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NRA 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.
Supreme Court says whistleblowers must alert government to get legal protections (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 02/21/2018 - 17:38Sarah Huckabee Sanders: There’s no war against the media (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 02/21/2018 - 16:41Mark Zuckerberg says he wants to fix Facebook. His employees keep getting in the way. (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 02/21/2018 - 16:39How to fix Facebook: Make users pay for it
[Commentary] The indictments brought by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III against 13 individuals and three organizations accused of interfering with the US election offer perhaps the most powerful evidence yet that Facebook and its Instagram subsidiary are harming public health and democracy. The best option for the company — and for democracy — is for Facebook to change its business model from one based on advertising to a subscription service. Facebook’s advertising business model is hugely profitable, but the incentives are perverse.