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MEDIA BITS AND BYTES – AUGUST 8, 2023  
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* The Digitalization of Work
* Musk, X and Hate
* Covering the Tipping Point
* BlueSky
* Disney’s Content Purge
* Women’s Media in Lebanon
* Social Media and Banking
* The FBI and Section 702/Data Polarization
* Hacktivism Now
* Racist Algorithms? Facial Recognition

THE DIGITALIZATION OF WORK
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By Christina Colclough
Equal Times

Whilst the process of automation is nothing new, the extent and speed
of it is. This is not least due to the launch this year of
corporate-driven generative AI systems, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT
and Google’s Bard. It has been estimated that over 300 million jobs
worldwide will be severely affected by these systems. In time,
this disruption will hit workers across all occupations. 

MUSK, X AND HATE
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By Amy Goodman, Nermeen Shaikh and Imran Ahmad
Democracy Now!

After the Center for Countering Digital Hate reported that hate speech
has soared on the website formerly known as Twitter, now rebranded as
“X,” Elon Musk responded by filing a lawsuit against the center
over the research. X accuses the watchdog group of unlawfully
accessing data to “falsely claim it had statistical support showing
the platform is overwhelmed with harmful content.” 

COVERING THE TIPPING POINT
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By Julie Hollar
FAIR

When a new peer-reviewed study announces that a crucial Atlantic Ocean
circulation system, a cornerstone of the global climate, may collapse
as quickly as two years from now, you’d think news outlets might
want to put that on the front page. Unfortunately for the planet and
those who inhabit it, corporate media would rather look the other
way.

BLUESKY
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By Amanda Silberling and Alyssa Stringer
TechCrunch

It’s been over a year since Elon Musk announced his bid to buy
Twitter, and those who opposed the sale have tried setting up shop on
platforms like Mastodon, Substack Notes, T2… but none of
these Twitter alternatives have really captured lightning in a
bottle like Bluesky.

DISNEY’S CONTENT PURGE
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By Julia Rock
The Lever

As Hollywood actors and writers strike together for the first time
since 1960 over pay, working conditions, and job security, Disney has
purged dozens of original TV shows and movies from its streaming
platforms, in a move that hurts workers and gives subscribers fewer
options to watch.

WOMEN’S MEDIA IN LEBANON
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By Diana Hodali
Deutsche Welle

The women of the Khateera team wanted to establish a platform from
which they could present facts, comedy and conversation that would
strike a chord with as many people in the region as possible, and
where one can discuss subjects like feminism, the patriarchy and other
societal issues in a more light hearted way, as if you were talking
with friends. 

SOCIAL MEDIA AND BANKING
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By Alex Lipton and Alex Pentland
Scientific American

The speed at which social media can spur massive financial movements
is astounding. Before Twitter and Facebook, a spooked investor or
customer would have to contact colleagues to urge them to withdraw
funds from a troubled bank. This communication took days or even
weeks. Social media alerts everyone all at once, and a few clicks on a
computer screen can wipe an account clean.

THE FBI AND SECTION 702/DATA POLARIZATION
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By Matthew Guariglia
Electronic Frontier Foundation

Section 702 of the 2008 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments
Act authorizes the collection of overseas communications that can be
queried by intelligence agencies in national security investigations
under the oversight of the FISC. The FBI has access to the collected
information, but only for limited purposes—purposes which it
routinely and grossly oversteps.

HACKTIVISM NOW
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By Jessica Beebe
SC Media

Hacktivism has seen a resurgence since the Russia-Ukraine conflict,
with loosely affiliated groups of partisans or volunteers pitted
against nation-states. These include the IT Army, a pro-Ukraine
collective that attacks Russian assets; Guacamaya, which has exposed
the secrets of Latin American governments and corporations; and
SiegedSec, which has struck states that have enacted abortion bans.

RACIST ALGORITHMS? FACIAL RECOGNITION
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By Steve Neavling
Detroit Metro Times

Porcha Woodruff was eight months pregnant when six cops showed up at
her door to arrest her for a crime she didn’t commit. The
32-year-old woman spent 11 hours at the Detroit Detention Center and
was charged with robbery and carjacking. She was the victim of a
false facial recognition match, making her at least the third person
to be arrested in Detroit based on the faulty technology.

* digitalization of work
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* artificial intelligence
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* Elon Musk
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* X
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* disinformation
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* Journalism
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* Climate
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* Bluesky
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* women's media
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* Lebanon
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* social media
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* Banking system
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* Section 702
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* FBI
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* privacy
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* hacking
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* hacktivism
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* Porcha Woodruff
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* facial recognition
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