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Jana Winter / Yahoo News:
A deep dive into a secretive US CBP unit that investigated as many as 20 journalists, including NYT's Ali Watkins and AP investigative reporter Martha Mendoza — It was almost 10 p.m. on a Thursday night, and Ali Watkins was walking around the capital following instructions texted by a stranger.
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@byrontau, @ap, Associated Press, @mendozamartha, @jasonleopold, @jonward11, @digiphile, @jdawsey1, @kathygannon, @joaquincastrotx, @nixonron, @danielschuman, @isikoff, @mattzeitlin, @kenvogel, @weinbergersa, @buddjenn, @dklaidman, @snowden, @nixonron, @jsrailton, @merz, @weinbergersa, @spaceyg, @jsrailton, @zachsdorfman, @janawinter, @ap, @zachsdorfman, @seth_hettena, @asheschow, @dangillmor, @janawinter, @jsrailton, @dvergano, @jsrailton, @haleaziz, @jackshafer, @s_m_i, @leilafadel, @underoak, @ecmclaughlin, @anthony, @schwartzesque and @weinbergersa
Discussion:
Byron Tau / @byrontau: An outstanding piece of journalism from @janawinter about how the CBP had a secretive unit called the Counter Network Division that was tasked in part with surveillance of journalists during the Trump years. https://news.yahoo.com/...
@ap: @AP The revelations raised alarm in news organizations and prompted a demand for a full explanation from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. “We are deeply concerned about this apparent abuse of power,” said Lauren Easton, AP's director of media relations. https://apne.ws/fm8GDSr
Mark Sherman / Associated Press: Watchdog: Federal Anti-Terror Unit Also Investigated U.S. Journalists
Martha Mendoza / @mendozamartha: When I learned the federal government reviewed my travel, banking, email, phone information without cause, my greatest concern was for our democracy. Operation Whistle Pig: Inside the secret CBP unit with no rules that investigates Americans https://news.yahoo.com/...
Jason Leopold / @jasonleopold: The 500+ documents that formed the basis of the Yahoo News report on the CBP unit targeting journalists and others can be found here, pried loose via #FOIA a couple months ago by @rcfp https://www.rcfp.org/...
Jon Ward / @jonward11: dude “sipped WhistlePig old fashioneds”? pull his card https://news.yahoo.com/...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: “government officials trawling through government databases, looking at the private lives — and even romantic relationships — of U.S. citizens not suspected of any crime, is precisely what civil liberties experts have warned about for years.”— @JanaWinter https://news.yahoo.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Josh Dawsey / @jdawsey1: One of the craziest things I've read in 2021. And that's saying something... https://twitter.com/...
Kathy Gannon / @kathygannon: Breathtakingly outrageous https://twitter.com/...
Joaquin Castro / @joaquincastrotx: The abuse of government databases by this @DHSgov unit to surveil and act against American citizens, the press and elected officials is detestable and must be stopped. @DHSgov must disband this unit; anyone who perpetrated this abuse should be fired and prosecuted. 1/ https://twitter.com/...
@nixonron: Great and disturbing investigation by @janawinter and @YahooNews. It is simply outrageous that a government agency was ‘vetting’ journalists by running them through databases used to track terrorists. https://news.yahoo.com/...
Daniel Schuman / @danielschuman: So, the CBP in the guise of a leak investigation prompted by something entirely unrelated, used all of the federal databases at its disposal to dig into 20+ journalists, their families, and congressional staff + potentially members — without a warrant. https://www.yahoo.com/...
Michael Isikoff / @isikoff: Wow. It doesn't get any more bizarre-or disturbing- than this: A secret DHS/CPB program that investigated journalists, tapping into govt. databases to obtain their phone, travel records & other personal data. @janawinter #OperationWhistlePig https://news.yahoo.com/...
Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin: How many media outlets essentially did this operation's work for it by writing titillating stories pulled from indictments that are for fairly narrowly circumscribed crimes but include a ton of embarrassing narrative detail https://twitter.com/...
Kenneth P. Vogel / @kenvogel: Lots of troubling details in this story about a government surveillance program targeting journalists. Perhaps most troubling: one of the most aggressive agents was repeatedly praised by @CBP for his efforts, which included monitoring reporters' families. https://news.yahoo.com/...
Sharon Weinberger / @weinbergersa: This morning we published @janawinter's article on a secret CBP unit that investigates journalists, members of Congress and other unsuspecting Americans. In 20 yrs of journalism, it's one of the strangest & most and disturbing stories I've encountered. https://news.yahoo.com/...
Jenn Budd / @buddjenn: The unit w/in @CBP being described as taking orders on who to investigate from the Trump White House is Stasi level secret & illegal investigations. Congress must investigate. Operation Whistle Pig: Inside the secret CBP unit https://news.yahoo.com/...
Daniel Klaidman / @dklaidman: New: A unit with the US Customs and Border Patrol, operating with few rules, routinely scoured sensitive government databases for travel, financial and other personal information on journalists, members of Congress and their staff and others. @janawinter https://news.yahoo.com/...
Edward Snowden / @snowden: CBP abused intelligence databases to trawl through the private lives of 15-20 American journalists in a manner that the Inspector General reported it to the Justice Department as a criminal conspiracy. But the government refused to prosecute. https://news.yahoo.com/...
@nixonron: I can't empathize enough how disturbing this is and to see that my colleague @mendozamartha, one of the most accomplished investigative journalist on the planet, was supposedly ‘vetted’ by @CBP personal rummaging though government databases. https://twitter.com/...
