- Social Media for the Revolution
- Net Neutrality Finally Back
- Time Out for TikTok?
- Columbia U. Paper Breaking the News
- Post-Roe Digital Dangers
- What is Civil War Really About?
- Mass Media Normalizes Trump/MAGA
- Journalists Put NYT on the Hot Seat
- NPR: Wokeness Ain’t the Issue
- Meta: AI Hits the Fan
Social Media for the Revolution
By Reina Sultan
Yes!
In the face of a repressive shift in the online landscape, organizers are adapting. Despite challenges, people continue to find ways to translate their online connection into action. And, against all odds, the unprecedented support for Palestine—both online and in the streets—in the face of genocide has demonstrated that there may yet be a place for social media in revolution.
By Matt Wood
Free Press
On April 25, the Federal Communications Commission voted to restore its authority over broadband internet-access services. This is a huge victory. Some academics and advocates have suggested that the proposed rules are actually weaker than the Obama-era protections that Trump FCC Chairman Ajit Pai jettisoned. This is a false alarm.
Time Out for TikTok?
- Biden Signs Ban By A.W. Ohlheiser, Vox
- What It’s Like in Other Countries By Ivan Mehta, TechCrunch
- The Cost in Jobs By Lara Korte and Ben Fox, Politico
Columbia U. Paper Breaking the News
By Betsy Morais
Columbia Journalism Review
I think every newsroom in this moment is facing the challenges of objectivity and maintaining that in coverage. As students, we’re reporting on everything that’s been going on as we’ve experienced it. We’ve really just tried to put our reporters first and listen to their needs. Give them the space to process. We’ve emphasized that reporting is a way that we help our community.
By Daly Barnett
Electronic Frontier Foundation
It’s been a long two years since the Dobbs decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. There was a mad scramble to figure out what the impacts would be. Besides the obvious perils of stripping away half the country’s right to reproductive healthcare, digital surveillance and mass data collection caused a flurry of concerns.
What is Civil War Really About?
By David Rooney and Lovia Gyarkye
The Hollywood Reporter
One of the chief criticisms of Civil War has been that the movie — directed with visceral muscularity and led by a haunting Kirsten Dunst — sets up an incendiary near-future nightmare while refusing to clarify the battle lines. Sure, there’s a fascist president in office, a fear shared by many Americans in 2024, but who’s fighting whom exactly?
Mass Media Normalizes Trump/MAGA
By Chauncey DeVega
Salon
In the interest of “balance” and “fairness” and a “diversity of opinion," those same elite media outlets will the next day feature op-eds and other commentary from Trumpists and MAGA people and others who oppose multiracial pluralistic democracy – the effect of which is to mainstream and normalize their anti-democratic beliefs.
Journalists Put NYT on the Hot Seat
By Deb Aikat et al.
Literary Hub
The Times’ editorial leadership remains silent on important and troubling questions raised about its reporting and editorial processes. We believe this inaction is not only harming The Times itself, it also actively endangers journalists, including American reporters working in conflict zones as well as Palestinian journalists.
By Alicia Montgomery
Slate
Uri Berliner, one of the NPR’s (formerly, as of now) senior editors, set off a firestorm by publishing a commentary that essentially blamed “wokeness” and Democratic partisanship for the apparent loss of confidence in the once-unimpeachable institution. Christopher Rufo, a conservative writer and fellow at the Manhattan Institute, has launched a campaign against NPR’s new CEO Katherine Maher.
By Scott Nover
Fast Company
Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Messenger) is flexing its muscle and betting that AI ubiquity will actually improve user experience. So far, at least, that looks like a misguided bet.
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