Twitter launches new forum to combat misinformation
January 26, 2021 This story, plus some digital media companies have discussions about going public via SPACs, Politico staffers
Media Have Every Right to Cancel Trump
So, President Donald Trump has been booted off Twitter, as of now forever. Facebook also gave him the heave-ho. Apple
United Airlines Tell Employees…To Stay Off Internet?
My title may be facetious, but reminding people to avoid being “offensive” on the internet is tantamount to asking
How Fox News, Newsmax vote-rigging coverage squares with defamation law
After weeks of sharing baseless allegations that the voting system firms Smartmatic and Dominion Systems had manipulated the outcome of
Twitter will start removing coronavirus vaccine misinformation
December 17, 2020 This story, plus 10 states file antitrust lawsuit against Google for online ad practices, a look at how anti-vaccination groups have gotten coverage in local press, and more, all in today’s media headlines. Top Stories Media
Why Ethiopia’s Tigray Conflict Is Dominating Africa Headline News
Tensions in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have gone from talking about the potential for conflict into what is now the aftermath of a war between the country’s federal government in Addis Ababa and the regional government in Tigray. An estimated six million people live in the Tigray region. Since fighting began on November 4,…
Letter: There’s a word absent from today’s free speech debate
From Peter Gartside, Royston, Hertfordshire, UK
Social media’s struggle with self-censorship
Within hours of the publication of a New York Post article on October 14th, Twitter users began receiving strange messages. If they tried to share the story—a dubious “exposé” of emails supposedly from the laptop of Hunter Biden, son of
The Problem with African News
Negative and inaccurate news coverage of Africa by Western media is a serious issue that needs to be addressed. While the press can build up, it also can tear down and disrupt our way of thinking. While it communicates powerfully, the press often times works to influence policy and shape debates, opinions, and actions on…
As Fake News Grows – Organizations Wage War on Africa Misinformation
The battle to deal with deceit, misinformation, and its related ills, especially on the internet, has been on for many years. You’ll see me use the word “battle” many times in my writings on this subject. It’s a battle because the terrain is akin to warfare. In a battle where you either win or you…