Media & Internet

2020-09-21

Twitter investigates racial bias in image previews

Article Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54234822

Discussion posted by: Arye ben-Shaoul

Twitter is investigating after users discovered its picture-cropping algorithm sometimes prefers white faces to black ones. Users noticed when two photos – one of a black face the other of a white one – were in the same post, Twitter often showed only the white face on mobile. Twitter said it had tested for racial and gender bias during the algorithm’s development. But it added: “It’s clear that we’ve got more analysis to do.”

2020-09-20

LILLEY: CBC strays far from its mandate — once again

TheRage Canada, Media & Internet 0

Article Link: https://calgarysun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-cbc-strays-far-from-its-mandate-once-again/wcm/941a75d9-f09f-4a5c-aff6-67049294374d/

Discussion posted by: TheRage

Of course, CBC is launching a new business division aimed at producing branded stories, podcasts and videos for corporate clients because why wouldn’t they? The country’s supposedly public broadcaster already competes in every other aspect of the media business, including areas that fall beyond the Crown corporation’s mandate. The Broadcasting Act, which sets out CBC’s mandate from Parliament, states that the public broadcaster “should provide radio and television services incorporating a wide range of programming that informs, enlightens and entertains.” I don’t see anything in the act about running what amounts to a corporate content production department but that is what CBC will be doing with their new offer called CBC Tandem.

2020-09-17

Exclusive: Fed up with YouTube ‘crushing conservative voices,’ Dan Bongino acquires part-ownership of video-sharing competitor

OFRU Media & Internet, Opinion, Politics & Economics 0

Article Link: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/exclusive-fed-up-with-youtube-crushing-conservative-voices-dan-bongino-acquires-part-ownership-of-video-sharing-competitor

Discussion posted by: OFRU

Conservative radio host Dan Bongino has acquired an equity stake in the online video-sharing platform Rumble with hopes of competing with YouTube by establishing a platform where free speech is protected. “We need a home,” Bongino told the Washington Examiner in an exclusive interview. “We need somewhere to go where conservative views won’t be discriminated against.” Bongino, who has 600K subscribers on YouTube, says 80% of his daily episodes of The Dan Bongino Show have been demonetized for its conservative content. “I’m sick of it, and I wanted to do something about it.”

2020-09-17

HANSON: The news as we once knew it is dead

IRWeasel Media & Internet 0

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/hanson-the-news-as-we-once-knew-it-is-dead/wcm/42089900-d20a-41ad-9bed-939832b9eb31/

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

In 2017, the liberal Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University found that 93% of CNN’s coverage of the Trump administration was negative. The center found similarly negative Trump coverage at other major news outlets. The election year 2020 has only accelerated that asymmetrical bias — to the point that major newspapers and network and cable news organizations are now fused with the Joe Biden campaign.

2020-09-17

Watch McEnany Call Out WH Press Corps for No Questions About Middle East Peace Deal

Arye ben-Shaoul Media & Internet, Politics & Economics 0

Article Link: https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2020/09/16/watch-mcenany-call-out-wh-press-corps-no-questions-about-middle

Discussion posted by: Arye ben-Shaoul

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany closed out Wednesday’s briefing with a short yet stinging rebuke of the press corps for having failed to ask a single question about Tuesday’s Abraham Accords, which wouldn’t have been the case if it were brokered and signed during the Obama administration. During the 20 minutes that made up the Q&A portion, there were at least 41 questions from a minimum of 14 reporters on topics such as China, the coronavirus pandemic, the election, Hurricane Sally, immigration, masks, taxes, TikTok, and trade. But yet again, there was nothing on the landmark deal with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates affirming Israel’s right to exist and normalizing relations.

2020-09-15

Ottawa keeps draft internet regulation legislation under wraps

TheRage Canada, Law & Crime, Media & Internet 0

Article Link: https://calgarysun.com/news/national/ottawa-keeps-draft-internet-regulation-legislation-under-wraps/wcm/1c820781-f279-4d1e-96a8-cc3450da224a/

Discussion posted by: TheRage

The feds have drafted legislation for the regulation of legal internet content but so far it’s off-limits to the public. “The department has prepared a discussion paper to advance policy development,” said Department of Heritage spokesperson Daniel Savoie. The Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel previously said all internet media in Canada should be federally registered. Not only that but the cabinet advisory group said it should be governed by CRTC-regulated codes of conduct. Both civil liberties groups and opposition MPs are against any federal regulation of the internet.

2020-09-14

Atlantic Op-ed: Democrats will riot if they lose, therefore Republicans should let Joe Biden win

Arye ben-Shaoul Media & Internet, Opinion, Politics & Economics 0

Article Link: https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/09/14/atlantic-op-ed-democrats-will-riot-if-they-lose-therefore-republicans-should-let-biden-win/

Discussion posted by: Arye ben-Shaoul

The Atlantic has published an op-ed that argues that “law-and-order” Republicans should vote for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden because Democrats will riot if he loses, refusing to accept the results if President Donald Trump wins re-election. In an essay titled, “The Democrats May Not Be Able to Concede,” Shadi Hamid writes: A loss by Joe Biden under these circumstances is the worst case not because Trump will destroy America (he can’t), but because it is the outcome most likely to undermine faith in democracy, resulting in more of the social unrest and street battles that cities including Portland, Oregon, and Seattle have seen in recent months. For this reason, strictly law-and-order Republicans who have responded in dismay to scenes of rioting and looting have an interest in Biden winning.

2020-09-01

Facebook to block news on Australian sites after new law, riling lawmakers

OFRU Media & Internet 0

Article Link: https://calgarysun.com/technology/facebook-says-new-law-would-prompt-it-to-block-australian-news-sharing/wcm/3a745259-c91f-40de-afbd-d150f601b0d0/

Discussion posted by: OFRU

SYDNEY — Facebook Inc on Tuesday said it would stop Australians sharing news content on its platforms if a proposal to make it pay local media outlets for their content becomes law, further escalating tension with the Australian government.

2020-08-27

CNN’s Don Lemon says anti-Trump rhetoric doesn’t make him biased

IRWeasel Culture & Race, Media & Internet, Politics & Economics 0

Article Link: https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-don-lemon-trump-bias

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

CNN host Don Lemon defended calling President Trump a “bigot” and a “racist,” saying he was only speaking the truth and it doesn’t make the “CNN Tonight” host biased. Lemon is billed by CNN as a nonpartisan anchor, but reguarly attacks the president with far-left opinion. Mediaite’s Aidan McLaughlin confronted Lemon’s recent rhetoric, specifically calling Trump a “bigot” and a “racist” during recent segments.

2020-08-27

‘Vishing’ emerges as new cyber threat: What is it?

OFRU Law & Crime, Media & Internet 0

Article Link: https://www.foxnews.com/tech/vishing-emerges-as-new-cyber-threat-what-is-it

Discussion posted by: OFRU

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are getting serious about voice phishing, also known as vishing, a new threat to illegally obtain money.

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