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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Sources: citing unsafe working conditions, a half-dozen camera crew workers walked off the Rust set hours before Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer — Hours before actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer on the New Mexico set of “Rust” with a prop gun …
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Andreas Wiseman / Deadline: ‘Rust’ Director Joel Souza Out Of Hospital - Update
Chris Lindahl / IndieWire: Prop Gun Fired by Alec Baldwin Contained a ‘Live Single Round,’ Says IATSE Local 44
Ben Pearson / SlashFilm: Rust Crew Had Walked Off Set Before Fatal Shooting; Three Other Gun Misfires Reported On Same Film
Pat Saperstein / Variety: ‘Rust’ Production Was Chaotic Prior to Fatal Prop Gun Accident, Producers Launch Internal Safety Review
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: What We Still Don't Know About the Deadly Shooting on the Set of Alec Baldwin's ‘Rust’
Marisa Dellatto / Forbes: Crew Members Say There Was ‘Lack Of Safety’ On Movie Set Where Alec Baldwin Shot Two
Glenn Thrush / New York Times: Joel Souza, ‘Rust’ director, is released from the hospital after being shot on set.
Deadline: ‘Rust’ Production Company To Launch Internal Safety Review After Fatal Accident, Possible Prior Gun Incident & Camera Crew Walkout
Brian Welk / The Wrap: Hours Before Fatal Shooting on Alec Baldwin's ‘Rust,’ a Half-Dozen Crew Members Quit to Protest Work Conditions
Variety: Prop Gun That Killed Cinematographer on Alec Baldwin Film Contained ‘Live Single Round,’ Union Claims
Dominic Patten / Deadline: IATSE Says Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ Prop Gun Had Live Round; Cops Say “Hasn't Been Determined”
Jennifer Bisset / CNET: Alec Baldwin mourns fatal shooting on Rust movie set: ‘There are no words’
Martha Ross / Mercury News: Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria need to stay off social media, except to honor Halyna Hutchins, crisis experts say
Whitney Vasquez / RADAR: Alec Baldwin's ‘Rust’ Prop Gun Misfired Three Times Days Before Accidental Shooting That Killed Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins
Gabrielle Chung / People.com: Rust Movie Crew 'Didn't Feel Safe' Before Shooting Incident Involving Alec Baldwin, Says Source
Josh Feldman / Mediaite: ‘Someone Died, You A**hole’: J.D. Vance Reacts to Tragic Death of Cinematographer With a Crack About Trump
Savannah Walsh / Vanity Fair: Report: Hours Before Alec Baldwin Accidentally Shot Halyna Hutchins, Crew Walked Off Rust Set
Cassie Gill / Hollywood Life: Alec Baldwin's Daughter Ireland Reacts To Fatal Shooting: ‘Wishing I Could Hug My Dad’
Jenny G. Zhang / Gawker: Crew on Alec Baldwin's ‘Rust’ Protested Grueling Working Conditions Before Shooting
Insider: 911 call audio from the ‘Rust’ movie set reveals the aftermath of prop-firearm shooting that left a cinematographer dead
Jess McGuire / @jessmcguire: I had wondered if the current protests by the IATSE union might relate to this incident in a more general way ie “yes the union have been warning everyone that crew members are overworked & there are safety concerns on film sets” But THIS FILM'S CREW WALKED OFF SET THAT MORNING https://twitter.com/...
@elleschneider: If this information is accurate, it's DAMNING. And that Halyna may have stayed after safety concerns were raised speaks to how hard it is for underrepresented crew to advocate for themselves or walk away from a big opportunity, lest their career and reuptation be impacted. Awful. https://twitter.com/...
@nytimes: The director Joel Souza — who was shot Thursday after Alec Baldwin fired a gun used as a prop — was released from a hospital in New Mexico late Thursday and is expected to make a full recovery. The circumstances of the shooting are under investigation. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rachel Leishman / Collider: ‘Rust’ Camera Crew Had Walked Off the Set Hours Before Prop Gun Incident
Lindsey Bahr / Associated Press: EXPLAINER: Guns on movie sets: How does that work?
Katharine Trendacosta / @k_trendacosta: I was honestly thinking that this HAD to be the case. With proper safety being observed, this should not have happened. THIS is why the union is fighting for better conditions. These people save lives and deserve safety in return. https://twitter.com/...
Jen Yamato / @jenyamato: RUST camera crew walked out and were replaced by nonunion crew the morning of the accident, @MegJamesLAT reports: — “corners were being cut” — prior misfires on a prop gun — Halyna Hutchins “had been advocating for safer conditions for her team” https://www.latimes.com/...
@refocusedmedia: Some additional insight, posted just 2 days ago.. this tragedy was avoidable on so many levels #RIPHalynaHutchins https://twitter.com/...
Marta Evry / @venice4change: Only a day before the tragic shooting on the set of #RustMovie, a crew member on the film commented on a pro-IATSE Instagram video by actor and producer @AlecBaldwin Baldwin complaining of unsafe work hours. Link to the original post: https://www.facebook.com/... https://twitter.com/...
101.9fm The MIX: Halyna Hutchins, cinematographer killed on the ‘Rust’ set, was a “rising star” in the film world
Michael Bartiromo / FOX40: What is a prop gun? Investigators say shooting on set of Alec Baldwin movie involved ‘prop firearm’
Shannon Watts / @shannonrwatts: NEW: In addition to union issues on the Santa Fe set of “Rust” starring Alec Baldwin, there were THREE previous misfires on the prop gun, according to a Los Angeles Times source: “...there was a serious lack of safety meetings on this set.” #nmleg https://www.latimes.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: For anybody facing dangerous work, you should know that under federal law (Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act), you have the right to talk freely to journalists about your working conditions. https://www.latimes.com/...
Paul Farhi / @farhip: Good explainer here about the basics of guns on movie sets. https://apnews.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: The ‘Rust’ producers replaced union crew members engaged in a work stoppage with non-union substitutes hours before the shooting incident, LAT reports. https://www.latimes.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: Deep in this story, a worthwhile clarification of what the term “live round” means to the entertainment industry. It doesn't mean a bullet, apparently. (I assume they meant to write something other than “a source close to The Times” there.) https://twitter.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: Another highly significant bit of reporting here that, if borne out, suggests significant exposure for the production team. https://twitter.com/...
Tatiana Tenreyro / The A.V. Club: Rust crew reportedly complained about unsafe working conditions before Alec Baldwin prop gun accident
Mr. Problems / @lolennui: worse by the fucking minute, workers rights are a matter of life and death https://twitter.com/...
Grace Randolph / @gracerandolph: Okay, NOW Alec Baldwin is in serious trouble as he's also one of the producers... https://twitter.com/...
