate: Trump's Assault on Twitter's Free Speech Should Disgust Supporters of Citizens United
Mark Knoller / @markknoller: Pres Trump says he would delete his Twitter account “in a heartbeat,” if only he didn't need it to respond to “fake news” reports about him and his policies. He also said he would shut down Twitter if need be, but he'd need legal advice on how to do it. https://twitter.com/...
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: Good, succinct summary of the problems with the social media executive order from @russellbrandom https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sheldon Whitehouse / @senwhitehouse: This is how Republicans prepare for a campaign of filth, lies and disinformation — by threatening anyone who might challenge their trumpery. Consider this an advertisement of the way they intend to campaign this fall. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Trump Executive Order Misreads Key Law Promoting Free Expression Online and Violates the First Amendment
Gilad Edelman / Wired: Trump's Social Media Executive Order Is Purely for Show
Charles C. W. Cooke / @charlescwcooke: Just to be clear: The president can't take away statutory legal protections, and we shouldn't indulge the idea that he can. His job is to uphold the law, not negate it. https://twitter.com/...
El Gato Malo / @boriquagato: i think all private companies should be allowed to control their own content. a right to free speech does NOT include the requirement that others to publish it. you can say what you like. i can tell you to get out of my house for doing so. https://www.wsj.com/...
Joe Walsh / @walshfreedom: I wonder how Hannity would have reacted to President Obama saying he'd shut down Fox News if his lawyers could find a way to do it? https://twitter.com/...
Brad Parscale / @parscale: Social media has been allowed to operate unchecked for years while protected by federal law. Silicon Valley giants now act as the arbiters of truth, censoring or labeling posts they disagree with, but they cannot be trusted to be honest and fair. https://www.donaldjtrump.com/ ...
Charlie Savage / @charlie_savage: New legal explainer: cutting through the rhetoric and spin about what the Trump executive order targeting Twitter and other social media actually does, and why its central feature is probably a legal dud https://www.nytimes.com/...
@karlbode: Today's nonsense was yet another example where a bipartisan majority of experts know a Trump proposal is just rushed nonsensical bullshit, but everybody (including the press) helped him portray it as serious adult policy. maybe there's a lesson there? https://www.protocol.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tim Wu / @superwuster: We've come a long way when a Republican administration demands the FCC implement a fairness doctrine — how do Rush Limbaugh & Fox News do under a standard that demands representing all points of view?
Tim Wu / @superwuster: Section 230 — which the WH purports to amend via executive order — is unrelated to any liability for the factchecking or alleged censorship Twitter and others do. 230 is an immunity for stuff done by users of platform. Hence this is just an attack on tech, and a clumsy one
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: @superwuster Right but that's not their argument: They want to remove 230 immunity as a punishment for purported censorship. And yes, still a clumsy attack on tech.
Siva Vaidhyanathan / @sivavaid: Trump and the WH seem to think the executive branch enforces Sec 230. It's merely a protection from liability. So the courts work with it. The executive branch has nothing to do with it. They can't be this stupid, can they? https://twitter.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: This is what I've been trying to say (but @sarahjeong says it much better) https://twitter.com/...
Tom Gara / @tomgara: This. (And in the hypothetical world where 230 gets killed and it becomes legally impossible to allow user generated content without employing tens of thousands of moderators and hundreds of lawyers, the beneficiaries are pretty clearly FB, Google and Amazon) https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Jeong / @sarahjeong: Except the end game isn't to actually get rid of Section 230, it's to intimidate platforms into promoting and protecting right-wing partisan speech regardless of veracity, hatefulness, or negative impact on public health or safety. https://twitter.com/...
Spencer Ackerman / @attackerman: She's right https://twitter.com/...
Tom Fitton / @tomfitton: Conservatives have legit concerns about social media platform shadowbans, outright bans, and suppression. I had been shadowbanned by @Twitter. Left sets agenda for @Facebook, @Google, Twitter. @RealDonaldTrump's EO is on point: https://www.whitehouse.gov/.... https://twitter.com/...
Justin Amash / @justinamash: For someone with so much to say about Section 230, @HawleyMO knows so little about it. Let's fact check his claims about Section 230 from the letter he recently sent to @Twitter. Thread: https://twitter.com/...
