Report Questions Economic Impact of Rural Broadband
A new report from the American Action Forum questions the economic impact of rural broadband.
August 2018
Burn rate jeopardizes young tech companies’ futures and hurts investors (Bloomberg)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 08/15/2018 - 11:10Child drownings in Germany linked to parents' phone ‘fixation’ (Guardian, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 08/15/2018 - 11:10Intel discloses three more chip flaws (Reuters)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 08/15/2018 - 11:10Hackers are out to jeopardize your vote (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 08/15/2018 - 11:09Russian Trolls Amped Up Tweets for Pro-Trump Website's Content
Russia’s social-media trolling operation began stepping up its Twitter presence to new heights in late July 2017 -- more than eight months after sowing discord and disinformation in the 2016 presidential election. The burst of activity -- revealed in a new, comprehensive dataset of nearly 3 million tweets -- had an overriding focus over the ensuing three months: popularizing headlines and news stories that were originally authored by a US-based news site called Truthfeed that supports President Donald Trump and specializes in hyper-partisan, factually incorrect stories.
America’s Newspapers Just Played Right Into Trump’s Hands
[Commentary] Nothing flatters an independent journalist less than the sight of him forming a line to drink from the same fountain as his colleagues. Such a spectacle will unfold on Aug 16, as 200 or more editorial pages will heed the call sounded by Boston Globe op-ed page editor Marjorie Pritchard to run editorials opposing President Donald Trump’s unrelieved press-bashing. Participating dailies include the Houston Chronicle, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Miami Herald and the Denver Post, as well as the Globe.
Slow internet? Fast internet? You might be paying the same price
A Q&A with Angela Siefer, executive director of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA).
Major Internet Companies As News Editors
As part of its ongoing Trust, Media and Democracy initiative, the John S. and James L.Knight Foundation partnered with Gallup to ask a representative sample of US adults for their views on the news editorial functions played by major internet companies. From a broad perspective, Americans credit major internet companies for connecting people and helping them become better-informed. At the same time, they are concerned about their role in spreading misinformation and in potentially limiting exposure to different viewpoints.