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“I always say you can be provocative, but you shouldn’t be provocative by accident.”
The tests will rely on an algorithm to detect political content. It’s unclear how it will handle breaking news articles or posts from groups.
The campaign reflects an “increasingly digital” readership, including new subscribers without the experience of holding clearly separated news and opinion sections in their hands.
According to one poll, more people oppose than support allowing a Fox-style channel to broadcast in the U.K.
“What would be a really bad outcome of this being covered?”
Tech utopianism and tech hubris appear more thoroughly intertwined today than ever, and John Perry Barlow’s cyberlibertarian visions echo in the policy debates of today.
Plus: A thorough report on why social media is not biased against conservatives, and TikTok takes new steps to reduce the spread of unverified videos.
Plus: The rural-urban divide in news and politics, when journalists see themselves as villains, the effect of errors on media trust, and more.
“We don’t want to create another platform where a media company or a journalist is just kind of talking at their audience.”