April Glaser / @aprilaser: Here's a column I wrote last year about the spectacle of Trump's threats to social media companies and how he's using his bully pulpit to stop companies from doing the moderation that would help make our politics less awful. Same tactic today https://slate.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: My piece on Trump's executive order: Donald Trump wants to roll back liability protections for social media companies, but legal experts say the president's actions are unconstitutional Read more in @Adweek 👇 https://www.adweek.com/...
@adamserwer: When you read the Federalist Papers, it's very clear that the Founders intended the First Amendment to havw an explicit exception for speech that is very nasty and very unfair to Mr. Trump.
Aaron Rupar / @atrupar: .@jonkarl: Given your concern with Twitter, have you given any consideration to leaving your account and walking away? TRUMP: “If you weren't fake, I would even think about it. I'd do it in a heartbeat.” KARL: I'm real, sir TRUMP: “The news is fake.” https://twitter.com/...
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick: Yes. This is one of the points we've highlighted. CDA 230 never protected Twitter's own speech. The 1st Amendment, however, does. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: A less stupid - and yet, still very dumb - version of Trump's TECH BAD order came from Josh Hawley last year. Same dumb, bad faith politics. But at least an attempt* to use legislation to change a law, instead of a stupid photo op that won't go anywhere. https://www.google.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: Correct. We're litigating a fact-check. The EO is toothless. https://twitter.com/...
Evan Greer / @evan_greer: The vast majority of content censored by social media companies is posted by Arab Muslim folks whose speech gets flagged as “terrorism” by the big platforms automated removal systems, and I really wish more progressive groups knew that https://twitter.com/...
Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt: Unusually sharp Chamber of Commerce statement about the president's EO: “Regardless of the circumstances that led up to this, this is not how public policy is made in the United States. An executive order cannot be properly used to change federal law.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Emily Birnbaum / Protocol: ‘Rammed it through’: Trump's Twitter order riles both staffers and tech reformers
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick: Quite a day for me. Here I'm in 100% agreement with Mary Anne on an issue related to Section 230. I assure you this has probably never happened before. https://twitter.com/...
Omid Scobie / @scobie: Trump's executive order to cut crucial portions of Section 230 (arguably the internet's most important law) would have devastating impact on social media, forums and search engines for Americans. What happened to the First Amendment? https://www.theverge.com/...
Bradley P. Moss / @bradmossesq: Twitter didn't restrict access to the tweets at issue, so not sure how their actions - even under this “revised” standard he wants set - would fall outside the scope of Section 230 immunity. https://twitter.com/...
Libertarian Party / @lpnational: The executive order impacting social media #Section230 protections today has a chilling effect on free speech online. Private companies like @Twitter, @Facebook, @instagram, and @YouTube are just that - private. They have First Amendment rights too. https://www.axios.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: If you, like me, are constantly trying to remember the intricacies of Section 230 (and, like me, struggle to understand it), this is an excellent place to start. https://www.theverge.com/...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Here is an amazing Recode Decode podcast we did on Section 230 with smart and different views of what to do. https://podcasts.apple.com/...
Helen Havlak / @anotherhelen: Donald Trump signs executive order targeting social media companies, reports @kellymakena https://www.theverge.com/... Here's @russellbrandom on Trump's messy fight with the entire internet: https://www.theverge.com/... And @CaseyNewton explaining Section 230: https://www.theverge.com/...
Backchannel / @backchnnl: Trump's Social Media Executive Order Is Purely for Show https://www.wired.com/...
Henry Blodget / @hblodget: Pres Trump would never delete his Twitter account. He loves Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Bors / @mattbors: When my wife asks me why I'm checking replies during a movie. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick: Yeah, it's such a burden. https://twitter.com/...
Sarah McLaughlin / @sarahemclaugh: don't be fooled by people who cloak themselves in the language of free expression but are just eager to be the ones wearing the boot
Ryan Broderick / @broderick: From the experts I've spoken to about Section 230, the consensus is this executive order is largely atmospheric. A stunt to play to his base and cause logistical headaches for platforms like Twitter. I'm extremely worried how it could affect smaller sites though.
Jake Tapper / @jaketapper: He can't. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Broderick / @broderick: As @persily told me, The draft of the executive order that was circulating last night didn't have a user limit. “It applies to Pinterest, Reddit, places that do not have large legal and public policy teams,” he said. I'm worried this will further corporatize the internet.
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Next, the GOP is going to make sure the bakeries of America make wedding cakes for all customers regardless of sexual orientation
@whitehouse: “Today, I am signing an Executive Order to protect and uphold the free speech and rights of the American people.” https://twitter.com/...