John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton: 3/ After the last scandal like this... AG Garland formally prohibited @TheJusticeDept from seizing reporters' records in leak investigations (there are exceptions). Sounds like @CBP & @DHSgov may be overdue for urgent policy overhaul. https://apnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sharon Weinberger / @weinbergersa: Exclusive: The leak investigation that targeted @nytimes' Ali Watkins wasn't an isolated incident. The CBP unit that sparked the probe also trawled the records of journalists, congressional staffers and lawmakers. @janawinter on Operation Whistle Pig. https://news.yahoo.com/...
@spaceyg: This is cray! A CBP unit existed to investigate forced labor. If Operation Whistle Pig was tasked with THAT, then why were they hanging around DC speakeasies spooking journalists? And what about Operation Blooming Onion, the recent slave-labor bust in GA? https://news.yahoo.com/...
John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton: 2/ Cause for concern: the secretive CBP unit with wide powers, an oversight problem, and a blemished track record... is apparently still operational👇 I wonder how much has changed? https://twitter.com/...
Zach Dorfman / @zachsdorfman: Incredible investigative reporting from @janawinter on a CBP unit that “routinely used the country's most sensitive databases to obtain the travel records & financial & personal information of journalists, gov officials, congressional members & others.” https://news.yahoo.com/...
Jana Winter / @janawinter: I have many things to say about this story but first a huge thanks to my editor @weinbergersa for helping me tell this is a digestible compelling way, to everyone at @YahooNews for help & guidance & to Rambo for risking his job to talk https://news.yahoo.com/...
@ap: BREAKING: A special Customs and Border Protection unit used sensitive government databases intended to track terrorists to investigate up to 20 U.S.-based journalists, including a Pulitzer Prize-winning AP reporter, according to a federal watchdog. https://apne.ws/gD4NxsZ
Zach Dorfman / @zachsdorfman: “The AP demands an immediate explanation from CBP as to why journalists including AP investigative reporter Martha Mendoza were run through databases used to track terrorists,” an AP spokesperson told Yahoo News in a statement. https://news.yahoo.com/...
Seth Hettena / @seth_hettena: Lots of revelations in this terrific @janawinter story about a CBP investigation that targeted journalists. https://news.yahoo.com/...
Ashe Short / @asheschow: LOL at them trying to make it seem like she was in danger because she met a source at The Sheppard. It's one of the most popular “speakeasies” in DC. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: Trump-era CBP's investigations of journalists should set off major alarms in the craft: https://www.yahoo.com/... “'Vet the reporters you use,” Rambo said his boss told him, “'vet them through our systems.' I vet them no different than I vet a terrorist.'”
Jana Winter / @janawinter: *has*. @DHS and @cbp still *HAS* a secretive unit called Counter Network Division currently run by literally same people doing same exact thing (despite referrals for criminal prosecution). CND still targeting US citizens not suspected of any crime—under BIDEN administration. https://twitter.com/...
John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton: 4/ Broad powers to surveil and muck about with the free press are a key precondition for authoritarianism. The stakes could not be higher right now. America 🇺🇸 must circumscribe & reform this unchecked authority before it's too late. https://twitter.com/...
John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton: NIGHTMARE: no-oversight unit at CBP fished around in private lives of journalists, congressional staffers, possibly congresspeople. Had an agent cooking up psyops. @Deloitte even makes an appearance, helping to track a reporter through social media. https://news.yahoo.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Hamed Aleaziz / @haleaziz: An absolutely insane/shocking/disturbing investigation by @janawinter: https://www.yahoo.com/...
Jack Shafer / @jackshafer: The secret government unit that spies on journalists (and other Americans), by @janawinter https://news.yahoo.com/...
Stacy-Marie Ishmael / @s_m_i: “he did something that most journalists probably don't expect government officials to do: He ran Watkins through an assortment of databases.” if you're a journalist from certain backgrounds your whole life is knowing you'll be run through databases https://news.yahoo.com/...
Leila Fadel / @leilafadel: I would read every word of this investigative piece by @janawinter. It's terrifying, as she notes, this is happening now. https://twitter.com/...
Andria Krewson / @underoak: This should be on your weekend reading list. And if you travel internationally, you owe it to your friends and family to travel with an empty phone contact list. https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth C. McLaughlin / @ecmclaughlin: Now imagine what they're going to do with data scraping and collection if/when this Republican party is returned to power. Because it won't be confined to undocumented folks or a handful of reporters, I'll tell you that. https://twitter.com/...
Anthony DeRosa / @anthony: Operation Whistle Pig: Inside the secret CBP unit with no rules that investigates Americans “We are pushing the limits and so there is no norm, there is no guidelines, we are the ones making the guidelines.” https://news.yahoo.com/...
Mattathias Schwartz / @schwartzesque: When it comes to mass surveillance, we tend to focus on the threat of top-down totalitarianism and underestimate the threat of data-empowered loons conducting search-and-destroy missions as they root through our private lives. @janawinter has the goods... https://news.yahoo.com/...
Sharon Weinberger / @weinbergersa: If the question of mass surveillance is: What's the harm? Here it is. Officials looking into a reporter's romantic relationship. Performing records searches on elected member of Congress and their staff and “connecting” them to the terrorism watchlist. https://news.yahoo.com/...
Valerie Hopkins / New York Times:
At the Oslo awards ceremony, Nobel Prize winners Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov call for peace, a renewed commitment to democracy, and support for a free press — At an awards ceremony in Oslo, Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitri A. Muratov of Russia called for peace, democratic renewal and support for a free press.