John Cardillo / @johncardillo: “There were two misfires on the prop gun on Saturday and one the previous week, the person said, adding “there was a serious lack of safety meetings on this set."" A misfire is when a gun doesn't fire. We really need clarification here. https://www.latimes.com/...
@t_nyc: And guess what happens when they do scenes with guns? Every take they have to reset the guns. Rushing the overworked and exhausted one or two @IATSE armorers working 12-14+ hour days to reload the guns as fast as possible, where they hand them off to.. actors with no training
@t_nyc: I have been on many sets with LOTS of guns shooting “blanks”. They don't shoot out projectiles, but they DO shoot out an explosive force depending on “load” (1/2 load is strongest, 1/4 load, “NY load"). MANY times I saw the more dangerous/deadly (and LOUD) 1/2 load used
@t_nyc: A half load “blank” in a movie set prop gun(which are REAL GUNS!) can easily kill you if fired within five feet. Our job as grips was often to protect the camera operator from the literal explosive charge coming at them.
@t_nyc: There was one night on The Punisher when the armorer(also working 12-14+ hours a day) was handing out like thirty fully loaded automatic rifles with “blanks” and i was like wow we have to trust all of these strangers with our lives #IASolidarity
@t_nyc: Has never been a single moment that I didn't trust my fellow @IATSE members in the Special FX department with my life. They would set up building-size explosions right next to us. I trust them with my life. And yet ANYONE I trust can make a mistake while working 12-14+ hours https://twitter.com/...
Richard Lawler / @rjcc: @kokupuff ohhh, I see some of the RW wild tweets now, smh. this is what I was talking about https://twitter.com/...
Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp: This whole situation just looks worse and worse. https://twitter.com/...
Asyia Iftikhar / Bustle: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What We Know About The Prop Gun & ‘Rust’
Brittany Bernstein / National Review: Prop Gun Used by Baldwin in Fatal On-Set Accident Contained Live Round, Union Says
Brendan Morrow / The Week: Alec Baldwin expresses ‘shock and sadness’ over ‘tragic accident’ that killed cinematographer
Jessica Napoli / Fox News: Alec Baldwin's daughter Ireland speaks out after dad accidentally shot and killed woman in prop gun incident
CBS Los Angeles: Alec Baldwin On Fatal Movie Set Shooting Of Director Of Photography Halyna Hutchins: ‘There Are No Words’
Stephen Gutowski / The Atlantic: Guns—Even Props—Are Not Toys
Greg Greene / @ggreeneva: My wife to me just now — her family works in the film industry: “movies are definitely where unions are so critical for these very reasons. people literally die.” What an absolute tragedy. https://twitter.com/...
Dana Harris / IndieWire: How Could Alec Baldwin's Set Tragedy Happen? Breaking Down Prop Gun Safety Protocols
Saint Maudvishai / @avishaiw: At NYU, we took a mandatory course on set-safety. THE CROW was a case study. No union propmaster on set, for a job that should have been an armorer's anyway. How was this allowed to happen. After taking time to grieve, this is going to have to be a capital-D Discussion. https://twitter.com/...
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Victoria Traxler / Santa Fe New Mexican:
Sheriff's office: Alec Baldwin discharged a “prop firearm” that killed a cinematographer and injured the movie director of Rust, being filmed near Santa Fe, NM — Actor Alec Baldwin discharged a “prop firearm” that killed a cinematographer and injured the director of the movie Rust …
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@alecbaldwin: 1- There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours. I'm fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred and
New York Times: Live Updates: Search Warrants Issued for Ranch Where Alec Baldwin Fatally Shot a Crew Member
@indiewire: Prop Gun Fired by Alec Baldwin Contained Live Bullet, Says IATSE Local 44 (Update) https://www.indiewire.com/... “IATSE Local 44 sent an email that said the gun used in the scene contained ‘a live round’ and the production's propmaster was not a member of Local 44.”
Lauryn Haas / Insider: I'm a prop master who handles weapons on movie and TV sets. Being close to a prop gun is very dangerous, but I've never been afraid to do my job.
Alex McLevy / The A.V. Club: UPDATED: Prop gun fired by Alec Baldwin that killed crew member contained “live” bullet, IATSE says
@alecbaldwin: 2- I am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family. My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna.
Variety: Halyna Hutchins, Cinematographer Who Died on Set of ‘Rust,’ Remembered as ‘Truly Unique Artist’
Josh Rottenberg / Los Angeles Times: Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins killed by a prop gun just as her career was taking off
Frank Thorp V / @frankthorp: Wow this pic of Alec Baldwin by Jim Weber at the @thenewmexican —> Article here: https://www.santafenewmexican.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Matthew A. Cherry / @matthewacherry: They had a non union prop master handling guns on set? SMFH 🤦🏾♂ ️ https://twitter.com/...
Sandra Gonzalez / CNN: ‘Rust’ crew member dead after shooting incident involving Alec Baldwin
@theserfstv: What's not being widely reported on the Alec Baldwin story is how bad the working conditions were. Union members were replaced with non union workers and several left the set due to safety concerns https://www.latimes.com/...
Mike Rothschild / @rothschildmd: This is exactly why IATSE voted to strike - to stop needless risk of life because of unsafe sets and working conditions. No doubt the timing of the incident will be fodder for conspiracy theories, but sets have been unsafe for a long time before this. https://twitter.com/...
Anthony Atamanuik / @tonyatamanuik: RIP Halyna, as Paul said, this is not supposed to happen on any set. I've worked with guns and they triple and quadruple check. I also can't imagine what Alec is going through. It's unimaginable that this happened. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Press / @alexnpress: this is horrible. there aren't many details as to how this happened, but it underlines what crew members have said for a long time: their safety needs to be taken more seriously https://twitter.com/...
Gigi Saul Guerrero / @horrorguerrero: Every headline I've seen has put Alec as the face to this tragic story. For those who don't know, any prop weapon on set goes through strict protocol before it lands on the actor's hands. Why aren't we talkin about the failed procedure here!? Im shook. My ❤️ goes to the families https://twitter.com/...
@laurenashley087: They're still investigating, but I can't not think of Brandon Lee reading this...and how, in light of that tragedy *decades* ago, something like this could happen... https://twitter.com/...
Scott Horton / @scotthortonshow: I remember hearing Liddy on the radio talking about playing a bad guy on Miami Vice and how he insisted they use camera tricks to make it look like he was aiming at his adversary because he refused to fire even blanks toward a person out of a real gun. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ogag / @theadamgoldberg: This is utterly horrifying. Just after Brandon Lee died I got pretend shot for the first time — and was terrified. Over the years I've been diligent in checking chambers as have prop depts/armorers with whom I've worked. There is absolutely no reason this should have happened. https://twitter.com/...
