“Perfect moderation does not exist,” but here are some lessons from Twitter’s labels of Trump tweets
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Thursday, March 10, 2022
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“Perfect moderation does not exist,” but here are some lessons from Twitter’s labels of Trump tweets“How can you make people discuss [information] instead of polarizing them further?” A new study offers some clues. By Shraddha Chakradhar. |
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In the Ukraine conflict, fake fact-checks are being used to spread disinformationResearchers at Clemson University's Media Forensics Hub and ProPublica identified more than a dozen videos that purport to debunk apparently nonexistent Ukrainian fakes. By Craig Silverman and Jeff Kao, ProPublica. |
What We’re Reading
Twitter / News Product Alliance
The Google News Initiative and the Knight Foundation are giving a combined $900,000 to the New Product Alliance to further support product managers in news →
“With Google News Initiative’s $660,000 support, NPA will work with the Craig Newmark School of Journalism at CUNY on their 'Product Immersion for Small Newsrooms' program. We will also develop an online pilot mentorship circle program and a series of culture change workshops for Product Immersion alumni. With the Knight Foundation’s $240,000 support, NPA will set up its organizational infrastructure for future growth. The grant will allow NPA to expand the diversity of news product thinkers in decision-making roles.”
The Verge / Alex Heath
How Twitter plans to add its next 100 million users →
"’We don't have trouble getting people to sign up for Twitter. What we have trouble with is retaining those customers.’"
Associated Press / Josh Funk and Margery A. Beck
Lee Enterprises directors reelected despite hedge fund fight →
“Lee said its chairman, CEO and lead independent director were all reelected as expected at the Davenport, Iowa-based company's annual meeting, with each receiving support from more than 70% of the votes cast.”
The Washington Post / Julian Mark
A Ukrainian learned his family had died after seeing viral photos: “I lost everyone and lost the meaning of life” →
“‘I recognized the luggage, and that is how I knew.’"
Vanity Fair / Devin Gordon
How a Vanity Fair reporter learned that Elon Musk and Grimes have a surprise second baby →
“I suggest we pause for a moment to discuss the surreal professional ethics at play, which are that I can't pretend I don't know she's got a secret baby with the world's wealthiest man hiding upstairs. Especially when she invited me here.”
The Washington Post / Cat Zakrzewski, Elizabeth Dwoskin and Craig Timberg
Pro-Russia rebels are still using Facebook to recruit fighters, spread propaganda →
“A pair of whistleblower complaints filed to the Justice and Treasury departments argue that Facebook violated laws by allowing accounts from sanctioned entities on the platform.”
Associated Press / Barbara Ortutay
Twitter unveils version of site that can bypass Russia block →
“Known as an ‘onion’ service, users can access this version of Twitter if they download the Tor browser, which allows people to access sites on what is also referred to as the ‘dark web.’"
The Atlantic / Kaitlyn Tiffany
The myth of the “First TikTok War” →
“If something is new, then maybe we've escaped the same old story in which lots of people die for no reason.”
Poynter / Amaris Castillo
How the Los Angeles Times created a guide on what to do after sexual assault →
“‘I wanted to create this place where people would have agency over what they want to do, because every survivor is different.’"
Wired / Benjamin Wofford
The infinite reach of Joel Kaplan, Facebook’s man in Washington →
“How one man came to rule political speech on Facebook, command one of the largest lobbies in DC, and guide Zuck through disaster—and straight into it.”
The Washington Post / Paul Farhi
How journalists decide which images from Ukraine are too awful to publish →
“They added a disclaimer on social media platforms, where people might unwittingly see the image, but not on the Times's website or in print, where readers usually make an affirmative decision to seek news.”
The Objective / Liana DeMasi
The exclusionary messaging of gendered language in journalism →
“…by using gendered language in reporting, we work to maintain the status quo, the binary ingrained in us for centuries through colonization and capitalist power dynamics rooted in and predicated on the existence of a duality, an ‘us’ versus ‘them.’"
The New York Times / Stuart A. Thompson
Four falsehoods Russians are told about the war →
From blaming “neo-Nazis” to saying Ukrainians bombed one of their own residential neighborhoods, here’s a look at how Russia’s propaganda machine is churning out misinformation about the current crisis.
The Washington Post / Nathan Grayson
Twitch in wartime →
“The war's coverage on Twitch is a new wrinkle in the international reporting of a war that is being viewed by millions on live streams, where the standards and format for sharing and discussing information on the conflict vary distinctly from traditional news outlets.”
The New York Times / Emma Goldberg
A two year, 50 million person experiment in changing how we work →
“‘There's not much point in returning to the office if we're just going back to the old boys' club.’"
Columbia Journalism Review / Bill Grueskin
Australia pressured Google and Facebook to pay for journalism. Is America next? →
"’All the media companies need Facebook and Google. What they've done is intermediate themselves between journalists and people who want to view the content, for their own financial advantage, obviously.’"
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