Lance Ulanoff / @lanceulanoff: Here's the Executive Order. Wants to strip “liability shield” from social media companies that “engage in censoring or any political conduct” https://twitter.com/...
Deborah Blum / @deborahblum: Keep it up @Twitter: Defying Trump, Twitter Doubles Down on Labeling Tweets https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian McCullough / @brianmcc: @pkafka @fmanjoo It is possible to hate the most what you love the most...
Farhad Manjoo / @fmanjoo: I think he'd shut down the National Institutes of Health and strip mine Mt Rushmore before he'd shut down twitter https://twitter.com/...
Lukas Pietrzak / @ltpietrzak: To give some background now that the EO is out, #Section230 removes liability from internet content hosts for what people post. This means that only you are liable for what you write across the internet, not Facebook/Twitter/any website with a comment section
Lukas Pietrzak / @ltpietrzak: For full transparency, politicians on both sides of the aisle (including Biden), have called for its repeal or revision, but this section of law is a building block of the Internet. Without it, we literally would not have the internet you see today. That isn't an exaggeration
Lukas Pietrzak / @ltpietrzak: In the '96 law that governs this, they may moderate this content in “good faith” to deal with certain things including “objectionable” material (e.g. false news), but those promoting false news do not like this and often play victim. It also allows social media to not intervene
Nu Wexler / @wexler: One part of this fire drill is Trump virtue signaling to his base, picking another public fight with Bay Area elites. The other part is the campaign's brushback pitch to the companies, warning them not to moderate his organic content or ads. Always working the refs.
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: But your campaign donations? Those are going directly to Facebook. https://twitter.com/...
Lukas Pietrzak / @ltpietrzak: Trump's pen cannot overrule #Section230 or the 1st Amendment. He has a loud bark, but we must protect platforms so that the robust digital public square continues to thrive and evolve. If you are unhappy with Twitter or Facebook, help promote competition, not these “regulations” https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Peters / @jonathanwpeters: Have been thinking about the EO and what others have said/written about it. One of my research areas is basically social media and free expression, and right now some of my scattered thoughts are: https://twitter.com/...
Kaitlan Collins / @kaitlancollins: As President Trump signs his executive order, he says he wants new regulations under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act but later seems to acknowledge that any changes will likely have to come from legislation, as experts have suggested.
Kaitlan Collins / @kaitlancollins: Barr says he thinks Section 230 has been stretched beyond its original intention.
Alex Howard / @digiphile: Making this @FCC into an arbiter of speech on social media might be suboptimal. https://twitter.com/...
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Trump's EO has limited power, as content created by a platform, like Twitter's labels, is not covered by Section 230 and the FCC lacks authority to enforce EO — We've officially reached pure silly season when it comes to internet regulations. For the past two years now, every so often …
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New York Daily News: The president vs. internet freedom: Trump's executive order tramples First Amendment rights
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: NY Daily News, Fox News (unsurprising), New Zealand Herald, Sydney Morning Herald just some of the news media running stories w/headlines suggesting Twitter has “censored” Trump or is exercising “censorship” by attaching a public interest notice to tweets breaking policies. Sigh
@karlbode: I really think @mmasnick had one of the best posts of the day on the hollow buffoonery that is Trump's social media executive order: https://www.techdirt.com/...
David Gerard / @davidgerard: “It's very much written in a way to make Trump's fans think he's done something to attack social media companies, but the deeper you dig, the more nothingness you find.” https://www.techdirt.com/...
@nash076: In all the media, this was just about the only correct take on the executive order. Almost everything else was written by people who had no experience and didn't seek any. They accepted Trump's action at face value. https://www.techdirt.com/...
Mike O'Rielly / @mikeofcc: Everyone take deep breath on EO, which I haven't seen. @realDonaldTrump has right to seek review of statute's application. As a conservative, I'm troubled voices are stifled by liberal tech leaders. At same time, I'm extremely dedicated to First Amendment which governs much here. https://twitter.com/...
Fabio Chiusi / @fabiochiusi: “the executive order is nonsense. You can't overrule the law by executive order, nor can you ignore the Constitution. This executive order attempts to do both” https://www.techdirt.com/...
Nancy Pelosi / @speakerpelosi: Allowing the spread of disinformation is extremely dangerous. Yet still, the President encourages Facebook & others to continue to exploit and profit off falsehoods - while directing the federal government to dismantle efforts to help users distinguish fact from fiction.