@amarch4ourlives: Our hearts are with the victims, their families, and the crew. Too many lives are needlessly lost to accidental gunshots. When owning or handling a gun, safe storage and usage is essential. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rahul Malhotra / Collider: Alec Baldwin Discharged Prop Gun That Caused Death of ‘Rust’ Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, Injured Director Joel Suza
Malvika Padin / Mirror: Who was Halyna Hutchins? Award-winning cinematographer shot dead on Alec Baldwin film
@npr: Alec Baldwin says he is cooperating with the investigation into the shooting on the set of Rust that killed the film's cinematographer and injured its director. Baldwin, who is also a producer of the film, fired the prop gun during filming. https://www.npr.org/...
April Wolfe / @awolfeful: I don't think this is the end of the story. Word has already been getting around about violations on this set. I want to wait until everything is reported out to make sure all is true, but I can't see a way now where IATSE members aren't riled up about this before the vote. https://twitter.com/...
Joelle Monique / @joellemonique: I knew immediately this was the case. This is always the case when big accidents happen on set. This is heartbreaking, because it could have been avoided. https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Bouzy / @cbouzy: How did this happen? After Brandon Lee's accidental death, I thought there were safeguards put in place to prevent something like this from happening? https://twitter.com/...
Grace Randolph / @gracerandolph: UPDATE - the crew handed Alec Baldwin a prop gun with a live round in it, obviously not to his knowledge. IATSE clarifies that crew involved with prop gun was local to New Mexico and non-union. https://twitter.com/...
John Boch / The Truth About Guns: Alec Baldwin Kills One Person, Wounds Another With a Prop Gun That ‘Misfired’ On a Movie Set
Sunny McSunnyface / @sunnyright: Maybe we don't need to spread a long distance photo of a guy anguishing over accidentally killing someone. https://twitter.com/...
Pop Crave / @popcrave: Alec Baldwin releases statement regarding the shooting incident on the set of his movie ‘Rust’: “There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours.” https://twitter.com/...
Caitie Delaney / @caitiedelaney: A live round shouldn't be anywhere near a set for any reason, this is so insane https://twitter.com/...
Rhys Muldoon / @rhysam: It's so hard to understand how this happened. Gun safety on set is always paramount. Having just done a film with lots of guns, I just can't imagine how horrible that must've been, or how it happened. So many questions. https://twitter.com/...
Paul Scheer / @paulscheer: I'm gutted. This is beyond a tragedy and there are so many rules in place to make sure this can't happen. I can't even fathom how this is possible. So many people had to be negligent. This is a crime. Halyna was a tremendous talent. I'm sick to my stomach. https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Nicole Black / @ashleyn1cole: This is so sad. A tragedy for friends and family that lost a loved one today, and a reminder to the rest of us that those “annoying” safety protocols on set are there for a reason: to get everyone home safe. https://twitter.com/...
Joy Wang / @joykob: Sheriff's office identify two people shot on the set of Rust and say Alec Baldwin discharged the prop firearm. Halyna Hutchins, 42, director of photography, died after being airlifted to UNMH Joel Souza, 48, Director, is being treated for his injuries. https://twitter.com/...
Andi Zeisler / @andizeisler: okay but how is it a prop if it's loaded with something that could kill someone?!?! https://twitter.com/...
Philip Lewis / @phil_lewis_: “Investigators are still trying to determine if the incident was an accident. No charges have been filed, and the investigation is open.” https://www.santafenewmexican.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Zara Woodcock / Irish Mirror: Alec Baldwin shooting victim Halyna Hutchins' haunting last post from Rust film set
Deadline: Alec Baldwin “Discharged” Prop Gun That Killed ‘Rust’ Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins & Injured Director On Set; Actor Questioned And Released - Update
Dom Calicchio / Fox News: Alec Baldwin spotted ‘in tears’ after ‘Rust’ movie set shooting leaves 1 dead, 1 ‘critical’: report
Anthony Breznican / Vanity Fair: Alec Baldwin Discharged Gun That Killed Cinematographer, Sheriff's Department Says
Christina Rodriguez / kob.com: Alec Baldwin fired prop gun that killed cinematographer, injured director on Santa Fe set
Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Whistleblower claims Facebook VP Joel Kaplan defended an exemption for Breitbart from platform rules, asking: “Do you want to start a fight with Steve Bannon?” — Latest complaint to the SEC blames top leadership for failing to warn investors about serious problems at the company
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Kari Paul / The Guardian: New Facebook whistleblower says company knowingly allowed hate speech - report
Hannah Towey / Insider: A new Facebook whistleblower was reportedly told by company officials to ‘focus on the good’ after raising problems like illegal drug trades on the platform
Carrie Mihalcik / CNET: New whistleblower reportedly alleges Facebook put profits over combating hate speech, misinformation
Bob Cronin / Newser: New Facebook Whistleblower Supports Other's Testimony
Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie: Because I told you all that years ago. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Mike Peterson / AppleInsider: New Facebook whistleblower claims company allows hate, illegal activity
@alex: Steve Bannon is a punk, but it's amazing that FB managed to convince itself — Joel Kaplan is an enormous gaffe-machine and bad policy machine for Zuck — that he was a risk to the company https://twitter.com/...
@seyiakiwowo: When will we ask what info did they know before joining Facebook? Black & Brown women have been saying this for years. You didn't listen before signing the contract? Leading me to believe there's an white savourism in tech + now trying to be on the right side of history. https://twitter.com/...
Tim Carvell / @timcarvell: Just checking, @fbnewsroom - is this the bad story you warned us about, or is this one that you didn't even see coming? https://twitter.com/...
Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie: Would you say ... they don't care? https://twitter.com/...
@slpng_giants: Knew it. Knew it exactly when it was happening. Here it is. Definitive proof that @facebook made special concessions for Breitbart when they set up their “trusted news” tab. @campbell_brown, their head of news, wouldn't answer why. Now we know. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@clmanussier: @Facebook The answer is YES. Being on the same side as Bannon and Breitbart is to align yourselves with LITERAL NAZIS and White Supremacists. That one shouldn't even have been difficult for you. #pathetic https://twitter.com/...
Nina Jankowicz / @wiczipedia: .@CindyOtis_ and I told ya. Glad we have more insiders backing up the alarm bells we raised last year and earlier. https://www.wired.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Willis / @owillis: Meanwhile I get flack from liberals for being too harsh on the msm. We deserve to keep losing this war we won't fight. https://twitter.com/...
