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Archives: media
Israel must hold killers of Reporter Yaser Murtaja in its own Military to account: CPJ
Committee to Protect Journalists | - - Beirut--The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned comments by Israel's defense minister over the weekend that appear to justify the killing of Palestinian journalist Yaser…
Danger: Sinclair is advancing its agenda using the public broadcast spectrum
By Amanda Lotz | (The Conversation) | - - On March 31, Deadspin produced a video showing a chorus of local news anchors delivering the exact same scripted speech to viewers. The…
Egypt fines Press for alleging Sisi vote-buying
Breaking News added by Informed Comment: Egyptian Security Police have raided the website of the offices of Masr al-Arabia and arrested its editor, apparently over the newspaper's reporting of Sisi vote-buying. -…
Facebook Deletes Gaza-Based Safa News, which had 1.3 mn Followers
TeleSur | - - According to a Palestinian activist, this year alone 500 pages of Palestinian journalists, activists and bloggers have been deleted. Facebook deleted account of Gaza-based Palestinian news agency Safa…
Before phony polls, Egypt arrests, expels Times reporter Bel Trew
Middle East Monitor | - - Egypt has deported a British journalist working for The Times, the newspaper said on Saturday, describing an “increasingly oppressive environment” for media in the country ahead…
The more Computers know about you, the less Free you Are: Is there a Fix?
By Dirk Helbing | (Project Syndicate) | - - Economic revolutions often bring profound social change, affecting everything from jobs to family size. With the digital revolution now in full swing, humanity…
Cambridge Analytica as the Matrix: Information Dominance and the Next Level of Fake News
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The 1999 film "The Matrix," written by Lana Wachowski (formerly Laurence "Larry" Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski (formerly Andrew Paul "Andy" Wachowski), depicts a…
Facebook Suspends Cambridge Analytica Firm Involved in Trump Campaign
TeleSur | - - The social media company warned it “will take legal action if necessary to hold them responsible and accountable for any unlawful behavior." Social media giant, Facebook, said it…
‘Algorithms of Oppression:’ How Corporations Reinforce Racism and Biases
TeleSur | - - "People think of algorithms as simply a mathematical formulation, but in fact, algorithms are really about automated decisions." Through the book, "Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce…
The New Censorship: Beware Authoritarian leaders claiming to Fight “Fake News”
By Courtney C. Radsch | (Project Syndicate) | - - Laws meant to curb “fake news” may be well intentioned, but their implementation has been sloppy, with few mechanisms to ensure accountability,…
What Journalists get wrong about Islam
Prashant Waikar | (Informed Comment) | - - An article published in Forbes on January 2nd elucidates the fundamental problems with media coverage of issues concerning Islam and Muslims. That article sought…
Is The Internet A Luxury Or A Right? (Video)
AJ+ | - - "Ten percent of people in the U.S. don't have broadband internet, and the number is much higher among rural communities and the urban poor. " Is The Internet…
The worst thing about Year One of Trump: Fascistization of Cable News
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - American mass media journalism is broken. There are some simple elements of US journalistic practice that have proved easy for special interests to…
Thanks to all our Generous Supporters for an Amazing Fundraiser
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Many, many thanks to all our very generous and committed contributors for another successful fundraiser! Your donations are key to our plans for…
Social Media Imperialism? Facebook Bans Palestinian Content at Behest of Israel, US
TeleSur | - - Facebook has been working with Israeli Government officials to suppress Palestinian voices in the social media sphere according to a report published on Saturday in The Intercept. The…
How Big Media Money & Monopolies Affect You: Disney/Murdoch to Net Neutrality
By Des Freedman | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | - - This week’s events have shown that the new digital media landscape is every bit as monopolistic as the old one. And what’s Murdoch…
FCC begins restoring Corporate Privilege to the Internet
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - This web site amounted to anything because of net neutrality, which I prefer to call internet liberty. That liberty is now going or…
FCC about to Destroy Internet w/out Understanding how it Works
By Erica Portnoy and Jeremy Gillula | ( Electronic Frontier Foundation) | - - Earlier this year nearly 200 Internet engineers and computer scientists sent a letter to the FCC that explained…