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Facebook, show us your secret recipe
[Commentary] The power of Facebook, Twitter, Google and others, and the democratic threat that they represent, comes not from the content they show but how they show it. The closed algorithms that drive their feeds and streams also shape and bound our associational spaces. These systems know who we meet with, they determine who we hear from and they decide which voices we cannot escape. As a result, these digital companies have become arbiters, managers and record keepers of our associational lives.
Opinion: Can Democrats attack Trump over the AT&T-Time Warner merger? It’s complicated. (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 11/10/2017 - 12:23Sean Parker on Facebook: ‘God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains’ (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 11/09/2017 - 18:05E.U. competition chief asks Apple for details on tax arrangements (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 11/07/2017 - 14:49How Verizon and Comcast are working to ensure states don’t pass their own net neutrality bills
Comcast and Verizon have both asked the Federal Communications Commission to make clear that the FCC's new policy on network neutrality — which could be put to a vote as early as Dec — will preempt state and local regulations that might read differently. The request marks the industry's latest step to weaken federal rules that regulate broadband companies like legacy telephone companies. The broadband industry fears that even if the FCC succeeds in deregulating, states could take steps “countermanding” the federal agency's decision, according to the Verizon white paper.
CNN: Fox cancels Trump impeachment ads
Fox News has canceled ads purchased by Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer that call for President Donald Trump’s impeachment, CNN’s Brian Stelter confirmed. “Due to the strong negative reaction to their ad by our viewers, we could not in good conscience take their money,” Fox News told Stelter. Steyer said that Fox News informed him on Oct.
At least nine people in Trump’s orbit had contact with Russians during campaign and transition (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 11/06/2017 - 11:21How white TV writers shape the stories Hollywood tells America (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 11/06/2017 - 10:57Major tech-industry group drops opposition to sex trafficking bill
The Internet Association -- which counts Google, Facebook, Twitter and others among its members -- reversed course and said it will support the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA), a bill designed to make it easier to sue websites that enable sex trafficking online. The bill has been a source of tension between the technology industry and Washington for months.