November 2022

Progressive Activists Ready Campaign to Counter New House G.O.P. Majority (New York Times)

Submitted by benton on Tue, 11/22/2022 - 06:27

What Elon Musk Is Doing to Twitter Is What He Did at Tesla and SpaceX (New York Times)

Submitted by benton on Tue, 11/22/2022 - 06:27

Twitter won’t restart paid verification until ‘significant impersonations’ stop, Elon Musk says (Vox)

Submitted by benton on Tue, 11/22/2022 - 06:26

Elon Musk says Twitter is done with layoffs and ready to hire again (Vox)

Submitted by benton on Tue, 11/22/2022 - 06:26

Twitter Lays Off Some Sales Employees After They Committed to Twitter 2.0 (Wall Street Journal)

Submitted by benton on Tue, 11/22/2022 - 06:26

Amazon Alexa is a “colossal failure,” on pace to lose $10 billion in 2022 (Ars Technica)

Submitted by benton on Tue, 11/22/2022 - 06:25

The long, lonely wait to recover a hacked Facebook account (Washington Post)

Submitted by benton on Tue, 11/22/2022 - 06:24

FCC Announces Pilot Program Funding Opportunity To Raise Nationwide Awareness Of Affordable Connectivity Program

The Federal Communications Commission announced details for two pilot program opportunities to promote the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) nationwide. The pilot program outreach grants seek to enlist trusted community messengers to develop innovative outreach strategies to reach historically unserved and underserved communities, including those serving recipients of federal housing assistance and communities interested in launching digital navigator programs.

In crises, officials tweet crucial info. What if Twitter dies? (Washington Post)

Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Mon, 11/21/2022 - 17:56

I Studied Trump’s Twitter Use for Six Years. Prepare for the Worst.

Nothing new Twitter owner Elon Musk has done and undone is nearly as concerning as his decision to suddenly reinstate former President Donald Trump’s account. As someone who has been studying Trump’s Twitter use since before he was elected president, I believe that his return would mean the heightened spread of both misinformation and disinformation, the proliferation of degrading and dehumanizing discourse, the further mainstreaming of hate speech, and the erosion of democratic norms and institutions.

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November 2022

Progressive Activists Ready Campaign to Counter New House G.O.P. Majority (New York Times)

What Elon Musk Is Doing to Twitter Is What He Did at Tesla and SpaceX (New York Times)

Twitter won’t restart paid verification until ‘significant impersonations’ stop, Elon Musk says (Vox)

Elon Musk says Twitter is done with layoffs and ready to hire again (Vox)

Twitter Lays Off Some Sales Employees After They Committed to Twitter 2.0 (Wall Street Journal)

Amazon Alexa is a “colossal failure,” on pace to lose $10 billion in 2022 (Ars Technica)

The long, lonely wait to recover a hacked Facebook account (Washington Post)

FCC Announces Pilot Program Funding Opportunity To Raise Nationwide Awareness Of Affordable Connectivity Program

In crises, officials tweet crucial info. What if Twitter dies? (Washington Post)

I Studied Trump’s Twitter Use for Six Years. Prepare for the Worst.