The Woke Right Wants To Cancel Ms Rachel
Children’s content creator Ms Rachel is opposed to slaughtering children in Gaza and everywhere else. The Right’s attacks in response are reactionary wokeness run amok.
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YouTube Shows Are Determined To Win Emmys, Sooner or Later
AV Club
YouTube shows didn't get any Emmy nominations this year, but the platform is plotting how to help creators get mainstream recognition
Media Bits and Bytes – December 13, 2022
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DIY AI, more on Musk, and the NYT strike
Media Bits and Bytes – November 1, 2022
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The right-wing media empire, and other reports on the private and public uses of tech power
Media Bits and Bytes - June 1, 2021
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Mergers, censorship, DIY news, and more media migraines
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Google’s New Union Is Already Addressing Political Issues
Wired
The Alphabet Workers Union said YouTube’s response to the insurrection was “lackluster” and inadequate. In a statement, the group said Google was not enforcing its own policies, while the platform was being used to “spread hatred and extremism.”
Media Bits and Bytes - October 20, 2020
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Media election shenanigans, a backlash against QAnon, and more news from the world of tech and spectacle
Media Bits and Bytes - September 22, 2020
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The first Covid TV season is upon us! But have you discovered Nigerian comedy online? News and notes from the media world
Media Bits and Bytes - February 25, 2020
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MSNBC and NPR skewered! T-Mobile/Sprint merger and more
Ensnaring Kids in 'Advertising Empire'
Child advocates charge that Google's YouTube Kids app, marketed as family-friendly and child-appropriate, is in fact neither, featuring "disturbing" and "potentially harmful" content.
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