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MEDIA BITS AND BYTES - JULY 27, 2021
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California Governor Gavin Newsom signs expanded broadband into law.
Credit, CA.gov
* The Pegasus Menace
* Facebook and Hate Groups
* The Corporate Rip-off of Comics Creators
* Social Media Tomorrow
* The Profit Motive Behind COVID Misinfo
* Broadening Broadband in California
* Covering Rich Boys’ Space Antics
* The Ethics of AI Voiceovers
* Grassroots Public Radio Team-up
* Unionizing Tech
THE PEGASUS MENACE
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By Prabir Purkayastha
Peoples Dispatch
Spyware like Pegasus is not just dangerous as it wrests complete
control over an infected phone. It is menacing also because it
introduces the skills and knowledge of nation-states into the civilian
sphere.
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Terry Gross interviews Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia King
Fresh Air, NPR
A new book investigates Facebook’s failure to protect against
spreading hate speech, disinformation, conspiracy theories and calls
to violence. The book also shows how Facebook became an advertising
company, monetizing its users and their data.
THE CORPORATE RIP-OFF OF COMICS CREATORS
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By Aaron Couch
The Hollywood Reporter
The star writers and artists behind major comic book characters are
becoming increasingly outspoken about “paltry” deals that don’t
account for their work being adapted into billion-dollar blockbusters.
SOCIAL MEDIA TOMORROW
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By Jordan Lintz
Forbes
The Covid-19 pandemic, which has disrupted traditional ways of
communication and doing business, has likewise changed the terrain of
social media right before our eyes. More than anything, investing and
decentralizing may very well be the blueprint for the future of social
media.
THE PROFIT MOTIVE BEHIND COVID MISINFO
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By Jessica González and Carmen Scurato
Common Dreams
Online platforms have designed their products in a way that encourages
users to share false content—causing people to reject public-health
initiatives against COVID-19, attack public-health workers, and
embrace dangerous “miracle cures.”
BROADENING BROADBAND IN CALIFORNIA
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By Ernesto Falcon
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Governor Newsom signed into law one of the largest state investments
in public fiber in the history of the United States. No longer will
the state of California simply defer to the whims of AT and T and
cable for broadband access, now every community is being given their
shot to choose their broadband destiny.
COVERING RICH BOYS’ SPACE ANTICS
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By James Baratta
FAIR
Contrary to the false narrative provided by billionaires and their
corporate media mouthpieces, space tourism has been funded by and for
the wealthy—not the masses. It could worsen the climate crisis and
force the most vulnerable to suffer the impacts while the rich snap
space selfies.
THE ETHICS OF AI VOICEOVERS
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By Owen Gleiberman
Variety
The documentarian used AI technology to feed 10 hours of Bourdain
voice recordings into a computer, which then simulated Bourdain’s
reading of those sentences — every one of which he had, in fact,
written. The words weren’t faked; the sound of him speaking them
was.
GRASSROOTS PUBLIC RADIO TEAM-UP
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By Anna Brugmann
Current
Michigan Radio is creating a reporting position and a community
council to help it tell more inclusive stories about Detroit’s
neighborhoods. The Ann Arbor–based public radio network has formed
a partnership with ARISE Detroit, an organization that works to
empower neighborhoods to volunteer and participate in civic action.
UNIONIZING TECH
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By Anna Kramer
Protocol
In a survey of tech industry workers, about 50% of respondents said
they are very or somewhat interested in joining a union in their
workplace, and more than 60% of millennials said they were
interested.
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