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MEDIA BITS AND BYTES – JANUARY 9, 2024  
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A funeral ceremony is held for Palestine TV correspondent Mohammed
Abu Hatab, who was killed, along with his family members, in an
airstrike on his home in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Credit, Abed Zagout –
Anadolu Agency

 

* The Hidden Labor Force Behind ChatGPT
* Best Films of 2023
* AI and the 2024 Election
* News Distortion on Israel/Palestine
* Film Industry Diversification is Stuck
* The Toll for Journalists in a Brutal Year
* Neofascism on Social Media
* Some Positive Thoughts for 2024
* What’s Ahead for Mozilla
* A Tribute to a Storyteller

THE HIDDEN LABOR FORCE BEHIND CHATGPT
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By Lucía Velasco
El País

Global inequality is as evident in artificial intelligence as in
apparel, with workers in developing countries receiving minimum pay in
comparison with their counterparts in rich countries. This economic
gap perpetuates a form of exploitation that disproportionately
benefits the companies and consumers of the nations of the global
north.

BEST FILMS OF 2023
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By Eileen Jones
Jacobin

It’s been such an awful year for films that entertainment
journalists are defensive. After all, their livelihood is tied to the
state of our media. I’ve been reading their specious arguments about
how 2023 has been not that bad if you think about it because, after
all, other years in film history were _worse_.

AI AND THE 2024 ELECTION
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By Olivia Rosane
Common Dreams

As 2024 approaches and with it the next U.S. presidential election,
experts and advocates are warning about the impact that the spread of
artificial intelligence technology will have on the amount and
sophistication of misinformation directed at voters. It’s the first
time that it will be easy for anyone to access AI technology that
could create a believable deepfake video, photo, or audio clip in
seconds.

NEWS DISTORTION ON ISRAEL/PALESTINE

* NEW YORK TIMES
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  Jim Naureckas, FAIR
 
* BBC
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  Julia Conley, Common Dreams
 

FILM INDUSTRY DIVERSIFICATION IS STUCK
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By Brent Lang
Variety

A total of 116 directors were attached to the 100 top-grossing
domestic films in 2023, but just 14 of them, or 12.1%, were women.
That was a slight improvement from the 9% of top-grossing films that
were directed by women in 2022. But the report argues that the
percentage of female filmmakers on top movies has not changed notably
since 2018, when 4.5% of directors were women. 

THE TOLL FOR JOURNALISTS IN A BRUTAL YEAR
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By Zane McNeill
Truthout

At least 12 journalists were arrested or detained this year across the
U.S., according to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker. Five of the
reporters arrested or detained this year were covering protests. In
just over a month, three journalists were charged with disorderly
conduct, jaywalking, and criminal trespassing while reporting on
pro-Palestinian protests sparked by Israel’s war in Gaza.

NEOFASCISM ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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By Nafees Ahmad
Fair Observer

Major platforms like Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp), Alphabet
(Google, YouTube) and Twitter occupy a central role in today’s
information ecosystem. Despite Big Tech’s claims to the contrary,
their shared commercial philosophy fundamentally
supports anti-civic and anti-democratic cultures.

SOME POSITIVE THOUGHTS FOR 2024
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By Craig Aaron
Free Press

At Free Press, we share fears of expanding global conflict and
what’s in store for this election year. And yet we also feel
optimistic about what we can accomplish as we work to build the
foundation of a just media system and the true multiracial democracy
this country needs.

WHAT’S AHEAD FOR MOZILLA
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By Frederic Lardinois
TechCrunch

Mozilla chief Mark Surman believes that open source AI is a necessary
component for making the next era of the internet open and accessible
for all — but by itself, it is not sufficient. With a small group of
very well-funded players currently dominating the AI market, he
believes that the various open source groups will need to band
together to collectively create alternatives.

A TRIBUTE TO A STORYTELLER
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By Mosab Abu Toha
Los Angeles Review of Books

“Palestine is a story away.” This is what Refaat Alareer wrote on
my copy of the short story anthology he edited in 2014, _Gaza Writes
Back_._ _The contributors were his students at the Islamic University
of Gaza. Now Refaat is a world away. He was assassinated on December
6 by the Israeli army. 
 

* artificial intelligence
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* workers
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* movies
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* 2024 Elections
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* news bias
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* War on Gaza
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* BBC
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* CNN
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* Film Industry
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* diversity
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* neofascism
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* social media
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* Free Press
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* Mozilla
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* open source
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* Refaat Alareer
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* Palestine
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