Kids are falling victim to disinformation and conspiracy theories. What’s the best way to fix that?
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Thursday, February 3, 2022
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Kids are falling victim to disinformation and conspiracy theories. What’s the best way to fix that?Although children are prime targets, educators cannot figure out how best to teach them to separate fact from fiction. By Melinda Wenner Moyer. |
What We’re Reading
CNBC / Kif Leswing
Those “Ask App Not to Track?” popups on your iPhone? They’re costing Facebook $10 billion a year →
“Facebook's admission is the most concrete data point so far on the impact to the advertising industry of Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature, which reduces targeting capabilities by limiting advertisers from accessing an iPhone user identifier.”
Washington Post / Margaret Sullivan
Jeff Zucker’s legacy is defined by his promotion of Donald Trump →
“Zucker, as much as any other person in the world, created and burnished the Trump persona — first as a reality-TV star who morphed into a worldwide celebrity, then as a candidate for president who was given large amounts of free publicity.”
Lee Enterprises, Inc.
Lee Enterprises now has 450,000 digital-only subscribers →
That brings them across the halfway mark of reaching 900,000 digital-only subscribers by 2026.
The New York Times / Amanda Hess
Apocalypse when? Global warming’s endless scroll →
“The internet is often criticized for feeding us useless information, and for spreading disinformation, but it can enable a destructive relationship with serious information, too. If you're a person who accepts the science, how much more do you really need to hear? The casual doomsaying of social media is so seductive: It helps us signal that we care about big problems even as we chase distractions, and it gives us a silly little tone for voicing our despair.”
LION Publishers / Ben DeJarnette
LION Publishers is revamping its newsletter to focus on small business sustainability for digital news publishers →
“At LION, we're focused on helping these small businesses become stronger and more sustainable, which we believe starts with a foundation of operational resilience, financial health, and journalistic impact.”
Twitter / Star Tribune
The Minneapolis Star Tribune will publish stories from nonprofit newsroom Sahan Journal →
Each week, the Star Tribune will share stories from Sahan Journal — which covers immigrants and communities of color — across their platforms. They kicked off the series with a piece on how Covid has killed Minnesota immigrants at higher rates and younger ages.
CNN / Paul LeBlanc and Katie Bo Lillis
FBI is urging athletes to use burner phones at the Beijing Winter Olympics →
“The FBI urges all athletes to keep their personal cell phones at home and use a temporary phone while at the games. The National Olympic Committees in some Western countries are also advising their athletes to leave personal devices at home or use temporary phones due to cybersecurity concerns at the Games,” the agency said in a notice.
Los Angeles Times / MATT PEARCE and WENDY LEE
Spotify CEO tells employees it doesn’t edit Joe Rogan because it’s a platform, not a “publisher” →
“Critics, including some Spotify employees, have accused the streamer of trying to have it both ways with Rogan. The company signed Rogan to an exclusive multiyear licensing deal in 2020, said to be worth around $100 million. The deal made Spotify the sole distributor of Rogan's show, which used to be hosted on competitors such as YouTube.”
Los Angeles Times / Sammy Roth
Getting personal about climate change made me a better reporter →
“In the same way that journalists ought to be comfortable denouncing systemic racism and pushing politicians to tackle homelessness, we need to get comfortable decrying the horrors of the climate crisis and demanding solutions.”
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