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_ Mary L. Trump on how the press covered the convention _

Kari Lake addressed news media at the Republican National Convention:
“I don’t welcome everybody in this meeting, in this room. Frankly,
you guys up there in the fake news have worn out your welcome.”
Credit, NBC News

 

* Digital Fascism and Antifascism
* RNC Coverage
* Microsoft and the System Crash
* AI’s Hidden Problems
* CEOs Rethink News
* Why Morning Joe Was Preempted
* Protecting LGBTQ+ Digital Identities 
* Microsoft Buys Access to Authors’ Research
* Tips for Reddit Users
* Why Did The Wall Street Journal Fire Selina Cheng?

DIGITAL FASCISM AND ANTIFASCISM
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By Byron Clark
Fightback Newsletter

The utopian dreams of the early internet were misguided, but that
doesn’t mean it can’t be something better than the perpetual
fascism machine it sometimes looks like today. A better internet is
possible.

RNC COVERAGE
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By Mary L. Trump
The Good in Us

Even after the grotesque spectacle of WWE and UFA domestic abusers,
racists, and misogynists; even after that rambling, self-aggrandizing,
delusional speech; newspapers portrayed Donald as if he were a new
person, the kind of guy who wants to bury hatchets and do what’s
best for all Americans.

MICROSOFT AND THE SYSTEM CRASH
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By Jeff Parsons
Tom’s Guide

As IT systems managers and security executives pick up the pieces from
the Microsoft outage that shut down critical infrastructure systems
globally, the post-mortem has already begun. Airlines, hospitals,
public transportation, 911 centers and other important systems
worldwide were taken offline after cybersecurity firm
CrowdStrike pushed out an update to its Falcon Sensor software.

AI’S HIDDEN PROBLEMS
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By John Feffer
Foreign Policy in Focus

Presumably, the human will to power will be inscribed in the DNA of
this thinking robot. But AI may end up killing us all in a much more
prosaic way. It doesn’t need to come up with an elaborate
strategy. It will simply use up all of our electricity.

CEOS RETHINK NEWS
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By Richard J. Tofel
Second Rough Draft

A CEO without news experience may not grasp how large of an asset is
newsroom morale, or how much sapping it may cost an enterprise. Such
issues can become particularly tricky in a unionized environment—
especially one in which there are no profits over which to haggle,
either because the organization is a nonprofit, or because it is no
longer profitable.

WHY MORNING JOE WAS PREEMPTED
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By Tom Jones
Poynter

The “Morning Joe” controversy got a little more controversial,
with co-host Joe Scarborough seemingly threatening to walk off the
show if his program is ever pulled from the air again. CNN
reported the MSNBC show was off the air “to avoid a scenario in
which one of the show’s stable of two dozen-plus guests might make
an inappropriate comment on live television” after the injury to
Donald Trump.

PROTECTING LGBTQ+ DIGITAL IDENTITIES
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By Paige Collings and Daly Barnett
Electronic Frontier Foundation

For LGBTQ+ individuals, digital spaces enable people that are not yet
out to engage with their gender and sexual orientation. In the age of
so much passive surveillance, it can feel daunting if not impossible
to strike any kind of privacy online. What’s most important is that
you think through the specific risks you face and take the right steps
to protect against them. 

MICROSOFT BUYS ACCESS TO AUTHORS' RESEARCH
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By Matilda Battersby
The Bookseller

Authors have expressed their shock after the news that academic
publisher Taylor and Francis, which owns Routledge, had sold access to
its authors’ research as part of an Artificial Intelligence (AI)
partnership with Microsoft. Academics published by the group claim
they have not been told about the AI deal, and are receiving no extra
payment for the use of their research by the tech company. 

TIPS FOR REDDIT USERS
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By David Nield
Gizmodo

If you’re sticking to the basics of what Reddit has to offer,
you’re missing out on the full experience—and there are quite a
few ways to tailor your time on Reddit so you get more of the good
stuff that you’re interested in, and get to it faster.

WHY DID THE WALL STREET JOURNAL FIRE SELINA CHENG?
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By Selina Cheng
Columbia Journalism Review

International press organisations and a top US congressional panel are
leading a growing chorus of support for Hong Kong Journalists
Association chairwoman Selina Cheng, who said she was fired by The
Wall Street Journal for assuming her leadership role in the union.

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* Reddit
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* Selina Cheng
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* Hong Kong Journalists Association
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