Audio streaming large Spotify is dealing with the music after scientists accuse its star expertise of spreading faux information on COVID-19. Plus, the Twitter struggle in Ethiopia.
A brand new entrance has opened up within the battle over content material moderation, turning our consideration from Fb and Twitter to the land of podcasts.
Contributors:
Zaid Jilani – Author, Inquire
Kat Rosenfield – Co-host, “Female Chaos” & tradition author
Joshua Dudley – Media and leisure author, Forbes and co-Host, “Let’s Yell About Motion pictures!”
Jessica Malaty Rivera – Epidemiologist and science communicator
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One yr after the navy coup in Myanmar, Johanna Hoes explains how journalists there are nonetheless paying the value.
Hashtag Battles in Ethiopia
For 15 months now, the battle in Ethiopia has been fought underneath a near-total media blackout. Nicholas Muirhead appears to be like on the on-line activism filling the data void.
Contributors:
Claire Wilmot – Doctoral researcher, London College of Economics
Abebe Gellaw – Journalist
Meaza Gidey Gebremedhin – Tigrayan activist