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Media Bits and Bytes – M’aidez Edition

Wolf stalks sheep; Beyond Facebook; Mark Z’s forked tongue; When gossip leads to mass murder; De-privatizing data; Tech vs. finance

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How Michelle Wolf Blasted Open the Fictions of Journalism in the Age of Trump

By Masha Gessen

April 30, 2018

The New Yorker



Through her obscene humor, Wolf exposed the obscenity of the fictions—and the fundamental unfunniness of it all.

What Comes After the Social Media Empires

By Ben Smith

April 18, 2018

BuzzFeed

“Maybe we’ve reached the point where it’s not even possible to have Facebook in common.”

“I’m Not Familiar With That”

By Will Oremus

April 12, 2018

Slate



The five most dishonest answers Mark Zuckerberg gave to Congress.

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Where Countries Are Tinderboxes and Facebook Is a Match

By Amanda Taub and Max Fisher

April 21, 2018

New York Times

False rumors set Buddhist against Muslim in Sri Lanka, the most recent in a global spate of violence fanned by social media.

A Tale of Two Poorly Designed Cross-Border Data Access Regimes

By Katitza Rodriguez

April 25, 2018

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Two European Commission proposals create a number of new data disclosure powers and obligations.

Silicon Valley's Latest Revolution: Cutting Out Wall Street

By Felix Salmon

April 23, 2018

Wired

Bankers always love to be deeply embedded in any industry that is changing the world—but in tech, they’re still on the outside, with the rest of us.