Reading: Dear Journalists: Stop being loudspeakers for liars https://medium.com/@dangillmor/dear-journalists-stop-letting-liars-use-your-platforms-as-loudspeakers-cc64c4024eeb #journalism

Finally getting around to posting my analysis of how Canadian journalism does when it comes to reporting on the Islamic concept of jihad. Canadian journalism fails at nuance when it comes to jihad: A critical analysis of The Globe and Mail and the National Post and the perpetuation of Islamophobia.
https://www.interrobang.is/2018/06/canadian-journalism-fails-at-nuance-when-it-comes-to-jihad/
#journalism #cdnmedia

Finally got around to doing a comparison of ads to articles in The Globe and Mail. The A Section on June 02 was 55% ads.

Ads versus articles in the Saturday BC Edition of the Globe and Mail, A Section https://www.interrobang.is/2018/06/ads-versus-articles-in-the-saturday-bc-edition-of-the-globe-and-mail-a-section/ #journalism #cdnmedia

Security flaw found in Americans' brains. https://thenib.com/security-flaw-found-in-americans-brains

Reading: Inside Story: What I did to get GDPR Compliant https://baekdal.com/thoughts/inside-story-what-i-did-to-get-gdpr-compliant/ #privacy

"We should preserve the past on the web, and learn to make sites even more future-safe. The web is where human knowlege accumulates"

- Dave Winer

http://scripting.com/2018/05/10/133513.html

@sherwin
just some random ideas on that subject:
- stop funding by advertisement
(motivation towards clickbaits)
- being more transparent, rather tryn to hide behind the idea of neutrality
- regular be educative about critical thinking, fallacies etc. (if an article points out critic towards some fake news, explaining the patterns behind, not just the specifics.)
- using/building social networks that counter clickbaits
- being supportive to other journalists that do similiar

@paulfree14 My reading of the report Fighting Fakes led me to think the authors were more concerned with saving the brand of journalism than they were in holding journalists accountable to their part in the system of problematic information we're gesturing at.

My goto is to blame journalists. Hah. That might not be super productive either.

There must be some better policy approaches between educating individuals and state oversight of journalism. #journalism

@paulfree14 Yeah, I think I mostly agree with you. One challenge is that "fake news" has many meanings, and some kinds are legitimately new. And while I agree that governments (and other institutions) have used problematic information to shape the world, I do want less propaganda in the world. I *think* this means, partly, that I want better journalism. Education is great but is it a robust policy approach? I don't know. It feels a little bit like "buyer beware." #journalism

Reading: Fighting Fakes ‒ The Nordic Way (PDF) http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1200348/FULLTEXT01.pdf

"To counter propaganda, disinformation and the “fake news” business, some governments would be eager to develop new legislation regulating the media. Unanimously, the group of experts rejects such an approach, and gives a very clear advice on supporting a free and pluralistic media, investigative journalism and self-regulation as the best tools to uphold credibility in the media." #FakeNews #journalism

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@cassolotl I was very surprised to find myself in the theatre with friends watching it. I liked it. It was essentially The Breakfast Club, in the jungle.

Some thoughts on microblogging with self-hosted WordPress https://www.interrobang.is/2018/04/some-thoughts-microblogging-with-wordpress/ #WordPress #microblogging

Some powerful reflections on the unconscious editorial decisions that shape narrative here from 2014: How I sanitized the feminist outrage over the Montreal massacre

"No one told me what not to write, but I just knew, in the way I knew not to seem strident in a workplace where I’d already learned how to laugh at sexist jokes..."

http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/page-how-i-sanitized-the-feminist-outrage-over-the-montreal-massacre #journalism #systemicbias

Reading: "Researchers have found that op-ed pieces have large and long-lasting effects on people's views among both the general public and policy experts. The study also found that Democrats and Republicans altered their views in the direction of the op-ed piece in roughly equal measure. "

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180424133556.htm #journalism #publicrelations #businesofinfluence

Craig Silverman made a great collection of #veriification tools and tips.

Here you go: http://bit.ly/verificationtoolsandtips

#ifj18

In the game of quotes, Tim Berners-Lee gets always his fair share.

"Targeted advertising allows a campaign to say completely different, possibly conflicting things to different groups. Is that democratic?"

#IJF18 #targetedadvertising

@scott And also [looks through emojis for a bookmark: gives up] a bookmark.

This long read on Sri Lankan attempts to curb anti-Muslim hate on Facebook, leading to blocking access temporarily, is really something. "Extremists in Sri Lanka used Facebook to organize deadly violence against Muslims. Facebook is accused of not doing enough to prevent it."

https://www.buzzfeed.com/meghara/we-had-to-stop-facebook-when-anti-muslim-violence-goes-viral

#Facebook