Julia Davis / @juliadavisnews: Facebook official about the controversy re Russian election interference: “It will be a flash in the pan. Some legislators will get pissy... in a few weeks they will move onto something else. Meanwhile we are printing money in the basement, & we are fine.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Bill McKibben / @billmckibben: Facebook exec said not to worry that the company was destroying democracy because “we are printing money in the basement.” What Exxon does to the climate climate, Facebook does to the political climate https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Steve Kovach / @stevekovach: Facebook responded to this by insulting the Washington Post instead of addressing the whistleblower's allegations. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Ortega / @mattortega: This is basically how traditional media operates. Bend over backwards to try to placate conservatives out of fear. Guess what? It never works. You cannot placate these people. Here they are still attacking “Big Tech” as censorious of conservatives. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan McCarthy / @mccarthyryanj: Pretty brazen for Facebook to argue that an official / sworn SEC whistleblower complaint is not newsworthy They know this is BS https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: My joke idea for a new Facebook name has been “Whistleblowers Inc.” because it would make stories about Facebook whistleblowers too confusing to follow. Anyway there's a new Facebook whistleblower https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@slpng_giants: Anyone who has been begging @Facebook to deal with hate and incitement over the last few years already knew that they ignored all of it in favor of engagement, but to see these claims from a whistleblower is at least validating. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Andrew Ba Tran / @abtran: “I, working for Facebook, had been a party to genocide.” Another new whistleblower claims Facebook allowed hate, illegal activity to go unchecked https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jesse Lehrich / @jesselehrich: .@Facebook really seems to think they can just go full Trumpian war against the press & it'll end well. here's journalist-turned-FB spox Erin McPike berating WaPo for writing a story off a single... whistleblower's sworn affidavit? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Garrett M. Graff / @vermontgmg: Increasingly seems like Facebook is operating like Trump's PR shop—it's statements are written not for the public but for an audience of one: https://twitter.com/...
@gregbensinger: Facebook exec, per an affidavit: “Some legislators will get pissy. And then in a few weeks they will move onto something else. Meanwhile we are printing money in the basement, and we are fine.” What I don't see FB doing here is actually denying that https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Sky Palma / Raw Story: Yet another Facebook whistleblower comes forward as the social media giant is rocked by allegations
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: They're gonna run out of whistles https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
The Information:
Sources: over 12 news outlets, including AP and Fox Business, formed a consortium to sift leaked Facebook docs from Frances Haugen, with stories expected Monday — It's not often that major news organizations coordinate to sift through a large trove of leaked company documents and agree …
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Mark Di Stefano / @markdistef: 🚨 On Monday, more than a dozen news organisations including AP, CNN, USA Today and Fox (!) are planning to drop stories on Facebook's head. They've been coordinating on the whistleblower's documents through a private Slack group. Story with @SylviaVarnham https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Ian Kar / @iankar_: Not sure how other content/media ppl feel about this but w/o knowing what's in the docs, I find this a bit much. There's a difference between journalism and collusion against private companies https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Paris Martineau / @parismartineau: Facebook should have just tweeted that they were mad because all the tech reporters were hanging out in a Slack group called ‘Apparently we are a consortium now’ https://www.theinformation.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@theinformation: On Monday, more than a dozen news outlets are releasing Facebook stories based on documents leaked by whistleblower Frances Haugen. @SylviaVarnham and @MarkDiStef report on how the coordinated release came together—and how Facebook plans to respond. https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
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Tony Haile / @arctictony: I dream of a world where folks can subscribe to a newsletter direct from their timeline in just two clicks. Oh wait, Revue just built it? Well, holy shit. https://twitter.com/...
@jaycodon: This makes Revue unbelievably compelling for creators dependent on Twitter for growth. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Park / @mep: May the record show that @hannahtchang is the PM behind this launch. She and the team nailed it 📝 https://twitter.com/...
@scottmelker: This is amazing. @revue making it easier for people to subscribe to my newsletter directly from Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
@twittersupport: We're bringing Revue newsletter subscription right to your timeline. Now on web, you can subscribe to a newsletter directly from a Tweet that gives you a preview of what's included in that newsletter. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Karolian / @mkarolian: This is actually a pretty BFD. For years publishers have struggled to find transactional value with Twitter, and updates like this have the potential to change that rapidly. https://twitter.com/...
Justin Taylor / @thesmarmybum: We keep making it easier to get subscribers for your @revue newsletter! https://twitter.com/...
Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal: This is a very nice feature. I just wish it wasn't limited to only Twitter's own newsletter service. No more walled gardens...!! https://twitter.com/...
Kayvon Beykpour / @kayvz: You can now subscribe to Revue newsletters directly from Tweets in the timeline! We hope this'll help writers who use Revue grow their subscriber-base more quickly. Let us know what you think! https://twitter.com/...
Adriana Lacy / @adriana_lacy: omg! once I move and get my life together my newsletter is coming back to life! https://twitter.com/...
David Navarro / @davidnavarro: You know we are doing pretty cool stuff at @Twitter and this is no exception. The best part is that it comes at a perfect time when I'm thinking of starting my own newsletter. More about this soon 😉 https://twitter.com/...
Felicia Williams / @cheersfelicia: So proud of the awesome work by @offinga and the Revue team for this latest launch!! Continually stoked about the future of long form writing on Twitter!! https://twitter.com/...
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Revue now lets you subscribe to newsletters directly on your Twitter timeline
Tonya Riley / CyberScoop:
FTC study on the six largest ISPs finds that some fail to fully inform consumers on how their data is monetized, such as using browsing history to serve up ads — Internet service providers fail to disclose to consumers how they use sensitive data, obscure privacy practices and make it difficult …
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Federal Trade Commission: FTC Staff Report Finds Many Internet Service Providers Collect Troves of Personal Data, Users Have Few Options to Restrict Use
Wendy Davis / MediaPost: Internet Service Providers Draw On Broad Array Of Data, Share It In Surprising Ways
Karl Bode / @karlbode: The FTC's new report shows what I've documented for years: ISPs collect all kinds of data on your online behavior, sell it to a collection of poorly disclosed middlemen (they just call it something else), then offer consumer privacy tools that often don't work https://twitter.com/...
Adam Levin / @adam_k_levin: “While several ISPs in our study tell consumers they will not sell their data, they fail to reveal to consumers the myriad of ways that their data can be used, transferred, or monetized outside of selling it...” https://www.cyberscoop.com/...
Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: ISPs monetize customer data, says FTC privacy report; iCloud Private Relay can prevent
Lina Khan / @linakhanftc: At our open meeting today, staff presented a study on the privacy practices of major internet service providers, detailing how these firms often surveil users, aggregate data across a staggering array of services, and deprive users of meaningful choice. https://www.ftc.gov/...
Jeff Stone / @jeffstone500: We spend a lot of time worrying about the way Big Tech betrays user privacy, but the FTC just dropped a 2-year investigation into how ISPs: + access raw internet traffic + use sensitive data for ads + obscure privacy practices more via @TonyaJoRiley —> https://www.cyberscoop.com/...