@rob_sheridan: Trump's pathetic little tantrum executive order is political theater. It's the legal equivalent of a child giving his parents a note that says in crayon “i am officially allowed to have more cookies, because i say so.” https://www.techdirt.com/...
Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Comcast is spinning off Blockgraph, its cable TV ad-targeting service, to create a three-way joint venture with ViacomCBS and Charter Communications — Cable and TV giants become joint-venture partners in Blockgraph, which was spun off by Comcast — Three of the nation's largest pay-TV companies …
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Wayne Friedman / MediaPost: Comcast, Charter, ViacomCBS Take Equity In Blockchain Ad-Tech Unit Blockgraph
Brian Morrissey / @bmorrissey: The historical success rate of these media joint ventures has to be under 1%. https://www.wsj.com/...
Robert Andrews / Beet.TV: Comcast's Blockgraph Sets Up As A JV With Charter, ViacomCBS
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Source: ViacomCBS layoffs affected about 75 from the CBS News division; Mark Knoller is said to be among those, and Dean Reynolds plans to retire — CBSViacom's l ayoffs this week also impacted CBS News and CBS-owned affiliates, the latest fallout to hit news media amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Mark Knoller / @markknoller: Thanks to all for the many kind words. Much appreciated. For the time being, I'm still on the job, still keeping count on the president. Will see what happens. Thanks again.
@yashar: 6. Terrible news. Three sources familiar with the matter tell me that one of the people laid off by CBS News is White House reporter @markknoller who is a journalistic institution. Mark also functions as a White House historian for many reporters and so many of us on Twitter.
Laura Trevelyan / @lauratrevelyan: Hoping @markknoller stays in post. A kind and funny man, as well as a walking encyclopedia of the US Presidency. Thank you for showing this WH pool newbie the ropes during President Bush's Africa trip. Pro tip - describe outfit of Liberian leader! https://twitter.com/...
Tom Hauser / @thauserkstp: Mark...we've never met, but I've always admired the way you report the news on radio where an economy of words is required to convey often complex news stories. You do it as well as anyone. By rationing words and characters, you were practically the original Twitter! Good luck... https://twitter.com/...
John Roberts / @johnrobertsfox: This is good news. Losing Mark's daily presence at the @WhiteHouse was a travesty. Taking him off the beat would be a tragedy. I worked side-by-side with Mark for 7 years when I was CWHC at @CBSNews . He is nothing short of a national treasure. https://twitter.com/...
Phineas Fahrquar / @irishspy: Even the idea of letting @markknoller go is ridiculous. He's one of the few genuinely good reporters covering the White House. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Fitzgerald / @fitzfox5dc: I'm really sorry to hear this. @markknoller is a journalist I've looked up to my entire professional life. This is bad for him. Bad for journalism. Bad for the country. Bad for @CBSNews. Mark's institutional and encyclopedic knowledge of the Presidency cannot be replaced. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Foreman / @tomforemancnn: Agreed - honored to have worked alongside Dean Reynolds in particular. https://twitter.com/...
John Yang / @johnyangtv: 3/ I've only met Cami in passing, but she is a legend—lost her leg as an embedded correspondent and went back to the front lines as a unilateral correspondent. A lot of experience, professionalism and guts going out the door. —30—
Julie Hinds / @juliehinds: Reports that CBS News has laid off veteran journalists like Cami McCormick, Dean Reynolds and Mark Knoller is depressing, but reflects reality across TV and print. Experience, institutional memory often rewarded with a quick buh-bye. https://twitter.com/...
John Yang / @johnyangtv: 2/ Dean taught me so much without ever directly telling me a lesson when I switched to television, first when he was the World News Tonight correspondent on Bush 43 and I was the Good Morning, America/Weekend World News correspondent and later in Israel. ...
Jamie McIntyre / @jamiejmcintyre: Cami McCormick and Dean Reynolds have been laid off. McCormick joined CBS in September 1998. While reporting for CBS News Radio in 2009, she was injured by an IED in Logar Province, Afghanistan.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders / @sarahhuckabee: As White House Press Secretary I enjoyed working with @MarkKnoller who is a good journalist and an encyclopedia of knowledge on the Presidency. If true this is a big loss to the @whpresscorps and his absence will be felt by many. https://twitter.com/...
