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Newsrooms will refuse to reckon with their hypocrisy — again

“Diversity without support for marginalized journalists and their free speech is a hollow victory.” James Salanga

Filippo MenczerMay 9, 2022

Elon Musk says relaxing content rules on Twitter will boost free speech, but research shows otherwise

A body of research shows that stronger, not weaker, moderation of the information ecosystem is what’s needed to combat harmful misinformation.

Jenna HandAugust 20, 2020

Some countries are using the pandemic as an excuse to crack down on journalism

“What we can say from prior research is that these sorts of laws do, in fact, chill a broad range of public communication, and that is where the problem lies.”

Shan WangJuly 11, 2017

The freedom-of-speech institute suing @realDonaldTrump to unblock his critics on Twitter has its eye on other lawsuits, too

“Part of the reason we took this case on is that we have seen reports from across the country of public officials blocking their constituents on Twitter or Facebook.”

Countries differ in support for press freedom, especially for reporting on national security

Context is built into a story in The Washington Post’s experimental “Knowledge Map”

John WihbeyJanuary 31, 2014

What’s New in Digital and Social Media Research: Linking helps save newspapers and how multitasking spikes arousal

Vigorous linking as an antidote to newspaper failure, who gets crowdfunded, and skepticism around the standard narrative of the Arab Spring: all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.

Jillian StonecipherFebruary 25, 2013

A proposed Florida law targets mugshot sites, but hits journalists’ First Amendment rights

“Even staunch free speech advocates recognize that these mugshot companies are, at the very least, distasteful. But, of course, the First Amendment does not allow the government to regulate content simply because it is distasteful.”

Mark CoddingtonOctober 19, 2012

This Week in Review: Anonymity and free speech at Reddit, and the cause of Newsweek’s decline

Plus: The struggle over control of the debates, Circa and the future of the news article, and the rest of this week’s media and tech news.

Mark CoddingtonSeptember 21, 2012

This Week in Review: Rethinking free speech online, and mixed reviews for USA Today’s redesign

Plus: Ideas for innovation in j-schools, Newsweek’s “Muslim Rage” backlash, and the rest of the week’s news in media and tech.

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