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Op-Ed: Infopocalypse Now (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 02/23/2018 - 12:17YouTube excels at recommending videos — but not at detecting hoaxes (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 02/23/2018 - 06:20NRA goes on the offensive after Parkland shooting, assailing media and calling for more armed school security (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 02/22/2018 - 16:11What’s worse than fake news? The distortion of reality itself.
[Commentary] Which hurts civilization more: no one believing anything, or everyone believing lies? If we fail to take immediate action to protect our news and information ecosystem, we may soon find out. We are careening toward an infocalypse — a catastrophic failure of the marketplace of ideas. So what can we do? In short, we need massive investment across industry, civil society and government, to understand and mitigate threats to our information ecosystems. And we need it now. As of now, there are a few particularly promising mitigations that deserve immediate consideration:
President Trump brings the gun-control conversation back to himself and ‘fake news’ (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 02/22/2018 - 16:08A wave of new tech could give you more choice in broadband providers
SpaceX's worldwide network of thousands of orbiting devices that can beam Internet signals down to earth from low orbit, 5G data, and more efficient use of our airwaves -- all these could boost competition in your local broadband market in the coming years. If it pays off, the result may be faster Internet speeds, better service and lower prices.