Turkish Banker Is Convicted in Plot to Evade Iran Sanctions New York Times – Benjamin Weiser – Jan 3, 11:10 AM A Turkish banker was convicted on Wednesday of taking part in a billion-dollar scheme to violate American sanctions against Iran, in a case that painted a picture of high-level corruption in Turkey and heightened tensions … Read more
The Worlds of Journalism Study (WJS) releases aggregated data and reports for 67 countries. Data and reports are freely available at the project website: http://www.worldsofjournalism.org/ In an unprecedented collaborative effort, the recent study (2012-2016) compiled data on the state of journalism in 67 countries from all inhabited continents. The data is based on standardized interviews … Read more
Twitter sues US government over order to reveal anti-Trump account The Next Web by Abhimanyu Ghoshal Twitter is suing the Trump administration over the demand for the company to reveal the identity of the user behind the account @ALT_uscis, which is critical of the current government’s immigration policies. A US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent … Read more
Data Journalism Awards 2017: Call for submissions The Official Google Blog by Simon RogersData Editor, Google News Lab With trust in journalism under attack, data journalism has never been more vital. And this year, for the sixth consecutive year, we’re proud to support the 2017 Data Journalism Awards. But you need to get your skates on: … Read more
Apple vs. Google company structure, as seen through patents FlowingData » Visualization by Nathan Yau For Co.Design, Periscopic compared patent ownership between Apple and Google, which ends up providing a good idea of company structure. Medical Devices Are the Next Security Nightmare Wired Top Stories by Lily Hay Newman More internet-connected medical devices flood into healthcare industry … 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
Cybersecurity Experts Uncover Dormant Botnet of 350,000 Twitter Accounts MIT Technology Review A massive botnet secretly infiltrated the Twitterverse in 2013 but has lain mysteriously dormant since then, say researchers. Twitter and TV Superfans (Study) All Facebook by David Cohen How do “superfans” of television show behave on Twitter, and what should marketers do … Read more
Low participation from Ankara at this year’s Davos There will be a limited participation from Ankara at the 47th World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 17-20, due to the ongoing debates over the constitutional amendment vote. Rutte and Schulz take the gloves off in front of Davos elite EurActiv.com by Jorge Valero reporting from Davos … Read more
Obama just freed whistleblower Chelsea Manning The Next Web by Bryan Clark President Obama just effectively freed Chelsea Manning from the 32 remaining years in her jail sentence, according to the New York Times. While it’s not a presidential pardon, the commutation of Manning’s sentence will see her go free in just five months. Chelsea Manning to … Read more
Top 5 Threats to Transparency: 2016 in Review EFF.org Updates by Shahid Buttar As we approach the end of 2016, it’s disturbing to note the wide variety of ways in which government transparency has languished—even under an administration rhetorically committed to it. With the next administration poised to even further extend executive secrecy, it becomes ever … Read more
Facebook ‘lurking’ is making you miserable and here’s what you can do about it Mashable! by Rachel Thompson LONDON — Another study has proved what we already knew but didn’t want to admit — Facebook ‘lurking’ is making you miserable Censorship on Social Media: 2016 in Review EFF.org Updates by Jillian York Censorship comes in … Read more
Germany-wide consortium of research libraries announce boycott of Elsevier journals over open access Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Germany’s DEAL project, which includes over 60 major research institutions, has announced that all of its members are canceling their subscriptions to all of Elsevier’s academic and scientific journals, effective January 1, 2017. Washington Post launches Chrome … Read more
Report: Nearly 25% of Americans admit sharing fake news The Next Web by Bryan Clark Nearly a quarter of Americans surveyed admitted to sharing fake news. You can interpret this two ways: that’s not as terrible as I first thought; or, three-quarters of Americans are liars (or completely oblivious). Facebook Finally Gets Real About Fighting Fake News … Read more
The wild west of automated news. A Medium collection ************** Centre for Community Journalism launches network to represent independent news publishers Journalism.co.uk The network will provide an online forum, training and advocacy for its members The year of the fact-checking bot Nieman Journalism Lab by Bill Adair A year ago, I predicted that 2016 would … Read more
Trust is the new click Nieman Journalism Lab by Michael Kuntz In 2016, the media’s usual battle for attention felt more like a war. Fueled primarily by an unprecedented political season, consumers were bombarded with a ceaseless litany of “breaking news,” recycled headlines, fake stories, and social feeds just begging for their next click. From an … Read more