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MEDIA BITS AND BYTES – JULY 9, 2024
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_ Tech and disability, the French Murdoch, and more media flashes _
, Creator: alexsl | Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
* Saying ‘Conservative’ When They Mean ‘Fascist’
* Social Media Usage Shifts
* Record Labels Sue AI Company
* The French Murdoch and the Far Right
* Disability and Tech
* Silicon Valley Wants a Deal With Trump
* How New Movies Deal with Climate
* Data Workers Detail Exploitation by Tech Industry
* Tech and Popular Unrest in the Global South
* SCOTUS Sidesteps Social Media Rulings
SAYING ‘CONSERVATIVE’ WHEN THEY MEAN ‘FASCIST’
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By Mark Jacob
Stop the Presses
It’s obvious why mainstream news organizations like to use the word
“conservative.” It’s a long-accepted term that doesn’t seem to
offend anyone. And it’s the word that many people on the right
prefer. But it’s not accurate.
SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE SHIFTS, INSTAGRAM ON TOP
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By Greg Jarboe
Search Engine Journal
According to a new Consumer Pulse survey from Sprout Social, usage
of social media platforms is shifting again – in ways that will
significantly impact brands. Instagram (65%) has just passed Facebook
(64%) as the No. 1 platform among the 2,059 consumers surveyed.
RECORD LABELS SUE AI COMPANY
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By Mia Sato
The Verge
A group of record labels including the big three — Universal Music
Group (UMG), Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Records — are
suing two of the top names in generative AI music making, alleging the
companies violated their copyright “en masse.” The lawsuits were
brought by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which
represents major players in the music industry.
THE FRENCH MURDOCH AND THE FAR RIGHT
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By Benjamin Dodman
France 24
When conservative leader Eric Ciotti plotted his startling alliance
with Marine Le Pen, the head of Les Républicains (LR) consulted none
of his party colleagues. Instead, the morning after
President Emmanuel Macron called a snap election on June 9, Ciotti
paid a visit to Vincent Bolloré, the billionaire corporate raider
who has built a sprawling media empire precisely to engineer such an
alliance.
DISABILITY AND TECH
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By Elaine Short
The Conversation
This disability community perspective can be invaluable in approaching
new technologies that can assist both disabled and nondisabled people.
You can’t substitute pretending to be disabled for the experience
of actually being disabled, but accessibility can benefit everyone.
SILICON VALLEY WANTS A DEAL WITH TRUMP
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By Evgeny Morozov
The Guardian
Venture capitalists and Democrats long shared a mutual belief in
techno-solutionism – the idea that markets, enhanced by digital
technology, could achieve social goods where government policy had
failed. Over the past two decades, we’ve been living in the ruins of
this utopia. Since Biden adopted a tougher stance on Silicon Valley,
VCs are more than happy to support Trump’s Republicans.
HOW NEW MOVIES DEAL WITH CLIMATE
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By Lovia Gyarkye
The Hollywood Reporter
From Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘Evil Does Not Exist’ to Ramata-Toulaye
Sy’s ‘Banel & Adama,’ indie films are representing climate
change as an ongoing negotiation between humans and the environment
instead of a single catastrophic event.
DATA WORKERS DETAIL EXPLOITATION BY TECH INDUSTRY
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By Devin Coldewey
TechCrunch
The essential labor of data work, like moderation and annotation, is
systematically hidden from those who benefit from the fruits of that
labor. A new project puts the lived experiences of data workers around
the world in the spotlight, showing firsthand the costs and
opportunities of tech work abroad.
TECH AND POPULAR UNREST IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
* KENYA PROTESTS AND TIKTOK
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Warah, Africa is a Country
* GAZA’S NETWORK TREE
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By Mariam A., Global Voices
* AI AND INDIA’S ELECTION
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By Vandinika Shukla and Bruce Schneier, The Conversation
SCOTUS SIDESTEPS SOCIAL MEDIA RULINGS
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By Dante Motley and Pooja Salhotra
The Texas Tribune
The U.S. Supreme Court sent the legal challenge to a Texas social
media law back to a lower court, sidestepping a landmark ruling for
now. The legal battle centers on Texas’ law preventing large social
media companies from censoring users’ content based on their
political viewpoints. A lawsuit filed against a similar law in
Florida by the same plaintiffs was also heard in the Supreme Court.
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