Tonya Riley / @tonyajoriley: FCC acting chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel says the agency is also taking a “close look” at ISP privacy practices. Today's FTC meeting raises questions about which agency should spearhead the efforts. Tip @Techmeme https://www.cyberscoop.com/...
@duckduckgo: New FTC report on ISP collection of browsing history: https://www.ftc.gov/... Our app has Smarter Encryption that upgrades your website connections to HTTPS (encrypted) where we can. This shields many specific pages you are visiting from ISPs: https://duckduckgo.com/app
Rae Hodge-Goblin / @raehodge: FTC report: With “ad-driven surveillance,” ATT, Comcast, Verizon and other ISPs amassing pools of suuuuper sensitive and granular consumer data to target you. Data #surveillance of LGBTQ and racial minorities pointed out specifically: https://www.cnet.com/... #privacy
Richard Blumenthal / @senblumenthal: Broadband firms monitoring our web browsing. Cell phone providers selling location data to advertisers. This new @FTC report is an urgent call for strict rules & strong enforcement to protect against broadband companies' spying. https://twitter.com/...
Ed Markey / @senmarkey: It's not just Big Tech gobbling up troves of sensitive information about us. The broadband behemoths are tracking our every move online too. It's unacceptable that if you're over the age of 12 in this country, you have ZERO privacy rights online. Congress must act. https://twitter.com/...
Steve Kovach / CNBC:
A 2019 email confirms Google asked Roku for preferential treatment for YouTube in Roku's search results, despite Google's claims to the contrary — - Google said Thursday it would remove YouTube apps from the Roku app store on Dec. 9 as the two sides fight over a new agreement.
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Geoff Weiss / Tubefilter: Google To Yank YouTube TV And YouTube From Roku On Dec. 9 Amid Contract Standoff
Jessica Howard / UPROXX: The Ongoing Fight Between Roku And Google Is Getting Uglier Ahead Of Youtube's Apps Potentially Being Pulled From The Platform
Steve Kovach / @stevekovach: Google said it never asked Roku for special treatment in search as a condition to allow YouTube apps on the platform. An email I saw from Google to Roku as the two sides were negotiating shows Google asked for precisely that. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Leaked email allegedly shows that Google did ask Roku for special search treatment for YouTube
Daniel Frankel / nexttv.com: Roku Gets Support from Congress in Fight Against Google
Diana Tsui / New York Times:
Profile of Blacktag, a streaming service launched last week as a destination for Black audiences around the world with plans to share IP with creators — A new streaming platform wants to be a destination for Black audiences around the world. — When Ousman Sahko Sow and Akin Adebowale founded Blacktag …
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Zara Rahim / @zararahim: I get the honor to work with the geniuses at @blacktag. Please give their first profile in the @nytimes a read! https://www.nytimes.com/...
Michael Hobbes / Confirm My Choices:
The media's warnings about the illiberal left fall apart under scrutiny, create moral panics, and are used to justify anti-democratic measures — During the 1990s, the media convinced Americans that frivolous lawsuits were out of control. — The canonical example was the 1994 “McDonald's hot coffee” case.
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Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “Journalism thrives on unconventional narratives. It may appear that Republicans are a threat to democracy, but the true threat lies on the left is a more compelling story than things are what they seem.” https://michaelhobbes.substack.com/ ...
Katy Kelleher / @katykelleher: I liked this. I think wokeness panic is about something - it's reacting to an annoying vibe. But writers are making careers whining about an annoying vibe! It's so lazy! https://twitter.com/...
Sam Cthulhman / @samthielman: This is a great piece and it's such an embarrassment that the @nytimes has made moral panic journalism *an entire beat,* with a full-time reporter on it and everything. You guys are gonna get far-right exterminationists entrenched at Yale and pretend not to know how it happened https://twitter.com/...
Shane Dingman / @shanedingman: A good reminder to check whether there's anything to panic about before you start writing all-caps moral panic screeds: https://michaelhobbes.substack.com/ ...
Amardeep Singh / @electrostani: Great piece that breaks down the media hysteria about “woke mobs” on college campuses. (tl;dr it's overblown. It's conservative backlash we should worry about.) It condenses in one place ideas and data points @RottenInDenmark has been talking about on podcasts for many months. https://twitter.com/...
Tabatha Southey / @tabathasouthey: Oh, just drop everything that's not a baby and read @RottenInDenmark on the hack journalism of the “wokeness” panic. Reports of the death of free speech are, to lift a line, “absurdly, wildly, screamingly untrue.” https://michaelhobbes.substack.com/ ...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: This is indeed very good. And keep in mind that the NYT has a marquee writer — @powellnyt — singularly devoted to the wokeness panic beat. See, e.g.: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Scott Lemieux / @lemieuxlgm: I love this piece by @RottenInDenmark comparing the illiberal campus left panic with the frivolous lawsuit panic of the 90s. Both are based around cherry-picked anecdotes many of which collapse on any collision with the facts https://michaelhobbes.substack.com/ ...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: “The reason right-wing media constantly highlights obscure documents & non-mandatory corporate trainings is that they cannot find legitimate examples of Democrats using their power to install illiberalism”-@RottenInDenmark https://michaelhobbes.substack.com/ ... Obscures the threat to democracy https://twitter.com/...
David Menschel / @davidminpdx: Easily the best of the oodles of pieces that have been written about “cancel culture.” https://michaelhobbes.substack.com/ ...
@michaelberube1: OMG is this good. It's like a one-stop, all-purpose response to every single “political correctness / woke cancel culture” narrative of the past 30 years. Kudos to @RottenInDenmark, who is now officially on my go-to list. https://michaelhobbes.substack.com/ ...
Robert James / @confusion_reign: This is a good summation of all the endless “wokeness is fascism!” essays. Good timing- yesterday one of the usual suspects was tweeting about how “wokeness” is evil because a single college student who didn't want repairmen in their room unannounced. No anecdote is too small! https://twitter.com/...
Gillian Branstetter / @gbbranstetter: “Why are readers of national publications constantly being told that they should worry about the left potentially, sometime in the future, becoming as bad as Republicans are now?” 🎯 @RottenInDenmark https://michaelhobbes.substack.com/ ...
Ryan Cooper / @ryanlcooper: “On one hand, a few prominent figures faced routine professional consequences for their publicly stated views. On the other, thousands of people, including children, were beaten to death in the streets despite doing nothing wrong.” https://michaelhobbes.substack.com/ ...
