California Bill Supporting Journalists Passes Amid Facebook ‘Bullying Threat’
The platform’s parent company has claimed it would be “forced” to remove news content if AB 886 passes.
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Texas Journalists Rally to Save Progressive Magazine
The Texas Observer staff has successfully prevented its shutdown following an enormously successful GoFundMe campaign.
Propublica’s Politwoops Archive in Peril — Can It Be Saved?
Fact checkers have long relied on ProPublica’s Politwoops to determine the veracity of tweets.
Reporter Evan Lambert Arrested While Covering Ohio Train Derailment
A journalist covering a February 2023 train derailment in Ohio was arrested and taken into custody.
The Fairness Doctrine and Ronald Reagan
A March 2022 post that claimed former U.S. President Ronald Reagan oversaw the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine, and vetoed Congressional bills seeking to codify the FCC’s guideline into law.
‘There is No Evidence People Ever Saved Bacon Grease’ Facebook ‘Fact Check’
A viral, misleading Facebook post “joked” that Facebook fact-checkers denied evidence that people ever saved bacon grease or aluminum foil.
Uncensored Library in Minecraft
Posts to Imgur and Reddit described a Minecraft “uncensored library,” which enables people across countries to view various forms of censored material.
Is Amazon Suspending All Non-Essential Shipments Except for Medical Supplies and and ‘High-Demand’ Products?
Amazon is only planning to suspend its receipt of shipments from third-party merchants, but that part of a viral story was hidden behind a paywall.
Did BBC Edit a Clip of Boris Johnson Getting Laughed at in a Televised Forum?
The network said the clip of the live audience reaction to the UK prime minister was “shortened for time reasons.”
How to Slow the Spread of Disinformation: A Guide for Newsrooms
Every day, a new fake story emerges with the power to affect policy or further corrode relationships, from interpersonal to international. This is corrosive disinformation, as different from garden-variety scams and hoaxes as a molehill is from a mountain. The difference is intent — not just to mislead, but to defraud and misinform — and scale. Simple …
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