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@nobelprize, New York Times, NPR, openDemocracy, @nytimes, @alexthomp, @jenniferpreston, @tainalon, @kenroth, @sheelahk, @doughtystpublic, @thursley, The Guardian, @anneapplebaum, @anneapplebaum, @sarawahedi, @antelava, @ziauddiny, @icijorg, @valeriein140, @lattif, Raw Story, The Moscow Times, PBS NewsHour, DW.COM, Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News, New York Times, Reuters, TASS, The Independent, @marklittlenews, @rasmus_kleis, @kerrymflynn, Foreign Policy, HowuDoin, Democracy Now, BBC, Associated Press and The Guardian
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@nobelprize: “Without facts, you can't have truth. Without truth, you can't have trust. Without trust, we have no shared reality, no democracy, and it becomes impossible to deal with our world's existential problems...” Read @mariaressa's full #NobelPrize lecture: https://www.nobelprize.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Frank Langfitt / NPR: Nobel Peace laureates blast tech giants and warn against rising authoritarianism
Mary Fitzgerald / openDemocracy: Journalists' Nobel Peace Prize casts a shadow on failures of our democracy
@nytimes: Maria Ressa and Dmitri Muratov, the journalists awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, used their acceptance speeches to issue dire warnings about the threats to democracies and call for greater accountability for social media companies. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Alex Thompson / @alexthomp: Journalist Maria Ressa, accepting her Nobel prize, goes off on tech: “These American companies controlling our global information ecosystem are biased against facts, biased against journalists..They are — by design — dividing us and radicalizing us.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@jenniferpreston: Thank you @mariaressa for also using your #Nobel lecture to announce the start of one of the most ambitious philanthropic funds for independent journalism around the world! Congrats to you and former @nytimes ceo Mark Thompson. Details: https://nytimes.com/... #holdtheline 4/4
Tai Nalon / @tainalon: “We need information ecosystems that live and die by facts. We do this by shifting social priorities to rebuild journalism for the 21st century while regulating and outlawing the surveillance economics that profit from hate and lies.” (@mariaressa) https://twitter.com/...
Kenneth Roth / @kenroth: As the receive their Nobel Peace Prizes, Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov seek renewal of our commitment to democracy and media freedom. They also call for greater accountability for hate and violence promoted on social media. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sheelah Kolhatkar / @sheelahk: Stunning of critique of tech platforms from Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa: “These American companies controlling our global information ecosystem are biased against facts, biased against journalists... They are-by design-dividing us and radicalizing us.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@doughtystpublic: Journalists @mariaressa & Dmitry Muratov awarded the #NobelPeacePrize today. Ms Ressa is represented by an international legal team jointly led by Amal Clooney & @caoilfhionnanna @DoughtyStIntl, working with @Can_Yeginsu @ClaireOverman @CovingtonLLP. Read Maria's speech here: https://twitter.com/...
Jackie Malton / @thursley: This is brilliant. Shame quite a few people don't understand that without truth you can't have trust... https://twitter.com/...
Joel Simon / The Guardian: In the battle between truth and lies, we must protect the world's journalists
Anne Applebaum / @anneapplebaum: from Maria Ressa's Nobel prize speech: “Every day, I live with the real threat of spending the rest of my life in jail just because I'm a journalist. When I go home, I have no idea what the future holds, but it's worth the risk.” https://www.nobelprize.org/...
Anne Applebaum / @anneapplebaum: From Dmitry Muratov's Nobel prize speech: “I want journalists to die old.” https://www.nobelprize.org/...
Sara Wahedi / @sarawahedi: Precisely why I am so passionate about data-driven policy in Afghanistan. Without facts, we've become used to solving problems with metaphorical band-aids, unable to follow patterns and trends to help us find solutions. We have much to learn from you, @mariaressa. https://twitter.com/...
Natalia Antelava / @antelava: This is @mariaressa 's historic speech in full. If you have any interest in journalism you must read it in full. If you have the vaguest interest in the future of our planet you MUST read it in full https://www.rappler.com/...
Ziauddin Yousafzai / @ziauddiny: What an incredible and mind-blowing Nobel Prize lecture! Thank you @mariaressa for every word you said. Thank your for your vision and wisdom for a better world.#NobelPeacePrize https://twitter.com/...
Icij / @icijorg: In their @NobelPrize acceptance speeches, @mariaressa and Dmitry Muratov stressed the importance of independent reporting in defending against authoritarian regimes, and held a minute of silence during the ceremony to honor journalists killed on the job. https://www.aljazeera.com/...
Valerie Hopkins / @valeriein140: I spent my afternoon watching the Nobel speeches of Maria Ressa and Dmitri Muratov. Both were impassioned pleas for a better world that they believe is within our grasp — one in which journalists play a crucial role. “We are the antidote against tyranny.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Abdi Latif Dahir / @lattif: “These American companies controlling our global information ecosystem are biased against facts, biased against journalists,” @mariaressa said in her Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech on Friday. “They are — by design — dividing us and radicalizing us.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Raymund Antonio / Manila Bulletin: Nobel Prize honors Ressa's ‘courage in service of others’, says Robredo
Valerie Hopkins / New York Times: As Muratov Accepts Nobel, Legacy of His Russian Predecessors Recedes
Nerijus Adomaitis / Reuters: Social media platforms jeopardise elections, Nobel Peace laureate Ressa says
Jan M. Olsen / The Independent: Nobel Peace Prize winners say independent journalism can counter tyranny
Mark Little / @marklittlenews: “What are you willing to sacrifice for the Truth?” One for the ages! #HoldTheLine https://twitter.com/...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: “I stand before you, a representative of every journalist around the world who is forced to sacrifice so much to hold the line, to stay true to our values and mission: to bring you the truth and hold power to account.” https://twitter.com/...
