Confronting bad faith campaigns
Confronting bad faith campaigns
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May 24, 2021 00:33 IST
Journalism provides the space to articulate diverse ideas and this space cannot be surrendered to bad faith campaigns
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Journalism provides the space to articulate diverse ideas and this space cannot be surrendered to bad faith campaigns
In less than three weeks since she started her journalistic career at The Associated Press (AP), Emily Wilder, a graduate of Stanford University, was fired for her social media posts on the Israel-Palestine conflict. The AP took this drastic decision following a campaign by conservatives against her for her activism as a student. Ms. Wilder, who is Jewish, was an active member of the pro-Palestinian groups ‘Jewish Voice for Peace’ and ‘Students for Justice in Palestine’ at Stanford University.
Did the Facebook Oversight Board drop the ball on Trump?
Last week, after months of deliberation, the Facebook Oversight Board the theoretically independent body that adjudicates cases in which content has been removed by the social network released its decision on the banning of Donald Trump. The former president’s account was blocked indefinitely following the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, after Facebook decided he was using it to incite violence. It sent this decision to the Oversight Board for review, and the board announced its ruling last week, which upheld the ban on Trump as justified, but also noted that Facebook doesn’t have a policy that allows it to ban accounts indefinitely. So the board gave the company six months to come up with such a policy or else impose a time limit on the Trump ban. Some observers saw this as the board “punting” on the choice of whether to ban the former president, while others argued that paying so much attention to the rulings
Cooperation and Competition: Algorithmic News Recommendations in China’s Digital News Landscape Via Pixabay
Executive Summary
This research report examines perceptions of and approaches to personalization among news organizations and technology companies in China and aims to identify the current state of personalized recommendation technology within the Chinese digital news landscape. Between September 2019 and August 2020, we conducted interviews with 26 individuals from 19 organizations, pausing to adjust for the COVID-19 outbreak, and re-interviewing people we spoke with before the pandemic occurred.
We found that our interviewees considered personalization a defining element of the Chinese online news ecosystem. Personalization was a core factor for revenue generation, or, for state-sponsored media organizations, it was key for boosting relevance and attention.
Mr. Jules Eugene Canel, 76 of Quaker City
Jules Eugene Canel, 76, of Quaker City, died Thursday (May 6, 2021) at Southeastern Med, Cambridge.
He was born October 15, 1944, son of the late Jules Canel and Mary Edith (Oakley) Canel.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Margaret Ann Long; and a brother-in-law, Frank Clifford Alwine.
Eugene was a 1962 graduate of Quaker City High School, enlisted in the Navy in 1965, and then graduated from the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in 1966.
He worked as a data systems technician, repairing computers for the banking industry, all along the east coast.
Covering the election charades in Arizona and Florida
In Arizona, the 2020 election still isn’t over. Well, it
The Arizona audit (or, as some have called it, “fraudit”) has been a tough story for practical reasons, too journalists have been barred from the room. On day one, Jen Fifield, a reporter at the
Arizona Capitol Times, likewise tried to get in as an observer, but was escorted off the premises; she was told first that her registration hadn’t gone through, then that she needed letters of recommendation. (Fifield was not asked for letters.) A few days later, officials agreed to allow a press pool comprising a rotating reporter, photographer, and videographer to sit in a makeshift press box above the floor. (The Veterans Memorial Coliseum seats fifteen thousand people.) Last Friday, Ryan Randazzo, a pooler on duty for the