Nicholas Russell / Gawker:
The Believer, which provided a space for both established names and newcomers to write about the arts, has become a victim of mismanagement and neglect — R.I.P. — On Tuesday, the Black Mountain Institute at University of Nevada-Las Vegas announced the imminent closure of The Believer magazine …
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@halimahmarcus, @brandyljensen, @mathewi, @lmlauramarsh, @saraschwartz, @imjasondiamond, @nicktheandersen and @wongalum
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Halimah Marcus / @halimahmarcus: “Another mistake people make when talking about literary publications is thinking that they are common, easy to create, and easy to maintain.” https://www.gawker.com/...
Brandy Jensen / @brandyljensen: always wanted to write for the believer and i'm incredibly bummed i won't get the chance. good @o_rinocoflow on a good magazine https://www.gawker.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: “It is, and will always be, futile to rely on the benevolence of the wealthy — even wealthy institutions for that matter — to act in the best interest of the arts or the general public” https://www.gawker.com/...
Laura Marsh / @lmlauramarsh: “Frankly, what BMI hopes to achieve without The Believer as its crowning glory is beyond me.” https://www.gawker.com/...
Sara Schwartz / @saraschwartz: @o_rinocoflow Fantastically covered, thanks for putting into words what many of us have been feeling.
Jason Diamond / @imjasondiamond: This is a good read but I keep thinking about this line: “It's a popular idea, these days, that all it takes is a kindly benefactor to set things right. Unfortunately, it is and will always be futile to rely on the benevolence of the wealthy” https://www.gawker.com/...
Nick Andersen / @nicktheandersen: a thoughtful tribute to @believermag, and a correct call as to what this special magazine really deserves https://www.gawker.com/...
Ashley Wong / @wongalum: “Places like The Believer are rare and exceedingly precious ... Unless there are more labor successes in the publishing industry, where writers and workers committed to putting out good work are protected and fairly compensated, this will keep happening.” https://www.gawker.com/...
Anna Kramer / Protocol:
Twitter says its research shows its algorithms amplify right-leaning content more than left-leaning content, but doesn't know what causes the amplification — Twitter is publicly sharing research findings today that show that the platform's algorithms amplify tweets from right-wing politicians …
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Dan Milmo / The Guardian: Twitter admits bias in algorithm for rightwing politicians and news outlets
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: Twitter deserves credit for - again - leading on open self-examination and data-sharing, ahead of larger competitors, w/@ruchowdh et al's work https://blog.twitter.com/... Also, as e.g analysis of news coverage shows, Twitter is not alone in amplifying some voices more than others... https://twitter.com/...
Rumman Chowdhury / @ruchowdh: The latest from META — an analysis of algorithmic amplification of tweets from elected officials in Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, UK, & US. The team: @fhuszar, @s0f1ra, Conor O'Brien, @__lucab, @sagemintblue @mrtz. 1/n https://blog.twitter.com/...
Anna Kramer / @anna_c_kramer: NEW: Twitter released its own research today that shows that the home feed amplifies right-wing political content more than left-leaning. I sat down with META team leader @ruchowdh to learn what Twitter will do with that information https://www.protocol.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: It's honestly amazing that people on the right keep pushing the “social media is biased against conservatives!!!” line even though every social media platform's algorithm is tilted *in their favor* https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Greig / ZDNet: Right-wing elected officials' content amplified by Twitter algorithm
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: Like check this out. I set up an account that follows exactly zero people. Twitter is still like, “Hey, we are now emailing you tweets of far-right commentators even if you don't follow them.” like this. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day: Extremely tedious Twitter discourse
Juvine / @_juvine: My guess is the way engagement is tied to the algorithms. More right-leaning tweets get more disagreement, arguments, and hate. With social media having a likely larger left-leaning population, less hate on left-leaning tweets. (Or a simple like and no comment) https://twitter.com/...
Tim Maughan / @timmaughan: shut it down https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Ellen K. Pao / @ekp: Twitter amplifying right-wing politicians is not new, but hopefully with Facebook's reputation taking even faster, they'll actually do something about it https://www.protocol.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@rolandsmartin: Nope. The right wing will still claim bias. When I was at @CNN, I said that the network could hire 1,000 conservatives and they would still whine. That's the playbook of the grift of @BrentBozell @theMRC and the whole right wing apparatus https://twitter.com/...
John Iadarola / @johniadarola: I'm sure this will lead to the right no longer whining about how biased against them twitter is. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Michael Knigge / @kniggem: Wow. Twitter's algorithms amplify tweets from the political right more than from the political left in six (US, UK, Canada, France, Spain, Japan) out of seven countries studied according to Twitter's own research published today. The outlier: 🇩🇪Germany https://blog.twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@lat_cql: This is partly why constantly QRT'ing the Ben Shapiros of the world, or whatever insipid right-leaning op-ed the NYT published that day (to name two examples) just to dunk is imprudent. https://twitter.com/...
Stefano Zanero / @raistolo: The “we are not sure why” part is the most worrying one. https://twitter.com/...
@bluelinebadger: This is really hard because of the differences I've described before. The GOP coalesces around the same talking point and repeats it ad infinitum. The DEMs debate and have nuance to their positions. It's harder to amplify that. Removing bots would be a great start though. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Feigl-Ding / @drericding: 2) Germany is the only exception. https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Bouzy / @cbouzy: These people don't know why their algorithms amplify certain content more than others, but they are expected to mitigate disinformation and targeted harassment which is significantly more difficult? This explains a lot. https://www.protocol.com/...
Jordan / @jordanuhl: “Right-leaning news outlets, as defined by the independent organizations listed above, see greater algorithmic amplification on Twitter compared to left-leaning news outlets.” Weird, I was told they were shadow banned, censored, silenced, etc. https://blog.twitter.com/...
Sabrina Joy Screamens / @realsabijoy: Tech platforms obviously have a lot of work to do to improve their products, but we need to stop ignoring our role in what kinds of content get amplified. Algorithms absolutely influence behavior, but they also respond to our behavior. & most users across the political spectrum... https://twitter.com/...
Stephen E. Arnold / Beyond Search: Auditing Algorithms: A Semi-Tough Task
Morten Rand-Hendriksen / @mor10: This is an astoundingly honest statement about how social algorithms work and how they shape society: “When algorithms get put out into the world, what happens when people interact with it, we can't model for that.” https://www.protocol.com/...
Dr. Daniel, PhD / @sirdanielj: @mediagazer @anna_c_kramer Uh, algorithms are inherently biased because they are created by humans who are inherently biased. Easy lemon squeezy.
Dr. Cathy Curran / @cmcurran: Sentiment analysis, the right wing content has higher emotional value so it is amplified https://twitter.com/...
@maribrighe: I'd be willing to bet it has to do with the kinds of people who wrote the algorithm. Social scientists have been expressing concern for years about how the unconscious biases of software engineers (who definitely have skewed demographics) are getting baked into algorithms. https://twitter.com/...