@kerrymflynn: .@mariaressa + Mark Thompson on @FundFreeMedia supporting independent journalism globally: “We both know that the great political and cultural battles that free media faces everywhere can only be won if we first stabilize and future-proof its economics” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Democracy Now: “Hold the Line”: Watch Filipina Journalist Maria Ressa's Full Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech
Rebecca Ratcliffe / The Guardian: Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov receive Nobel peace prize
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The International Fund for Public Interest Media, led by Mark Thompson and Maria Ressa, says it is looking to raise $100M after the US pledges up to $30M — Press freedom is starting to get more attention from world leaders, as new data suggests 2021 was yet another record-breaking year for violations of those rights.
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@sarafischer, @colincrowell, Common Dreams, @jayrosen_nyu, @paulhrosenberg, RAPPLER and @nehadixit123
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Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: NEW @axios: Spoke w Mark Thompson about new Intl media fund he co-chairs w Maria Ressa - Looking to raise $100m - Received $30m commitment from US, $1m from Taiwan, undisclosed amounts from NZ, France - In “serious conversations” w 15 more govs about funds https://www.axios.com/...
Colin Crowell / @colincrowell: “The big picture: Journalists have faced record levels of persecution globally during the pandemic, which has empowered autocrats to go after the free press with arbitrary measures like ‘fake news’ laws and internet blackouts.” @mariaressa @FundFreeMedia https://www.axios.com/...
Mary Fitzgerald / Common Dreams: Journalists' Nobel Peace Prize Spotlights So-Called Democracies' Claims on Press Freedom
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “The U.S. will invest up to $30 million in a new initiative, led by news veterans, called The International Fund for Public Interest Media, to protect the free press globally.” https://www.axios.com/... Co-chairs: Nobel winner @mariaressa and Mark Thompson, ex CEO, New York Times.
Axios:
Some current and former BuzzFeed staff can't sell their stock amid a steep price drop, due to poor communication from BuzzFeed and its stock transfer agent — Many early BuzzFeed employees remain unable to sell their shares, even though the company went public this past Monday.
Discussion:
CNBC, Insider, @sarafischer, @sherman4949, @ariannarebolini, @ariannarebolini, @raymondsultan, @ariannarebolini, @raymondsultan, @eringriffith, @danablankenhorn, @stevekandell, @mariskreizman, @oliverdarcy, @eringriffith, @nkulw, @mediainsider, @sapna, @juliareinstein, @dalrymple, @nycsouthpaw and @perlberg
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Steven Perlberg / Insider: Some ex-BuzzFeed staffers are fuming that they couldn't immediately dump their shares after the company's public debut
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: New with @danprimack: Blunder prevents early BuzzFeed employees from selling their shares — The situation is exacerbated by steep price drop, and a stock conversion ratio that already has caused some early employees to be underwater https://www.axios.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Bustle Digital CEO Bryan Goldberg told me he bought “a fuck-ton” of BuzzFeed shares at $6 a pop and he'll “really back up the truck” if shares fall further. https://twitter.com/...
Arianna Rebolini / @ariannarebolini: I still can't sell my shares but I did just get this check for $1.67 from BuzzFeed's transfer agent so that is...something https://twitter.com/...
Arianna Rebolini / @ariannarebolini: @RaymondSultan Sure I just have five or six conflicting documents I need you to print out and sign and then fax to me
Ray / @raymondsultan: @AriannaRebolini fuck, you're a billionaire compared to the rest of us schlubs
Arianna Rebolini / @ariannarebolini: I keep thinking of me last week, so excited at the prospect of being able to pay off my student loans 🤡🤡🤡🤡 🤡🤡🤡🤡 which I could have done if I'd been able to sell, on Monday, the shares I've owned for five years! but lol it's fine, i'm fine https://twitter.com/...
Erin Griffith / @eringriffith: @Wolfkenn Startups generate a ton of wealth and those companies created many millionaires. But there are so many other stories of employees getting screwed and those don't get told as often.
@danablankenhorn: I wrote this a few days ago but it still holds: $BZFD Buzzfeed lands with a Thud. https://investorplace.com/... Note the implications, because they go well beyond the market.
Maris Kreizman / @mariskreizman: Remember the episode of Succession when Kendall laid off everyone at Vaulter and then shoplifted some batteries and threw them in the trash? That's this. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: “Many early BuzzFeed employees remain unable to sell their shares, even though the company went public this past Monday...” https://www.axios.com/...
Erin Griffith / @eringriffith: the story of startup employees getting screwed on shares is a tale as old as time https://www.axios.com/...
Noah Kulwin / @nkulw: I've been given shares of two companies and at no point did I ever treat them as worth more than the paper that they were signed on https://www.axios.com/...
@mediainsider: BuzzFeed began trading on Monday, closing down 11%. Former staffers complained of delays and confusion in converting their options into shares. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Sapna Maheshwari / @sapna: seems unusual that so many former BuzzFeed employees can't do anything with their shares due to administrative issues that will take a week or more to resolve. wonder what that means for the stock price? https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Julia Reinstein / @juliareinstein: “BuzzFeed stock has fallen more than 40%, and so far the company has given no indication that it plans to compensate its former employees for their accelerating losses... It did not, and has not, apologized.” https://twitter.com/...
Jim Dalrymple II / @dalrymple: I am not an attorney, but this seems like it should be a fairly straightforward lawsuit? https://twitter.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: BuzzFeed screws early employees who hold shares with surprise paperwork and delays as IPO price gets cut nearly in half. https://www.axios.com/...
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Maxwell Strachan / VICE:
In Slack posts, Jonah Peretti denies “speculation” that big investors and execs could trade BuzzFeed stock ahead of others, blames transfer agent for problems — Workers who had money on the line are very upset about about having been part of the SPAC from hell. — MS
Discussion:
@scottdeveau, @vice, @motherboard, @lorenzofb, @mollyhc, @andrewfeinberg, @timmarchman, @timmarchman, @bombur, @timmarchman and @maxwellstrachan
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Scott Deveau / @scottdeveau: “The crux of the issue is this: At least some former employees who believed in the future of the company enough to exercise their options have found themselves unable to sell” https://www.vice.com/...