Ari Fleischer / @arifleischer: It's not my place to tell the media who to hire/let go, but know that Mark Knoeller is one of the last old-school, straight, unbiased reporters. Throughout the Bush, Obama and Trump years, I never once saw him editorialize. Not once. If CBS lets him go, I fear for journalism. https://twitter.com/...
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Free London daily City AM plans to return to print in September, after suspending the print edition in March — Free daily business newspaper City AM will return to print in September, nearly six months after suspending distribution due to the Covid-19 crisis.
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
Playboy says it laid off 25 employees, including most of its editorial team, after stopping its print edition in March — Playboy laid off 25 staffers, including most of its editorial team, the publication and editors said on Thursday. — The long-running publication is the latest …
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Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
IAB/PwC: digital advertising was worth $124.6B in 2019, up 16% YoY, about $54B more than TV advertising; 10 companies controlled 77% of digital revenue — Digital advertising in 2019 was worth $124.6 billion, according to the IAB and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
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George P. Slefo / Ad Age: U.S. digital ad revenue stalls after a record haul of $125 billion in 2019: IAB Report
E.J. Schultz / Ad Age: New ad spending forecast paints grim view of 2020—but not as bad as the 2009 recession
Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost: IAB: Q1 Digital Ad Spending Rises 16%, But CPMs Fall 16%
Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
Netflix buys the Egyptian Theatre from American Cinematheque, with whom it'll continue to partner, and use it for premieres and screenings on weekdays — Like other movie houses in Los Angeles, the Egyptian Theatre remains closed indefinitely because of the conoravirus outbreak.
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Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline: Netflix Closes Acquisition Of Egyptian Theatre; Joins Forces With American Cinematheque
Ross Gerber / @gerberkawasaki: Perfect timing... #netflix $nflx #coronavirus https://twitter.com/...
Dave McNary / Variety: Netflix Closes Deal to Buy Hollywood's Egyptian Theatre
Amia / @amianet: American Cinematheque will continue to program its screenings at the Egyptian on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, by far its busiest days, while Netflix will use it to hold premieres and filmmaker events for its growing movie business on weekdays. https://www.latimes.com/...
Sammy Roth / @sammy_roth: I am far from a film buff. But personally, Netflix's purchase of the Egyptian makes me feel hopeful for the theater's future, and also pretty good about Netflix. https://www.latimes.com/... via @RFaughnder
OneZero / @ozm: Here we go. 🍿👀 “If Apple, Netflix, or Amazon owned a theater chain, the company would make money no matter where consumers decide to watch movies.” — @stephanpaternot Read more. 👇 https://onezero.medium.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Faughnder / @rfaughnder: NEWS: Netflix's deal to acquire Hollywood's Egyptian Theatre has closed after more than a year of talks. A new era for the classic movie house begins. Details at @latimes https://www.latimes.com/...
@esotouric: A shameful episode, as American Cinematheque board member and Netflix exec Ted Sarandos secures ownership of the Egyptian Theatre, sold to the non-profit for $1, stolen in backroom deals. That Eric Garcetti is quoted, and not we protestors, says it all. https://www.latimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Letitia Fairbanks / @letitiafairbank: Storied Egyptian Theatre enters new era under Netflix- cuz corrupt Board Pres Rick Nacita is a rank LIAR & THIEF. @latimes doesn't bother to point out the THEFT of a publicly-owned theatre by a for-profit company. Thx Mayor Garcetti for your help in heist. https://www.latimes.com/...
Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide:
Sources: Apple believes Apple Music held a 50%+ weekly US market share of premium hip-hop streams for new releases in 94 out of the last 96 weeks — Apple Music has claimed more than half - in some cases, more than two thirds - of US streams for a run of blockbuster hip-hop releases in the United States over the past two months.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook's NPE launches Venue, a “second screen” app where selected journalists and other figures will provide commentary, engage with fans during live events — Facebook's R&D group, NPE Team, is launching a new app for engaging fellow fans around live events, Venue.
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Scott Soshnick / Variety: Facebook's New App Wants Sports Fans Looking at Their Mobile Phones
Atif / @walaytidegree: Just learned that Facebook has decided to compete against our business. Hows your day going? https://techcrunch.com/...
Drew Olanoff / @yoda: oh so this is why Facebook threw Twitter under the bus? https://twitter.com/...
Amara Nwaigwe / NPE Blog: Introducing Venue - The Live Event Companion Experience
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