Amelia Ghoulpin / @entirelyamelia: It's good to create systems that you no longer understand or can control https://twitter.com/...
Katie Harbath / @katieharbath: Good on Twitter for releasing this and being honest about what they do and don't know. https://twitter.com/...
Kate Starbird / @katestarbird: In reality, political/media elites on the right likely know these systems are working for them, which is why they resist & problematize changes that the platforms make to reign in problematic content (like hate, harassment, and disinformaiton) which may be tied to this asymmetry.
@imaseawitch: This just reminded me that there have been a handful of times over ten years ago when ppl would create AIs that would learn via what's on the internet. They all turned racist and misogynist real quick and had to be shut down. Maybe there is a connection here. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@lolgop: There's a pretty simple reason propaganda works better for right-wingers: It's a right wing tactic. https://twitter.com/...
@marcybones64: again, algorithms serve one thing above all else and one thing only: the status quo as enforced by the dominant power in society https://twitter.com/...
Jody Serrano / Gizmodo: Twitter Doesn't Know Why Its Algorithms Amplify Right-Leaning Political Content
@rupertvonripp: Lol what. When they shadowban anything remotely spicy into the dust? https://twitter.com/...
@_air_in: Probably because we can't help but engage content that pisses us off. Maybe? Idk. 🤷🏾♀ ️ https://twitter.com/...
Shaunna Thomas / @slthomas: Tell that to the countless experts and advocates screaming algorithmic bias at the top of their lungs for years. Unreal. https://twitter.com/...
Wootmaster / @woot_master: Everytime news like this comes off Twitter acts like its helpless to fix to algorithm THEY created. They could just shut it off! This is extremely fixable, but they keep acting like their hands are tied. https://twitter.com/...
@spotted_menace: Leftists and vulnerable peoples: We BEEN told you. RW'ers: “This is fake news because this political commentator I follow got banned for tweeting slurs and intentionally misgendering people to own the libs so that proves this place has an anti-right wing bias.” https://twitter.com/...
@ariakan79: @mediagazer @anna_c_kramer I bet the reason is the number of bots for right-leaning content. These create a consistency in the “eye” of the algorithms, that enables those neural networks an “easy way out”. Quite similar to humans prefering unreflective conclusions over reflective ones.
Zachary / @zacharyoffline: The real question, since Twitter engineers know these basic flaws of AI, is why they claim not to know why this is occurring. Although “we don't know” is probably better PR than “we built a system to deliberately spread inflammatory content to boost user retention and ad sales”..
Redoubt Antifascists / @redoubtafa: seeing this after spending the morning figuring out how to rework our website (among other things) to prevent antifascist content (about community safety) being blocked is a wild feeling https://twitter.com/...
@enuffsaidbihhh: Facebook amplifies the right, twitter amplifies the right, the MSM amplifies the right... who is exactly silencing conservatives??? They always say they're being silenced yet they never stfu. https://twitter.com/...
@double_clutcher: MONEY. There you go Twitter, I'll take my consultation fee now. https://twitter.com/...
Zachary / @zacharyoffline: Why do algorithms, designed to show users content, end up having bias? The answer, as ever, is because of humans. To explain, lets look at a common problem in, unconscious or inherent bias. #machinelearning 🤖 https://twitter.com/...
@sirhoodflakes: It deadass probably has something to do with right wing shit being easy for everyone to dunk on. Objectively that makes for high interactions; problem is the algorithm doesn't care about the context of the interactions it only cares that they're high https://twitter.com/...
@rosethornne: @mediagazer @anna_c_kramer “We don't know how the software we wrote does what we built it to do” ((shrugs))((gambols in piles of lucre)) https://twitter.com/...
Rumman Chowdhury / @ruchowdh: @anna_c_kramer Anna thank you so so much for this well written and balanced piece. It's always a pleasure speaking with you. 💕
@trumpfrederick: @mediagazer @anna_c_kramer The fake/bot accounts are manipulating the algorithm. I can guarantee that Twitter absolutely knows the cause of this.
Eric Feigl-Ding / @drericding: Twitter's own research shows that it's a megaphone for the right-leaning content — its algorithms amplify right-leaning political content more than left-leaning, but they aren't sure why..... ummmm, maybe BOTS??? https://www.protocol.com/...
Mark Little / @marklittlenews: Fair play to Twitter for this act of transparency. Troubling findings but a thoughtful approach to platform accountability. https://www.protocol.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: For real. Go sign up for a Twitter account. Look at the accounts it recommends for you to follow. And then watch what happens when you don't follow anyone. Within a couple weeks, Twitter will just start pushing right-wing “highlights” to you.
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: Once again. Zero followers. Account created while using a VPN. And still, it's just sending these out in emails. With a handful of exceptions (Chris Hayes, NHJ), it's virtually all conservatives in there day in and day out https://twitter.com/...
Matt Ghoulbriele / @prof_gabriele: having met some computer scientists, i have some ideas... https://twitter.com/...
@denlesks: Lol, by “amplify” they mean push right-leaning replies to the very end of all replies and cover them with a warning https://twitter.com/...
Arieh Kovler / @ariehkovler: Twitter's done well to study what its algorithms are doing and to tell the world rather than burying it. Next step is to figure out why it's happening. https://twitter.com/...
Andrea Matranga / @andreamatranga: I suspect that part of this is that progressives just LOVE to hate RT. Guess what, all those ratios we are so smug about? That's ENGAGEMENT. As far as I can tell that French reactionary guy is propelled entirely by hate QTs. https://twitter.com/...
Phil Kinzler / @philkinzler: Social media grew on the backs of an altruistic “build global communities and make the world a smaller, better place” idea but it really just a) serves as another vehicle for ads and b) amplifies the worst in everyone ... https://twitter.com/...
@scottwamplerbmd: my research shows that someone has been getting into the Halloween candy while my wife is at work, but doesn't know who's doing it https://twitter.com/...
Comfortably Numb / @ygalanter: We have reached singularity. https://twitter.com/...
@vagabending: I just find it hard to believe that Twitter and FB have paid their engineers, researchers, etc, literally tens of millions of dollars, and they all can't figure out this itty bitty problem where they all amplify crazy rightwingers. https://twitter.com/...
Robert / Transistori: Google alentaa Play Store maksuja, Snapin osake vajosi heikon tuloksen myötä ja Worldcoin on nyt yksisarvinen.
@hencough: oops! looks like the entire narrative about social media being left-leaning is a complete fucking lie! https://twitter.com/...
Steven Boyer / @steveboyer5000: Because right-leaning content is all fear based. Fear of the other, fear of being left behind. And fear sells. Fear gets amplified. https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: Oh https://twitter.com/...