@vice: Workers who had money on the line are very upset about about having been part of the SPAC from hell. https://www.vice.com/...
@motherboard: “It's been almost a week, and myself and former BuzzFeed employees have not been able to trade the shares we have earned and paid for because of a fuck up by management,” one former employee tweeted Thursday. https://www.vice.com/...
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / @lorenzofb: I love working in media because it's such a good sustainable business run by execs who not only understand it, but also care deeply about it. https://www.vice.com/...
Molly Hensley-Clancy / @mollyhc: Axios sums up the absolute mess of a situation with BuzzFeed and former employees' stock options pretty well https://www.axios.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Feinberg / @andrewfeinberg: It would be nice if there's a way to send the executives who were able to cash out to prison for this while liquidating their assets to compensate all the people whose work they profited from before screwing them over. https://www.vice.com/...
Tim Marchman / @timmarchman: This is a bit in the weeds (read the blog) but a BuzzFeed flack strongly insisted that execs getting to convert their unsaleable shares to saleable ones before peons could was not part of an evil scheme, suggesting the execs are incompetent dipshits: https://twitter.com/...
Tim Marchman / @timmarchman: Hovering over all of this, of course, is the New York Times inexplicably allowing a superstar writer, a former BuzzFeed News editor, to do something seemingly plainly against its own ethics policy: https://slate.com/...
Mike Epstein / @bombur: Cool cool cool. Cool. Cool cool. https://www.vice.com/...
Tim Marchman / @timmarchman: NEW: BuzzFeed boss blames SPAC debacle that's fucked over former workers on third party, which essentially put on a fake mustache and said “Wrong number!” and hung up when @maxwellstrachan reached out while trying to get the the bottom of the catastrophe: https://www.vice.com/...
Ben Quinn / The Guardian:
The UK high court rules Julian Assange can be extradited to the US to face espionage charges, overturning a previous judgment in January — Decision overturns previous ruling that Wikileaks co-founder could not be extradited due to mental health concerns — Julian Assange can be extradited …
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@judiciaryuk, @cdeloire, Vanity Fair, Committee to Protect …, Defend WikiLeaks, @englishpen, Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, @_arianna, BBC, English Pen, @louisemensch, @senator_patrick, @suigenerisjen, @guillaumelong, @wikileaks, @drjillstein, @greenpartymolly, @claredalymep, CNN, @claredalymep, @aiww, @ianbohen, @snowden, @schwarz, @schwarz, @pressfreedom, @simonowens, @leecamp, @charlie_savage, @janet_rice, @arusbridger, @benjaminnorton, @clarkemicah, @georgemonbiot, Washington Post, @cijournalism, @b_obermayer, @wikileaks, @wikileaks, @daveg, @agent_of_change, @jnhanvey, The Intercept, Variety, Ars Technica, Reuters, NBC Chicago, Reclaim The Net, Axios and Bloomberg
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@judiciaryuk: USA -v- Julian Assange: Full judgment and summary of High Court decision available here https://www.judiciary.uk/...
Christophe Deloire / @cdeloire: THREAD We condemn today's UK High Court decision to allow the extradition of Julian Assange to the US, which will prove historic for all the wrong reasons. We fully believe that Julian Assange has been targeted for his contributions to journalism. https://twitter.com/...
Caleb Ecarma / Vanity Fair: Julian Assange's U.S. Extradition Ruling Strikes a Blow to Press Freedom
Jennifer Dunham / Committee to Protect Journalists: British court rules WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the US
English Pen / @englishpen: PEN centres condemn the decision of the High Court to clear the way for Julian #Assange to be extradited to the USA. This decision is a shocking blow to media freedom, with far reaching implications for investigative journalism worldwide. Our statement: https://www.englishpen.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Julian Paul Assange / Courts and Tribunals Judiciary: USA -v- Julian Assange
Arianna Ciccone / @_arianna: “On the same day the Nobel Peace Prize honors journalists, a UK court ruled that the United States can extradite Julian Assange, a move that seriously damages journalism,” said @pressfreedom Deputy Executive Director Robert Mahoney. https://cpj.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Becky Morton / BBC: Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules
Louise Mensch / @louisemensch: The judgement and its EXECSUM are both here; Legal Twitter should check out the full judgement, which discusses, and rejects, Julian Assange's case for cross-appeal on various grounds. It seems probable no Wikileaks appeal will succeed, even if granted, which must be doubtful. https://twitter.com/...
Rex Patrick / @senator_patrick: While Julian #Assange will appeal, the Australian Government should be actively pressing the British Home Secretary not to allow extradition. Aside from the humanitarian dimension, Assange's case is absolutely critical to #MediaFreedom worldwide. #auspol https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Jen Robinson / @suigenerisjen: On #HumanRightsDay and the day the #NobelPeacePrize goes to journalists at risk, the High Court decides that #Assange can be extradited to the US - despite accepting the earlier findings on his mental health and suicide risk - relying only on US assurances: https://twitter.com/...
Guillaume Long / @guillaumelong: This news is devastating. The persecution of Julian Assange is a disgrace. Meanwhile, Biden is holding his cynical “democracy summit”. End the hypocrisy! End the cruelty! https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@wikileaks: Assange Fiancee Stella Moris: A “Grave miscarriage of justice” “How can it be fair, how can it be right, how can it be possible, to extradite Julian to the very country which plotted to kill him?” #FreeAssangeNOW https://defend.wikileaks.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Jill Stein / @drjillstein: The UK & US have struck again in the 9+ year persecution of political prisoner Julian Assange - for publishing the truth about US war crimes & lies. This assault on press freedom, judicial integrity and human rights puts us all at risk. Fight on for his freedom to defend our own! https://twitter.com/...
