Mediagazer: Internal emails: Facebook shelved content transparency report in Q1 fearing outcry, as most-viewed link was news article implying doctor died from COVID vaccine (New York Times)

10:45 AM ET, August 22, 2021

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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:

Facebook releases a previously shelved Q1 content transparency report, acknowledging the widespread reach of content casting doubt on COVID vaccines — The social-media platform's Saturday evening acknowledgment comes after a lengthy internal debate over whether to share data.

New York Times:

Internal emails: Facebook shelved content transparency report in Q1 fearing outcry, as most-viewed link was news article implying doctor died from COVID vaccine — The company praised itself this week for being “the most transparent platform on the internet.”

Kate Storey / Esquire:

Interview with CNN's Clarissa Ward on reporting from Kabul as the chaos unfolded: “I appear calm, but that doesn't mean I am calm” — When CNN's Clarissa Ward approached a Taliban fighter on the streets of Kabul on Wednesday, a gunshot rang out behind her.

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Alice Speri / The Intercept:

A look at the bureaucratic obstacles facing Afghans who worked with US media outlets, including changing US admissions eligibility requirements — On Wednesday night, the New York Times announced that it had evacuated a group of Afghan colleagues and their immediate families …

Discussion: NPR, Love and Borders, @espiegler, @azmatzahra, @themattdimitri, @alicesperi, @alicesperi, @terukuwayama, @alicesperi, @theintercept, @alicesperi and Reuters

New York Times:

Behind the work to get journalists, relatives, and others tied to NYT, WSJ, and WaPo out of Afghanistan, with aid from diplomatic contacts, military, and Qatar — The evacuation of those who worked for outlets like The New York Times and The Washington Post came after a global rescue effort stretching from the Pentagon to Qatar.

TOLOnews:
Two female journalists at Radio Television Afghanistan say they've been barred from working and that there are no more female presenters or reporters at RTA

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DW.COM:
Taliban have killed a family member of a DW journalist they were seeking and raided the homes of three other DW journalists

Mark Stenberg / Medialyte:

This year's media startups are better funded than last year's, yet are similar in their emphasis on subscriptions, newsletters, and relatively small staff — Puck, Off the Record, Confidential and Charter: What they kept and what they tweaked. — A song to read by: “It's My House,” by Diana Ross

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Memo: DC-based The Hill has been sold to Nexstar Media Group for $130M — The Hill, a Beltway-based print publication that receives significant national traffic to its digital website, has sold to Nextstar for $130 million, Axios has learned. — Why it matters: The Hill's owner …

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Tim Schwab / Columbia Journalism Review:

Individual journalists bear the onus for not disclosing conflicts of interest when sometimes it is newsrooms that fail to enforce their own ethics rules — Recently, the New York Times published a story profiling a welter of financial conflicts of interest in the work of former Times …

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Richard Lawler / The Verge:

OnlyFans shares new TOS for “sexually explicit conduct”: no intercourse, masturbation, exhibition of genitals; any such content must be removed before Dec. 1 — Sex and masturbation, whether simulated or real, aren't allowed — On Thursday the video and image sharing site …

Discussion: @bencompetence, @film_girl, @nmsonline, @artyfakes, @merrillbarr, Insider, @lucas_shaw, @saramorrison and Forbes, more at Techmeme »

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
OnlyFans says it will prohibit users from posting any “sexually explicit conduct” starting in October, but will allow nude photos and videos

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Awful Announcing:

Disney and National Cable Television Cooperative, representing 700+ cable operators, renew their carriage deal; all NCTC operators will offer the ACC Network — August is when a lot of carriage deals tend to expire and either get renewed or not (ahead of the college football and NFL seasons) …

Discussion: ESPN Press Room U.S. and Light Reading

Associated Press:

AP's incoming CEO wrote to FL Gov. Ron DeSantis protesting tweets by his press secretary targeting an AP reporter, saying “bullying of journalists” is dangerous — NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press called on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to end “harassing behavior” …

Pew Research Center:

Survey of 11,178 US adults: 48% say the government should restrict false info online, up from 39% in 2018; 59% think tech companies should, up from 56% in 2018 — Amid rising concerns over misinformation online - including surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, especially vaccines …

Discussion: @conservmillen, @gladstein, @nickgillespie, @aginnt, @micsolana, @jenmercieca, @kevinnbass, @johnrobb, @pewjournalism, @theabridgedzach and Reason

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