Collaborate Disseminate
Upworthy co-founder Eli Pariser is leading a group of online volunteers hunting for ways to respond to the spread of fake news. An anonymous reader quotes Wired UK:
Inside a Google Doc, volunteers are gathering ideas and approaches to get a grip on the… Continue reading Crowdsourced Volunteers Search For Solutions To Fake News
Slashdot reader xtsigs writes: “No, despite what you read, CNN did not run porn for 30 minutes Thursday, as was reported by Fox News, the New York Post, Variety and other news organizations, several of which later corrected their stories,” reports USA … Continue reading False Porn-on-CNN Report Shows How Quickly Fake News Spreads
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“We take misinformation seriously,” Facebook’s CEO announced in a late-night status update Friday. “Our goal is to connect people with the stories they find most meaningful, and we know people want accurate information. We’v… Continue reading Mark Zuckerberg Announces Facebook Will Fight Fake News — Next To An Ad With Fake News
Shiva Ayyadurai still claims he invented email — rather than the late ARPANET pioneer Ray Tomlinson. Now Gizmodo reports that Ayyadurai “will receive a $750,000 settlement from Gawker Media, the bankrupt publisher that he sued for defamation earlier t… Continue reading Gawker Pays $750,000 To That Guy Who Didn’t Invent Email
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“These tablets always malfunction,” complained one NFL offensive lineman in January, foreshadowing a growing backlash to Microsoft’s $400 million deal with the NFL to use Surface tablets. Friday the coach of the San Francisc… Continue reading More NFL Players Attack Microsoft’s $400M Surface Deal With The NFL
Her video went viral, viewed more than 14 million times, and triggering concerns online when she was threatened with prison. But a North Dakota judge “refused to authorize riot charges against award-winning journalist Amy Goodman for her reporting on a… Continue reading Journalist Cleared of Riot Charges in South Dakota