Sean Penn producing ‘Khashoggi murder film’ in Istanbul AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Oscar-winner actor pictured filming in front of Saudi consulate, where journalist was murdered, Turkish media says. Sean Penn Is Reportedly Filming a Documentary About the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi Slate Articles by Hailey Gavin Are bots better at understanding their audience than human journalists? Journalism.co.uk … Read more
UK Documents Suggest Facebook Traded User Privacy For Growth Wired Top Stories by Issie Lapowsky Newly public documents provide a rare window into CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s thoughts on how to expand his social media juggernaut. 250-page document dump is another nail in Facebook’s coffin The Next Web by Rachel Kaser As part of its investigation of Facebook in the … Read more
50,000 printers hacked to help PewDiePie keep his YouTube crown The Next Web by Ivan Mehta The battle for YouTube supremacy between Swedish vlogger PewDiePie and Indian record label T-Series is getting more intense than you could imagine: In order to give PewDiePie an edge, someone hacked 50,000 printers around the world to ask people to subscribe … Read more
Claude Lévi-Strauss: Remembering the French anthropologist on his 110th birth anniversary Firstpost Claude Lévi-Strauss: Remembering the French anthropologist on his 110th birth anniversary Firstpost Anthropologist: Tribe that killed missionary are ‘peace-loving people’ New York Post Anthropologist: Tribe that killed missionary are ‘peace-loving people’ New York Post Why Some People Thrive in Winter The Atlantic Why Some People Thrive in Winter The … Read more
Here’s why low-credibility news seems to dominate Twitter The Next Web by Tristan Greene / With the entire world seemingly up in arms over “fake news,” you’d think it would have been wiped out by now. Yet low-credibility content continues to thrive on social media thanks to the disproportionately influential effect that social media bots have on … Read more
MIT Media Lab announces this year’s Disobedience Prize winners: #MeToo and #MeTooSTEM Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow For the second year now, the MIT Media Lab has awarded a “Disobedience Prize” of $250,000, no strings attached, awarded to people whose disobedient work has benefitted society; this year’s prize is share among three leaders of the #MeToo and … Read more
Who are the Sentinelese? 60,000-yr-old tribe in focus after American John Chau’s death The News Minute Who are the Sentinelese? 60,000-yr-old tribe in focus after American John Chau’s death The News Minute The ‘isolated’ tribe that killed a 26-year-old American missionary has been contacted by the outside world at least 11 times before — here’s what happened INSIDER … Read more
Amazon workers held strikes across Europe on Black Friday The Social Software Weblog Amazon workers across Europe took part in walkouts on Black Friday to protest what they say are unfair work conditions. Following similar demonstrations on Prime Day in July, employees in Spain, Italy, Germany and the UK went on strike over pay and 6 Questions … Read more
The New York Times Published on Nov 19, 2018 SUBSCRIBE 1.5M In Episode 1 of Operation InfeKtion, we reveal how one of the biggest fake news stories ever concocted — the 1984 AIDS-is-a-biological-weapon hoax — went viral in the pre-Internet era. Meet the KGB cons who invented it, and the “truth squad” that quashed it. For … Read more
Erdogan and Trump meet in Paris amid Khashoggi crisis AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Meeting came hours after Turkish president announced that Ankara shared tapes related to Khahsoggi’s murder with the US. ‘ Tell Your Boss’: Recording Is Seen to Link Saudi Crown Prince More Strongly to Khashoggi Killing NYT > Turkey by By JULIAN E. BARNES, ERIC … Read more
Digital News Report 2018 – Turkey Supplementary Report | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism University of Oxford This study is based on analysis of data collected as part of the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2018. The original study was commissioned to understand how news is being consumed in a range of countries, … Read more
Internet freedom around the world has fallen for the 8th year in a row MIT Technology Review Tech-Bro Culture Was Written in the Code Slate Articles by Joy Lisi Rankin Adapted from A People’s History of Computing in the United States by Joy Lisi Rankin. Out now from Harvard University Press. Thousands of Google employees walk out to protest harassment, inequality … Read more
Event coordinator sums it up here: I just wanted to share the good news with you that we had two great days during the Fact-Checking Summit Turkey 18 We had 70+ participants from 20 different countries and had a great summit! You can take a look at the breakdown of the applications and the participants. You can check out … Read more
Khashoggi’s body destroyed in acid by Saudis: Report Hurriyet Daily News A Turkish official has told the Washington Post that slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s body was destroyed in acid on the grounds of the Saudi Consulate or at the nearby residence of the Saudi consul general. Saudis Strangled and Dismembered Khashoggi, Turkey Says NYT > Turkey by By … Read more
The Saudis’ Explanation of Khashoggi’s Death, in Five Acts (and Counting) NYT > Turkey by By BENJAMIN MUELLER Officials now say that new evidence indicates the dissident journalist’s killing was “premeditated,” a conclusion most of the world reached some time ago. Saudi Arabia Rejects Turkey’s Extradition Request in Khashoggi Killing NYT > Turkey by By BEN HUBBARD and DAVID … Read more