Canada’s public broadcaster pauses Twitter account, joining U.S. outlets

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This sto­ry, plus Fox News-Dom­in­ion defama­tion tri­al to begin today, new data from Pew Research Cen­ter on Amer­i­cans’ pod­cast lis­ten­ing habits and atti­tudes and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries Apr 18, 2023Canada’s pub­lic broad­cast­er paus­es Twit­ter over ‘gov­­ern­­ment-fund­ed’ tag Andrew Jeong / The Wash­ing­ton Post Apr 18, 2023Fox News and Domin­ion tri­al […] The…

Twitter announces tweet editing capabilities

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This sto­ry, plus Google and YouTube release their plans to com­bat mis­in­for­ma­tion ahead of the 2022 U.S. midterms, RT is attract­ing a new audi­ence and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries Sep 1, 2022 Sep 1, 2022 Sep 1, 2022 Press & Gov­ern­ment Sep 1, 2022 Sep 1, 2022 Media Ethics Sep 1, 2022 About Mis­in­for­ma­tion Sep 2, 2022 Sep…

Elon Musk Is a Problem Masquerading as a Solution

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It is a per­fect mar­riage for an age of plu­toc­ra­cy: Twit­ter with its seri­ous prob­lems and Elon Musk, the embod­i­ment of those prob­lems. What hap­pens when the incar­na­tion of a prob­lem buys the right to decide what the prob­lem is and how to fix it? Twit­ter has a dis­in­for­ma­tion prob­lem — fake news about Covid vac­cines, cli­mate and more…