Facebook’s Oversight Board decided on May 5 retain the suspension of former President Donald Trump from its social media platforms, which includes Instagram. Facebook, along with Twitter and other social media outlets suspended Trump’s accounts after the Jan. 6 riot in Washington, DC, based on their own assessments of the role his tweets played in inciting the … [Read more...] about The paradox of Citizens United, the First Amendment and efforts to regulate social media
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Local news outlets need to report on hate, racism that fueled attack on U.S. Capitol
In the days and weeks since the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building and its police officers, it’s becoming clearer just how local this story is, even as the national media outlets have moved to the inauguration and the first days of the Joseph Biden presidency. The people who participated in the insurrection were from our communities. The members of the branch of … [Read more...] about Local news outlets need to report on hate, racism that fueled attack on U.S. Capitol
Skeletons in the closet? Uncovering embarrassing Wiki edits by Pentagon, Congress
A recent movement to track in real-time edits government organizations anonymously make to Wikipedia has also turned up deep archives of changes made dating back more than 10 years. For instance, thanks to Jari Bakken, lead developer of a Norwegian parliamentary watchdog account, a database of 1,843 edits made at Pentagon IP addresses from 2004-2010 is now publically available. … [Read more...] about Skeletons in the closet? Uncovering embarrassing Wiki edits by Pentagon, Congress