@greenpartymolly: It's not often I agree with David Davis but he is absolutely right about this Assange has no chance of a fair trial in the US and will be persecuted for embarrassing the US state Between US and UK extradition is a one-way street #FreeAssange https://twitter.com/...
Clare Daly / @claredalymep: One of the investigative journalists behind #PanamaPapers story. Consensus in the industry & among representative bodies that extradition of Assange is an attack on journalism. Opinion columnists & mainstream political parties lag behind. That must change. https://twitter.com/...
Clare Daly / @claredalymep: Civil society groups who deal with fundamental rights and freedom of expression are in agreement on the #Assange case. Here is the Secretary General of @RSF_inter condemning today's decision to extradite. Will members of @europarl_en take note? https://twitter.com/...
@aiww: free Assange will be necessary and precondition for the freedom of speech in today's political environment. https://twitter.com/...
Ian Bohen / @ianbohen: Please educate yourself about the details of Julian Assange's case and what it means to our US democracy. https://twitter.com/...
Edward Snowden / @snowden: “Not a journalist,” chants the mob, unwittingly lobbying for the rights to speak and publish to be afforded only to a class of corporate media businesses consecrated by the state. It doesn't matter if Assange is a hobo on a soapbox: the First Amendment protects everyone equally.
Jon Schwarz / @schwarz: This is extremely bad news. If the US succeeds in extraditing Assange, it will be a catastrophe for press freedom in America and around the world. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jon Schwarz / @schwarz: I remember when lots of people ridiculed the idea that Assange had any reason to fear being extradited to the US. What a paranoid self-dramatizing weirdo, they said. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@pressfreedom: CPJ is deeply disappointed by a British court's decision to uphold the United States Justice Department's appeal to extradite #JulianAssange, which allows the U.S. to continue pursuing the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder. @TheJusticeDept https://cpj.org/...
Simon Owens / @simonowens: Kind of boggles the mind that you can prosecute a non-US citizen who wasn't even in the US for publishing US secrets. https://twitter.com/...
@leecamp: British court has ruled Julian Assange can be extradited to the same country that plotted to kill him - the US. I've never been so disgusted. We must continue to fight for his freedom. https://twitter.com/...
Charlie Savage / @charlie_savage: The UK court ruling that Julian Assange can be extradited to the USA after all will be appealed, so this stage isn't over. But his transfer to the United States could set off a momentous constitutional battle. w/ my colleague in London @meganspecia https://www.nytimes.com/...
Janet Rice / @janet_rice: Such a gut wrenching decision. We will keep fighting. @MarisePayne is the Australian government going to intervene now for this Australian citizen being appallingly persecuted for publishing details of warcrimes? https://twitter.com/...
Alan Rusbridger / @arusbridger: The go-ahead to extradite Julian Assange appears to be on very narrow legal grounds. I hope there's an opportuinty for the wider arguments to be aired and appealed https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Ben Norton / @benjaminnorton: It's impossible to overstate the hypocrisy of the US government: Yesterday it held a bogus Summit for “Democracy” Today the UK ruled the US can extradite Assange, to throw him in a dungeon for doing journalism The US is a monstrous authoritarian regime https://defend.wikileaks.org/ ...
Peter Hitchens / @clarkemicah: The British government must not permit the extradition of Julian Assange to the USA. The case is clearly political, and to surrender him to the US penal system would be to declare ourselves a vassal state of the USA, not a sovereign nation. Johnson surely knows this.
George Monbiot / @georgemonbiot: This is outrageous. Julian Assange is not being legitimately prosecuted. He's being persecuted. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
William Booth / Washington Post: British High Court rules in favor of U.S. extradition of Julian Assange
@cijournalism: A shocking judgement, in a never-ending legal noose around investigative journalism: Assange can be extradited, the UK High Court now decides. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Bastian Obermayer / @b_obermayer: Terrible ruling. Makes journalism a crime. 👉👉Julian Assange can be extradited to US to face espionage charges, court rules https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@wikileaks: Julian Assange fiancee @StellaMoris1: “How can it be fair, how can it be right, how can it be possible, to extradite Julian to the very country which plotted to kill him?” #FreeAssangeNOW #AssangeCase https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@wikileaks: WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson: “Julian's life is once more under grave threat, and so is the right of journalists to publish material that governments and corporations find inconvenient #AssangeCase #FreeAssangeNOW https://defend.wikileaks.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
David Galbraith / @daveg: I'm sure the Assange put lots of people's lives in danger but the route that got him to be extradited involved making sure he was incarcerated without trial, for years. The most obvious stitch up. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Carlos Martinez / @agent_of_change: Assange is being punished for his role exposing imperialist war crimes. A painful reminder that the principles of democracy don't apply to those that offer meaningful resistance to the untrammelled rule of capital. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Murtaza Hussain / The Intercept: Julian Assange on Brink of Extradition to U.S.
