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MEDIA BITS AND BYTES - SEPTEMBER 7, 2021  
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September 7, 2021
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_ From communes to techno weaponry - the whole story _

War tech. Credit, David Simonds/The Economist

 

* Afghanistan: Female Journalists in Jeopardy
* Chomsky on Media
* Fighting Disinfo from Below
* China Regulates Algorithms
* MSNBC’s Checkered History
* Covid and the Soul of Popular Media
* Militarized Tech and the New Communalists
* FCC Takes On Rightist Robocallers 
* Anti-Abortion Site Gets the Boot
* Big Telecom and Hurricane Ida

AFGHANISTAN: FEMALE JOURNALISTS IN JEOPARDY
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Reporters Without Borders

Fewer than 100 women journalists are still formally working in
privately-owned radio and TV stations in the Afghan capital.

CHOMSKY ON MEDIA
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By Victor Pickard
The Nation

Public media can, to some degree, be more free than commercial media.
The measure of their freedom largely depends on the level of democracy
in the broader society.

FIGHTING DISINFO FROM BELOW
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By Gilad Edelman
Wired

A new study finds that small groups of laypeople can match or surpass
the work of professional fact checkers—and they can do it at scale.

CHINA REGULATES ALGORITHMS
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By Arjun Kharpal and Evelyn Cheng
CNBC

Chinese authorities are planning to restrict how companies use
algorithms to sell products to consumers, a move analysts said likely
runs counter to business interests and sets a precedent for other
countries.

MSNBC’S CHECKERED HISTORY
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By Spencer Snyder
FAIR

MSNBC isn’t commemorating its 25th anniversary with any looks back
to its founding, or to its history as an outlet for journalism. For
much of its history, MSNBC wasn’t the liberal answer to Fox News,
but a superfluous product of two mega corporations seeking to expand
their news operations.

COVID AND THE SOUL OF POPULAR MEDIA
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By Dennis Broe
Culture Matters

Cinemas now may function much like major television events, like the
Superbowl and (sometimes) the Academy Awards, opening films that then
go quickly to streaming or that play off earlier theatrical openings
for prestige.

MILITARIZED TECH AND THE NEW COMMUNALISTS
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By Will Meyer
The Baffler

The “frontier dynamic” is at play in Silicon Valley’s
present-day political economy. From Google’s artificial
intelligence, which trains weaponized drones, to the Amazon Web
servers that power the CIA and Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
the empire’s territorial mission remains.

FCC TAKES ON RIGHTIST ROBOCALLERS
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By Jon Brodkin
Ars Technica

Recorded messages sent before the 2020 election “told potential
voters that if they voted by mail, their ‘personal information will
be part of a public database that will be used by police departments
to track down old warrants and be used by credit card companies to
collect outstanding debts,’” the FCC said.

ANTI-ABORTION SITE GETS THE BOOT
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By Sean Hollister
The Verge

Hosting provider GoDaddy gave Texas Right to Life 24 hours to find
another home for their website, which publicized the names of people
accused of helping women get abortions. Under the new Texas law, those
people were liable for fines and prison.

BIG TELECOM AND HURRICANE IDA
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By Karl Bode
Vice

Once again a lack of industry oversight and meaningful rules means the
cellular industry wasn’t fully prepared for disaster.

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