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“Our analysis finds that the vast majority of local election officials don’t even have social media accounts beyond Facebook. And, when they do, it is likely that they are not effectively reaching their audience.”
The potential here is for democratic governments to evolve their digital policy models based on each other’s experiences.
“No comment is so urgent that it cannot wait until our usual working hours.”
Out of every 1,000 times someone sees a post on Facebook, how many of them include a link to a news site? Four. No wonder Facebook doesn’t want to write publishers big checks anymore.
“One of the recent shifts in podcasting has been the introduction of paywalls and exclusive content. It has since become a standard feature of the medium.”
Facebook pledged to remove race, health conditions, and political affiliation from ad-targeting options, but The Markup found advertisers can still easily target the same people.
What could journalists and social scientists shed light on if they had a better view of the digital world?
“We may not like them, but they have been absolutely essential in expanding our reach and building our digital business.”