Naman Ramachandran / Variety: Julian Assange Could Be Extradited to the U.S. After U.K. Court Ruling
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: US wins appeal against UK ruling that blocked Julian Assange's extradition
Andrew Macaskill / Reuters: WikiLeaks founder Assange one step closer to extradition to United States
Cindy Harper / Reclaim The Net: WikiLeaks journalist Julian Assange CAN be extradited to the US, UK court rules
Zachary Basu / Axios: U.S. wins appeal on extradition of Julian Assange
Gabby Miller / Columbia Journalism Review:
US newsrooms: between March 2020 and August 2021, 6,154+ editorial and non-editorial workers were laid off, ~86 outlets closed, and 42 were absorbed via M&As — KEY FINDINGS: — At least 6,154 news organization workers, which includes both editorial and non-editorial staffers …
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Gabby Miller / @__gabbymiller: NEW FROM ME: The @TowCenter for @CJR found that 6,150+ news workers were laid off throughout the first 18 months of the pandemic. And that's likely an undercount. A thread on the findings. (1/n) https://www.cjr.org/...
Gabby Miller / @__gabbymiller: We suspect the June-Aug drop off was related to PPP loans from that summer. But the numbers shot up again shortly after loans expired on Aug 8 (it was later extended, again). PPP loans helped many, but also merely pushed back layoffs when outlets still hadn't recovered. (3/n) https://twitter.com/...
Gabby Miller / @__gabbymiller: Here's a more detailed look at our numbers. 2021 had significantly less layoffs overall, but we suspect that may have to do with a lack of reporting. An industry being shaken to its core, like it was in spring 2020, grabbed more attn than quietly made, sporadic cuts (4/n) https://twitter.com/...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: At least 6,150 news industry staff were laid off in the US, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, between March 2020 and August 2021 https://www.cjr.org/... via @cjr
Gabby Miller / @__gabbymiller: If we're missing anything from our list or made an error, please help us make it better! While we've gone through great lengths for accuracy, a lot of outlets/chains ignored us ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ DMs are open / towcentercuj[at]gmail[dot]com (fin)
Gabby Miller / @__gabbymiller: This project started w/ tracking COVID-19 related cutbacks that I turned into an interactive map last year. While it showed the damage across the country, it didn't *quantify* the permanent toll on an industry that has been shrinking for decades (9/n) https://www.cjr.org/...
Lucas Grindley / @lucasgrindley: A number we can count — @TowCenter reports that 6,154 people lost their jobs at news organizations during the pandemic, from March 2020 through August 2021. Here's a number we can't count — how many stories will never get told? https://www.cjr.org/...
Kyle Pope / @kylepope: Such an important tally, for @CJR from our colleagues at @TowCenter https://twitter.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: “At least 100 U.S. news organizations have closed throughout the pandemic, although 14 of those same outlets have since resumed operations to varying extents.” https://twitter.com/...
Kristen Hare / @kristenhare: I so appreciate this work from @__gabbymiller and @TowCenter for @CJR. They've been terrific partners and this is painstaking work that, you'll see, is beginning to take meaningful shape. https://www.cjr.org/...
Karl Bode / @karlbode: nice to see media layoff analysis that actually acknowledges that freelancers exist and matter https://twitter.com/...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: For anyone who cares about the state of US news. @__gabbymiller has been tracking the effects of the pandemic in newsrooms for a over year, she set out to track every lay off over 18 months ...whilst big newsrooms had a bumper year, the base has been shrinking : 🧵🪡 https://twitter.com/...
Anya Schiffrin / Columbia Journalism Review:
EU bills targeting disinformation, like the Digital Services Act, could be a “game changer” in 2022, but journalists want to make sure they won't be censored — After several years of asking the tech giants to regulate themselves on mis/disinformation and a range of other topics …
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@columbiasipa: Many European officials consider the Digital Services Act to be a “game changer” when it comes to combatting online mis/disinformation, and it could pave the way for higher global standards for comprehensive online regulations, writes @anyaSIPA. @CJR | https://ow.ly/... https://twitter.com/...
Iain Levine / @iainlevine: The DSA will require the big tech companies to conduct regular assessments of the systemic risks they create for societies, show their plans to address those risks—including harms from mis/disinfo—and allow regulators to audit their algorithms. @anyaSIPA https://www.cjr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Anya Schiffrin / @anyasipa: my new article on forthcoming EU tech regulation. Well edited by the wonderful @CJR folks @LHarrisWrites https://www.cjr.org/...
EFJ / @efjeurope: “We need safeguards to protect media freedom while not giving media throughout Europe a blanket exemption” @renatemargot https://twitter.com/...
@disinfoindex: With the EU's Digital Services Act and the UK's Online Safety Bill on the regulatory agenda, could 2022 be a “game changer” for combatting disinformation? @anyaSIPA @CJR reports on what regulation could mean for governments, platforms, & disinfo actors: https://www.cjr.org/...
Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
Netflix, Amazon, Disney+, and Apple TV+ agree to invest €250M-€300M combined in French content yearly per a government decree; source: Netflix will invest €200M — The CSA expects the investment to be between €250 million ($282 million) to €300 million ($330 million) on average per year.
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Paris Marx / @parismarx: Netflix, Amazon, Disney+, and Apple TV+ will spend 20% of annual revenues on French content (€250-300 million a year) after new regulations in France. Meanwhile there are still people in Canada who think it's unthinkable to regulate streaming content. https://variety.com/...
William Gallagher / AppleInsider: Apple TV+ commits to investing millions to make French shows
Téa Kvetenadze / Forbes: Streaming Giants Sign $330 Million Annual Agreement For French Content
Jane Martinson / Prospect Magazine:
A look at the shakeup at the Daily Mail, including the ouster of editor Geordie Greig, the return of Paul Dacre, and the departure of MailOnline's Martin Clarke — Jane Martinson investigates why Geordie Grieg was sacked—and why Boris Johnson will be mightily relieved
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James Coatsworth / @j_coatsworth: Really good piece about what's going on at the Mail. Predicted they'd run front pages like this, criticising the BBC for a story broken by The Mirror and ITV in a week when government ministers cancelled appearances on BBC shows to promote booster rollout https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@flying_rodent: A helpful insight here into why Britain is the very normal country it is, spotted by @benton_dan https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ ...