Alex Winter / @winter: What could it be? One of the great mysteries of life... https://twitter.com/...
Sree Sreenivasan / @sree: More proof that the conservative talking point that Big Tech is always helping progressives is WRONG. https://twitter.com/...
Kate Starbird / @katestarbird: In contrast to the political talking points we often hear at the congressional hearings... Twitter researchers find that their algorithms amplify right-wing influencers and right-leaning new sites at much higher rates than content/influencers on the left: https://www.protocol.com/...
Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp: Great to see a platform publishing, rather than burying, potentially embarrassing research findings. https://twitter.com/...
Katie Rosborough / @katieniederee: “When algorithms get put out into the world, what happens when people interact with it, we can't model for that. We can't model for how individuals or groups of people will use Twitter, what will happen in the world in a way that will impact how people use Twitter.” —@ruchowdh https://twitter.com/...
Gavin McCollum / @gavinmccollum: It's amazing how Conservatives whine about Twitter and Facebook censoring their content, when in both instances, their content is actually amplified over liberal content. https://twitter.com/...
Tim Grieve / @timgrieve: From the “interesting but not surprising” department. https://www.protocol.com/...
Lindsay Mccallum Rémy / @lindsmccallum: Today we're sharing our latest responsible ML research. It's not only important to be transparent about our work in this space, but to communicate about it in a way that moves the conversation forward. https://twitter.com/...
Rumman Chowdhury / @ruchowdh: Here's what's complex: The team did phenomenal work identifying *what* is happening. Establishing *why* these observed patterns occur is a significantly more difficult question to answer and something META will examine. 5/n
Rumman Chowdhury / @ruchowdh: Here's what we find (part 3): 4/n In 6 out of 7 countries, Tweets posted by political right elected officials are algorithmically amplified more than the political left. Right-leaning news outlets (defined by 3rd parties), see greater amplification compared to left-leaning.
Ethan Zuckerman / @ethanz: “When algorithms get put out into the world, what happens when people interact with it, we can't model for that. We can't model for how individuals or groups of people will use Twitter, what will happen in the world in a way that will impact how people use Twitter...”
Ethan Zuckerman / @ethanz: Twitter finds that right-wing news, politicians are disproportionately amplified on its news feed. While the bias is clear, the cause is not - Twitter is now working to study why this bias might exist: https://www.protocol.com/...
Ethan Zuckerman / @ethanz: That's... reasonable. Disturbing, but reasonable. It makes sense that Twitter's algorithms are now too complex to easily identify causes of these biases. And it's good that Twitter is acknowledging this bias even before they can balance/correct it.
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Government-commissioned report finds UK radio broadcasters fear that smart speaker companies will hoard listener data and slip their own ads into broadcasts — Broadcasters fear Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant may gradually sideline UK content — Could Alexa kill the radio star?
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Neil Nunes / @neilnunes1: Radio industry calls for government protection from smart assistants “...when BBC material is consumed through a smart speaker or other third party device, audiences are substantially less likely to mentally associate it with the BBC.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Axel Springer CEO denies that the company planned to appoint Axios “top management” as EIC of Politico and says there is no intention now to buy Axios — With the German media giant under fire at home, billionaire CEO Mathias Döpfner—all six-foot-seven of him …
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@mlcalderone, Puck, @derjamesjackson, @tibor, @pwellinski, @joepompeo and The Guardian
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Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone: Great new details from @joepompeo on Axel Springer's purchase of Politico (and not Axios), along with reporting inside today's staff meeting with CEO Mathias Dopfner https://www.vanityfair.com/...
James Jackson / @derjamesjackson: Real gem in this: when asked about paywalls, Döpfner said “we are from Berlin. We don't like walls” and then planned to introduce one anyway https://twitter.com/...
Tibor Martini / @tibor: „(A source shared an audio recording with me.)" Die Stimmung bei Politico ist anscheinend an Tag 1 schon so gut wie im konstant leakenden Bild-Newsroom. https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Joe Pompeo / @joepompeo: “It Would Have Meant War”: The Inside Story of Axel Springer's Cutthroat Deal to Buy Politico https://www.vanityfair.com/... via @VanityFair
Philip Oltermann / The Guardian: Scandal rocks German media giant on brink of global expansion
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Leaked recording: Axel Springer CEO told Politico staffers he made “a mistake” in saying he planned a paywall for Politico: “No decision has been made”
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Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: Have updated story with more details from leaked audio from the town hall. Dopfner also denied reporting from the New York Times about his negotiations earlier this year with Axios. An Axios spokesperson said they would not comment on private discussions. https://www.axios.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: NEW: In a town hall this AM, Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner said it was “a mistake” to tell @WSJ that he planned to institute a paywall at @politico. “My answer honestly was very unfortunate,” he said in an audio recording obtained by @axios: https://www.axios.com/...
Neko Jackson / The AfterParty ▞ w/ Neko Jackson: Politico's New Owner Openly Shares His Wish to Bias Reporters
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: The CEO of Axel Springer, which bought Politico for $1 billion, told the Wall Street Journal that it would eventually go behind a paywall. I shared that with you on this platform. Now he says he was mistaken, and shouldn't have said it. https://www.axios.com/...
Anton Protsiuk / The Fix: Weekly Digest: Axel Springer Troubles, Russian “Black Fridays”
Richard Grenell / @richardgrenell: lol, Ben. Come clean. Your attacks are because you and your friend @JimVandeHei are pissed that Axel Springer didn't end up buying Axios. Sour grapes is not journalism. Your team didn't close the deal. https://twitter.com/...
Anne Helen Petersen / @annehelen: This is an interesting look at the German press reckoning after the fallout at Axel Springer https://www.cjr.org/...
Anne Helen Petersen / @annehelen: “Many media-watchers asked, meanwhile, why it had taken a major American news outlet to force action when much of Reichelt's conduct was already public knowledge in Germany, which is a very good question.” https://www.cjr.org/...
Justin Ray / @by_justin: This @Jon_Allsop newsletter on @benyt and his recent journocides is the best analysis I've read so far https://www.cjr.org/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: Funny that they wouldn't deny it to me on the record when I asked in great detail. https://twitter.com/...
Jake Sherman / @jakesherman: hm. People would pay for Politico's reporting. I would! https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: The biggest issue for Politico staff has not been what happened in Germany, but a feeling Springer had misled them about a paywall, which Döpfner is trying to clean up here https://twitter.com/...
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: This new ‘CEO admits making a mistake so mess will go away’ strategy is fascinating... https://www.axios.com/...
Jackson Richman / Mediaite: Axel Springer CEO Walks Back Plans for Paywall at Politico
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