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_ Bloomberg News and Bloomberg for Prez / Covering the UK Election /
Google's Anti-Union / Iran vs Internet / Digital Chains / COPRA / .Org
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Rupert Murdoch by Steve Brodner, Columbia Journalism Review

 

* When a Media Mogul Runs For President
* How UK Press Covers Tories vs. Labour
* Google’s Anti-Union
* Iran Restricts Internet
* Digital Chains
* COPRA is Good For You
* Protecting .Org
* China’s "Fake News" Deterrent
* Cartoon Gallery: The Disinfo Kings

 

When a Media Mogul Runs For President
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By Matt Taibbi

November 25, 2019

Rolling Stone

_Bloomberg_ _News_ suffered a major disruption. The episode predicts
the future of the news business, and the death of the news business.
After Mike Bloomberg formally entered the race for the Democratic
presidential nomination, _Bloomberg_ agency Editor-in-Chief John
Micklethwait told staff it would not “investigate” either his
owner and boss, or any of his boss’s Democratic opponents.

How UK Press Covers Tories vs. Labour
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By Lizzy Buchan

December 3, 2019

The Independent

British newspapers’ attacks on Labour have intensified while Tories
continue to get positive coverage, a study finds. Jeremy Corbyn’s
party met with deepening hostility while Tories lose shine as the
election campaign enters its end stages.

Google’s Anti-Union
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By Kate Cox

November 26, 2019

Ars Technica

Tensions between Google parent company Alphabet and its workers are
again on the rise, as four employees at the forefront of an
organization movement within Google have been fired. The firings
came in the wake of an employee rally at Google's San Francisco
office. 

Iran Restricts Internet
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By Pooya Stone

December 1, 2019

Iran Focus

Iranian authorities apparently began reconnecting much of the
country’s internet on Friday, one week after the outbreak of
anti-government protests. 

Digital Chains
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By Lizzie O'Shea

December 1, 2019

Jacobin

As data-mining companies and government decision-making edge ever
closer, it is not just our digital privacy that’s at risk, but our
very capacity to organize in solidarity.

COPRA is Good For You
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By Allen St. John

November 26, 2019

Consumer Reports

The Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act, or COPRA, could expand
individual rights when it comes to how all sorts of personal data is
collected, shared, and used. It would require companies to collect as
little information as possible about consumers, require explicit
consent when sharing consumer data with third parties, and make
companies responsible for correcting or deleting inaccurate
information.

Protecting .ORG
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By Elliot Harmon

November 22, 2019

Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Public Interest Registry (PIR)—the organization that manages the
.ORG top-level domain— is to be sold to private equity firm Ethos
Capital. .ORG is extremely important to the non-governmental
organization (NGO) community, and our community should have a voice in
decisions affecting the future of .ORG.

China’s "Fake News" Deterrent
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By Daria Solovieva

December 2, 2019

Karma

China is moving to regulate deepfake video and audio content, applying
a strong-armed approach to an increasingly pervasive issue that other
countries have struggled to control.

Cartoon Gallery: The Disinfo Kings
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By Sam Thielman

Fall 2019

Columbia Journalism Review

Steve Brodner illustrates some of the worst offenders in the
disinformation world.

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