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A typical offering on Correct The Record’s website included features such as “David Brock Calls on GOP to Disavow Trump,” “Trump Rally, Again, Glorifies Violence,” “Trump/Fox News Lies About Clinton Foundation Investigation,” “Donald Trump’s History of Discrimination, Racist Comments, and Support,” and “Hillary Clinton’s Accomplishments as
... See moreSharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
Social media’s combination of global reach,
performance metrics, platform design, content
format, and algorithmic interference have changed
how creators make for others, and how others
perceive and interact with creators' work.
The results are an eternal presence, persistent
feedback, an unrealistic expectation of virality,
harmful social comparison,
... See moreMatt Klein • Page Not Found
Yet in North America, raising the alarm about the fact that we have outsourced the management of our critical informational pathways to algorithms run by for-profit companies, working hand in glove with governments, somehow became the terrain of the Bannonite political right, which points to a dangerous ceding of ideological territory.
Naomi Klein • Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
JP Rangaswami • On firehoses and filters: Part 1
performing work in the public imagination—easing our minds that the government is looking out for kids—but largely benefiting a range of corporate and institutional efforts to constrain the freedoms available online,
Shaka McGlotten • Virtual Intimacies: Media, Affect, and Queer Sociality
“BuzzFeed 101. He was just kind of optimizing.” Just as we’d been optimizing videos and posts for Facebook and Twitter, he’d been doing the same to himself. “His politics have been guided by platform metrics,” reflected a top BuzzFeed producer, Andrew Gauthier. Gionet’s colleagues had abided by some unspoken boundaries: factual accuracy, liberal
... See moreBen Smith • Traffic
You can’t be canceled if you’re seeking the Truth
I’m at an inflection point in life. My public, private and professional selves can’t be in tension like this anymore, so I’m done writing under a pseudonym. Already worked out what I’ll do if an internet mob comes for me: nothing. No apologies, no hedging. Also don’t GAF if some recruiters blacklist
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