Media
Media
Spotify removes several white supremacist bands after review by the site Digital music news, according to Spotify, the record labels and aggregators were at first hand responsible for delivering artists to Spotify
The Daily Stormer moves to Dark Web since Alphabet and GoDaddy decided to cancel the site's registration
Patreon shuts down Defend Europe's account, claims group's mission to obstruct NGO vessels from rescuing migrants on the Mediterranean "likely to cause loss of life"
Discord shuts down altright.com chat server and accounts associated with Charlottesville events, claims to want to take action against all forms of hate
Pakistani Taliban launches publication for women to encourage them to become terrorists, magazine targets educated English speakers and features in its first issue article which brings up benefits of child marriage
YouTube plans hiding and demonetizing “controversial religious and supremacist” videos via automated system combined with human flagging, several right-wing YouTubers worried about potentially fuzzy algorithms and system abuse
Patreon bans right-wing libertarian freelance journalist Lauren Southern, claims her activities "likely to cause loss of life"
HBO says Game of Thrones-directors David Benioff and Dan Weiss making a new series for the company, story in Confederate revolves around alternative history where slavery is allowed and the southern states has seceded while the US is headed for third civil war
Facebook will run ads in marketplace for free as a way to test effectiveness, Facebook tells investors they are running out of places to put ads in News Feed
SoundCloud fires 40% of staff, runs out of money in Q4, morale among remaining employees at rock bottom, future of company and vast sound collection at risk
Newspaper owners and billionaires Bezos, Buffett and Slim claim economic hardship and demand antitrust exception for collective negotiations with Google and Facebook
CNN prime time ratings fall below re-runs of decades old shows, channel in hot water over made-up Trump stories and extortion of Reddit user
Turkish site sendika.org applies to Guinness World Records for recognition as world's most censored news website after 48 attempts to block it
China introduces obligatory propaganda in cinemas, film lovers to be informed about Communist Party's latest directives and policy visions to better understand and accept them, according to state media agency
CNN threatens to disclose name of Reddit user who created video where Trump is depicted as wrestling with media company's logo, promises to respect his privacy as long as he behaves according to CNN's wishes
US intelligence agencies and armed forces have affected script and production of over 800 movies and 1,000 TV shows according to 4,000 documents obtained via Freedom of information act, more widespread influence than previous estimates
War on Trump gives media record ratings, makes reporters into overnight celebrities, MSNBC viewership up 73% year-over-year, hostility expected to continue as long as it draws viewers but erodes confidence in media according to analysts
China bans displays of homosexuality in online videos, comes one week after ban on live streaming on platforms like Sina Weibo, iFeng och ACFUN
O'Reilly stops selling books through its own internet shop to focus on its digital subscription service Safari, will continue to sell books through Amazon and retail
Michael Bond dead at 91 following short illness, most known for writing Paddington Bear series
Dave Lindoff: US foremost investigative journalist Seymour Hersh unable to publish articles on White House lies about Syria war, forced to publish in German newspaper Die Welt
Facebook recruits thousands to delete posts containing hate speech, notes that it may be perceived as censorship and says development is ongoing of better system for automatically filtering offensive language
Most successful headline wordings include "will make you", "this is why" and "can we guess", emotional phrases particularly effective on Facebook according to analysis of 100 million social media posts
On undercover video, CNN employee says that stories about Trump's connections to Russia are mostly incorrect and that the narrative is promoted due to being good for ratings
Three CNN journalists resign after channel retracts text about ties between Russian investment fund and Trump staff, content not properly sourced, Anthony Scaramucci receives and accepts apology
Facebook starts producing original content, including series targeting teenagers, no nudity or foul language in episodes airing this autumn
Website of John Kasich replaced with IS propaganda after being hacked, message holds Donald Trump responsible for deaths in Muslim countries and praise IS terrorists
Amazon plans charging 2.8 million USD for 30 second ads during NFL games, invests in sports to attract customers to website and Prime service
Wall Street Journal fires chief foreign correspondent Jay Solomon for having business deal with one of his sources, Iranian business man Farhad Azima
Afghanistan TV channel ZAN focuses on women's rights, 54 of 70 employees are female, since 2001 country has gone from one state owned channel to 76 different alternatives
Media channels with higher ratio of original content get more traffic according to study of dataset with 2.5 million French articles from 2013
BBC regrets headline "Three Palestinians killed after deadly stabbing in Jerusalem" describing terror attack where Israeli policewoman was killed and at least four were injured
Saudi Arabia bans hotels and tourist facilities from airing Al Jazeera news channels, violators could be punished with fine of up to USD 26,000
CNN breaks off production relationship with Reza Aslan after he posts profane tweet criticizing Trump's promotion of travel ban following London terror attack
Wall Street Journal loses 44% of readers coming via Google after adding paywall for them too, quadruples share converting from free to paying readers
Facebook to create "hostile environment" for terrorists spreading propaganda, wants to provide service where users feel safe, measures proposed in statement after London attack