Mic Wright / @brokenbottleboy: This Prospect piece on the recent goings on at the Mail/MailOnline is heavy on trying to gin up Succession-style drama and completely lacking in the fact that Verity is a better hatchet man than Greig https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ ...
Alan Rusbridger / @arusbridger: The puzzling defenstration of @Geordie_Greig . Why was he sacked? And what are the implications for British politics? @janemartinson paints a picture of backstabbing, feuds and intrigue in the latest @prospect_uk https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ ...
Janine Gibson / @janinegibson: Very satisfying long read which takes in much of the swirling narrative around what's going on at the Daily Mail - bearing in mind it's Friday so anyone could be leaving any minute https://twitter.com/...
Sonia Sodha / @soniasodha: In a very timely piece, @janemartinson writes brilliantly about the Kreminology of the Daily Mail - and what the departure of Geordie Grieg means for British politics. https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ ...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: Fascinating read by @janemartinson on the Kremlinology of the Daily Mail. Don't miss the post-script about Martin Clarke's departure, for the lure of running his own business. (Judging by others in the sector he will need a lot of luck with that) https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ ...
Tom Clark / @prospect_clark: @janemartinson Great piece I thought, but my god! Talk about a moving target!
Jane Martinson / @janemartinson: @prospect_clark Never known the like. At times it felt like writing about the mafia would be easier ...
Jane Martinson / @janemartinson: Delighted to be writing in @arusbridger's first edition of Prospect. And what a story the Mail turned out to be this month... https://twitter.com/...
CNN:
A look at the history of journalists trying to go to space, as Good Morning America host Michael Strahan takes a brief ride on Blue Origin's latest launch — Shortly before Jeff Bezos flew to space in July, “Good Morning America” host Michael Strahan was one of the few journalists who got …
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@kerrymflynn: GMA host @michaelstrahan is scheduled to fly on Blue Origin this Saturday, making him the first US journalist to go to space. But there's a long history of previous attempts. More on that 40+ year effort in this longform by @jackiewattles and me: https://www.cnn.com/...
@kerrymflynn: If you were one of the people who saw this story and said “STRAHAN IS NOT A JOURNALIST!!!!!!” My response is in tonight's Reliable Sources newsletter :) https://twitter.com/...
Alex Del Barrio / @alexdelbarrio: The pearl clutching by “journalists” needing to fight to call Strahan “not a journalist” in the comments is sort of sad. https://twitter.com/...
Miles O'Brien / @milesobrien: Nice piece! But do you think is Strahan a journalist? https://twitter.com/...
Michael Board / @mikeboard1200: In what world is @michaelstrahan a journalist? Look, I like him on GMA. He seems like a swell guy. But to call him a journalist is a slap in the face of people who make their living in this profession. https://twitter.com/...
Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast:
Two photojournalists sue Andy Ngo, alleging he violated copyright law by profiting from reposting their original, firsthand videos of protests and civil unrest — The right-wing provocateur has made a career off repurposing other people's content from inside protests. A pair of reporters seek to stop him.
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@thedailybeast: Andy Ngô has made a career off repurposing other people's content from inside protests. Now, a pair of reporters are seeking to stop him. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Greg Pollowitz / @gpollowitz: most of the videos I see on his feed are just shared using Twitter's own interface where you long press on the video and then just hit “Tweet Video” https://twitter.com/...
Daryle Lamont Jenkins / @dlamontjenkins: But he was hit with a milkshake! How could you? https://twitter.com/...
Robert Silverman / @bobsaietta: Ngô is posturing as the “silenced” victim here and is asking for money to support his legal defense. After all, Ngô's prior GoFundMe only brought in $250,000. Also he did not “retweet” them. That's false. He had to grab the URL b/c he was blocked. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@jimstewartson: If you're keeping this nazi-collaborator in the news... stop. It's getting old. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
@thedailybeast: In the lawsuit, Grace Morgan and Melissa Lewis allege the right-wing provocateur has profited from repeatedly snatching and reposting the original, firsthand videos they shot while covering leftist protests and civil unrest https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Tim Pool / @timcast: Andy Ngo will win on summary judgement and then win legal fees Sharing via social media publicly available content, and as described by the plaintiffs often just clips, for newsworthy purposes and commentary is so insanely fair use I'd assume the judge will laugh it out of court https://twitter.com/...
Robert Silverman / @bobsaietta: This is not without risk. Tons of reporters and activists who've crossed paths with Ngô, let alone filed suit, invariably find themselves bombarded with harassment and death threats from his most ardent. The plaintiffs are no exception. @thedailybeast https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Bruce Arthur / @bruce_arthur: Remember when @AndrewScheer said in his farewell speech as Conservative party leader to read True North Centre and The Post Millennial? Andy Ngo works for The Post Millennial. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Robert Silverman / @bobsaietta: Melissa Lewis began documenting protests in the Pacific Northwest in 2020. Ngô has repurposed dozens of her videos, always adding his own spin, even after she blocked him and filed DMCA takedown requests. Then it got personal. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Michael Edison Hayden / @michaelehayden: Internet news performer Andy Ngo faces a $300,000 lawsuit here over cribbing content, as advertisers flee his website. Story by @BobSaietta: https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Nandini Jammi / @nandoodles: This detail from @BobSaietta's piece on Andy Ngo is just harrowing. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Robert Silverman / @bobsaietta: Andy Ngô has made his bones recirculating videos of civil unrest he didn't film. Two photojournalists are suing him and alleging IP theft. Their goal: to stop him not just from stealing their work, but take a stand on behalf of those who can't fight back. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
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