9 Questions for Facebook After Zuckerberg’s Privacy Manifesto Wired Top Stories On Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg laid out a vision for a very different Facebook—with a lot of unknowns about how to get there. Zuckerberg’s new privacy essay shows why Facebook needs to be broken up MIT Technology Review Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand what privacy means—he … Read more
Large-scale cyberattack is spreading through Russia and Ukraine (updated) The Social Software Weblog A large-scale cyberattack is working its way through a number of Ukrainian and Russian targets today. So far, in Russia, oil producer Rosneft and metal company Evraz have been affected by the attack. In Ukraine, Boryspil airport, the banking system,… Massive ransomware attack is … Read more
How the European Journalism Centre is working with Facebook on journalist safety For 25 years, the European Journalism Centre has been training and protecting journalists worldwide. Facebook, as one of the world’s largest social platforms, now plays a central role in the sourcing and distribution of news. Helping journalists to navigate, understand and remain secure … Read more
RISJ Digital News Report: New models emerging from the wreckage of digital disruption Journalism.co.uk by Nic Newman The 2017 Digital News Report offers some glimmers of hope that the news industry in Europe is beginning to move forward with new approaches and fresh thinking Using social media appears to diversify your news diet, not narrow it Nieman … Read more
Leak reveals Facebook’s rules for controversial content The Social Software Weblog It’s no secret that Facebook’s judgment calls on risky content are sometimes more than a little problematic. But just what are the rules guiding those decisions? You’ll know after today. The Guardian has obtained leaked copies of over 100 internal… Facebook’s been making it up all … Read more
The MP3 format is officially dead The Next Web by Abhimanyu Ghoshal If you grew up in the 90s and early 2000s, you probably still remember downloading MP3 files to build your music collection, and burning up to 10 times as many of these onto audio discs than you could with traditional CD tracks. I didn’t … Read more
On the use of videos in Digital Diplomacy Exploring Digital Diplomacy by Ilan Manor Images & Diplomacy Images have traditionally played an important role in diplomacy. For instance, paintings were often used to bare testimony to diplomatic summits and conferences. Such is the case with Gerard ter Borch’s painting of the treaty of Munster. Additionally, political … Read more
How disinformation spreads in a network FlowingData » Visualization by Nathan Yau Disinformation is kind of a problem these days, yeah? Fatih Erikli uses a simulation that works like a disaster spread model applied to social networks to give an idea of how disinformation spreads. 2017 predictions for Big Data, IoT, and AI The Next Web by … Read more
Meet the woman who created a Google doc on how to tactical vote Mashable! by Liza Hearon The resistance is alive in Britain, and it’s armed with a spreadsheet. A super detailed, exquisitely crafted Google spreadsheet called “How to Vote to Stop the Tories” started doing the rounds on social media almost immediately after a snap … Read more
How four international news outlets are creating truly digitally native content (and making money off it) Nieman Journalism Lab by Kevin Anderson If you don’t have revenue, you don’t have a product: It’s one of the first things I tell my clients. With the news media facing extreme economic pressure in many countries, I was keen, … Read more
Wikipedia calls the Daily Mail “generally unreliable,” and bans it as a source in most cases Nieman Journalism Lab by Laura Hazard Owen Following about a month of discussion, Wikipedia editors have decided to prohibit the use of the Daily Mail as a source in most situations, writing: [The] Daily Mail should not be used … Read more
Powerful magazine covers depict America after Trump’s immigration ban Mashable! by Marissa Wenzke “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” With Donald Trump’s immigration ban targeting refugees from Muslim countries, the words of the Statue of Liberty don’t seem to burn with the same fervor they did before. A … Read more
Study: Conservatives more likely to believe fake news The Next Web by Bryan Clark A UCLA-led study found that political views have a lot to do with how likely each of us are to believe information about potential threats — As a presidential election looms in France, Google and Facebook team up with news outlets to factcheck … Read more
#DeleteUber: Users angry at Trump Muslim ban scrap app AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Uber provided rides at JFK airport while other taxi drivers held strike over Trump’s ban on Muslim travellers. 2 big names in video games take on Trump’s immigration ban Mashable! by Adam Rosenberg The Trump administration’s immigration ban has prompted a … Read more
Americans and Cybersecurity Pew Internet Rss Feed: Reports by Pew Research Center: Internet, Science & Tech (jmiks/iStock.com)Cyberattacks and data breaches are facts of life for government agencies, businesses and individuals alike in today’s digitized and networked world. Just a few of the most high-profile breaches in 2016 alone include the hacking and subsequent release of … Read more