SoundCloud bans Richard Spencer's podcast alt-right Radio, content found to violate terms of service after examination initiated by Twitter user
CNN terminates agreement with comedian Kathy Griffin after she participates in photo shoot that featured her holding up bloody head resembling that of Donald Trump
US Library of Congress makes 25 million files accessible online, including books, maps and music
William Anderson: US TV sports giant ESPN declining due to outdated business model focused on advertising and cable subscriptions as well as left-wing views
Fox News co-founder and former CEO Roger Ailes dies at the age of 77
WeChat latest messaging app to be blocked in Russia, has 900 million active users each month of which most are Chinese, Russian authorities believed to be inspired by the Great Firewall
YouTube plans 40 TV series and films, hopes that famous actors will draw advertisers
Video blogger Daddyofive loses custody of two children, published video where child was wrongly accused of bad behavior and punished both physically and emotionally, YouTube account has 800,000 subscribers
4chan's "Operation OKKK" to make media associate the OK sign with white supremacy via memes and the hashtag #NOTok tricks The Independent among others
Russia Today and Sputnik denied access to Emmanuel Macron's campaign meetings after being accused of spreading propaganda, targeted and open discrimination according to Kremlin
Twitter blocks UK government and MI5 from using public API for surveillance, still sells user data to commercial actors
Bill O'Reilly fired from Fox News after sexual harassment allegations, has settled with five women for a total of USD 13 million
Indonesian Marvel illustrator Ardian Syaf fired for including Islamist propaganda in comic book, inspired by protests against Jakarta's Christian governor, references to Quran and date of protest on X-men character and building
Turkish doctor cleared of charges after sharing images comparing Erdoğan to Gollum, defense says reputation of fictional character rescued by arguments for his benevolence after hours of film watching
Evaluation of Infowars content brought up in custody battle between Alex Jones and his ex-wife who claims things said on air disqualify him from caring for children
Chinese government employees make 450 million internet posts per year to distract from unwanted discussions, done outside working hours and without economic compensation, according to Harvard professor Gary King
Snopes says fake news stereotype of right politics spread by uneducated is wrong, left and educated are just as vulnerable to confirmation bias
Facebook blocks 30,000 accounts in France ahead of presidential election to stop misinformation, will run special fact-checking programs in country during end of campaign season in late April and early May
Netflix to invest USD 6 billion to produce content in California, abandons previous strategy of producing in states offering most beneficial tax deals
Facebook develops image recognition tools for automatically blocking revenge porn, similar methods in use to stop distribution of child pornography
Facebook, Mozilla and 20 more organizations invest 14 million USD in fake news filter
Mexican newspaper Norte de Ciudad Juarez shuts down because of security concerns as well as financial difficulties, three journalists from other newspapers killed only in March
US news papers from 412,000 employees in 2001 to 174,000 in 2016, number of internet publishers grew from 67,000 to 206,000 between 2007 and 2016
People following the news more likely to hold negative views on Islam, according to study – widespread representations of Muslims in the news because violence sells likely factor, author says
21-year-old man sentenced to death in Iran for insulting prophet Muhammad in messaging app Line, unclear how information reached authorities since app uses end-to-end encryption
CNN and MSNBC claim to be live while interviewing same guest at same time [video]
Gab.ai will remove features from the iOS app until Apple approves it, according to Andrew Torba
Fox News suspends Andrew Napolitano indefinitely after famous commentator claimed GHCQ spied on Trump on orders from Obama
Legendary New York columnist Jimmy Breslin dead at 88, known for aggressive and unpretentious style and defense of working class people
Tomi Lahren suspended from The Blaze for at least a week after calling pro-life conservatives hypocrites, contract expiring in September 2017 may be terminated prematurely
Hundreds of prominent Twitter accounts hacked, Turkish text and flag displayed as well as Nazi accusations against Netherlands, third party analytics service Twitter Counter believed to have served as back door
Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Journalists care more about each other's opinions than the public, lack incentives to report truthfully, easy for lobbyists to manipulate
CNN cuts congressman's feed as he references FBI statistics saying 30% of domestic terrorists are refugees
Facebook reports BBC to police after journalists notify social media platform of sexualized images of children being shared
Facebook starts flagging "fake news" as disputed, algorithm and user reporting send articles to Snopes and Politifact
Ahmadinejad creates Twitter account eight years after banning the service as president of Iran when it was used to protest his re-election
Tim Pool interviews Swedish journalist Ivar Arpi about the increase in crime in Sweden and media self-censorship [video]
37 French media organizations launch collaborative fact-checking service, has support from Google and Facebook
Donald Trump will not attend White House Correspondents' Dinner, last time sitting president was not present was 1981 when Reagan was recovering from assassination attempt but participated by phone
White House announces harsh measures to curb leaks, will check phones of staff, reminds that encrypted messaging apps are not allowed, warns employees not to leak information about leak crackdown
Tino Sanandaji: US media give sensationalist picture of refugee criminality in Sweden, crime concentrated to ghettoes and stems from decades of immigration, taboo against relevant statistics is biggest problem
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