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Technology, media & rights. Press freedom advocate at CPJ. Scholar. Author Cyberactivism & Citizen Journalism in Egypt: Digital Dissidence & Political Change.

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    Aug 14

    This week I wrote about tech platforms struggling to figure out how to label state-controlled or affiliated media and reduce their ability to engage in information operations, propaganda, and foreign influence in elections. But there are some issues...

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  2. 2 hours ago

    Great new transparency initiative from centralizes reporting, visualizations, and country comparison modules & includes new policy categories to better align with the "Twitter Rules"

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  3. 3 hours ago

    Safety and security assessments, protocols are important for all types of assignments, not least of all those in hostile environments, and especially in the era. has lots of resources to this end (as I wrote about earlier this year)

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    As I told not long ago "Journalists should always be able to discuss safety concerns and protocols with their editors."

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    Well this is concerning. Asking questions about security is a critical component of preparing for an assignment. Security should be an "issue" for the assigning editor & outlet as well as the journalist. I thought the industry was moving beyond this... cc

    A photo editor at a major news outlet reached out to a member of Women Photograph about a potential assignment in a severely hostile environment. After the photographer posed some basic questions about security procedures, she received this response:
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    23 hours ago

    Scoop: Open Technology Fund sues administration for $20M in missing funds

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    Aug 19

    لماذا يعدّ تصنيف المنافذ الإعلامية الحكومية مثيرا للجدل؟ ||

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    Aug 19

    'Labeling state media is fraught, here is why...' ✍

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  9. Aug 20

    It’s Not Too Late to Save the Internet. Another excellent analysis by that argues the administration has done enormous damage to the free and open internet worldwide and provides a roadmap for what would need to happen to reboot it via

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  10. Aug 19

    Well this is a terrible situation for students (not to mention student journalists!)

    New: A university in Michigan is requiring all students to install an app that tracks their location around the clock. Students can't opt-out. If students refuse, they face suspension. Worse, the app had two major security flaws that exposed private data.
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  11. Aug 19

    Another incisive oped that pushes back on the slippery slope, absolutist position arguing that if China refuses to follow the rules of the open internet, why continue to give it access to internet markets around the world?

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  12. Aug 19

    A dangerous time to be a journalist

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    Aug 19

    "Many told CPJ they agree the platforms have a role in addressing propaganda which stokes disinformation. Yet neither they, nor the companies responsible for the policies, could point to evidence of the impact of labeling" -

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    Aug 18

    Cheer the brave athletes of calling for election results to be invalidated. Note Lukashenko’s obsession with sports to bolster his legitimacy (Host European Games! Named himself head of National Olympic Committee!) Read Belarus Olympians’ letter:

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  15. Aug 19

    Several local news outlets offices shut down. Latest casualty. Capital Gazette staff settled just last year into the newsroom that is now closing, which replaced their previous office — site of a 2018 mass shooting that left 5 colleagues dead.

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    Aug 6

    If you're seeing information about voting or vote-by-mail on Facebook, there's a ***very*** good chance it's incorrect. Many of the examples in this piece are still out there, being shared and "liked" by people all over the country.

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    Aug 18

    For those trying to get the wider context around the EO on TIkTok and WeChat, listen to the excellent Lawfare podcast with and that connects surveillance infrastructure in China and the US political environment in 2020.

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    Aug 19

    As began to take its toll on news media, GFMD designed a survey to create a snapshot of the countries in which our members have capacity to allocate & distribute funding directly to media organisations. Find a full summary here:

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    Aug 14

    great thread re labels by platforms

    This week I wrote about tech platforms struggling to figure out how to label state-controlled or affiliated media and reduce their ability to engage in information operations, propaganda, and foreign influence in elections. But there are some issues...
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    Aug 19

    'Labeling state media is fraught, here is why...' 📌"Labeling state media is fraught. In separate investigations, CPJ and ProPublica have found YouTube’s labeling to be inconsistent." ✍️Courtney C. Radsch |

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  21. Aug 19

    We write dissertations that delve deep into a subject matter then often turn them into books, which get published by an academic publisher (mine by ) but then get sold for ridiculous prices so then we can only afford to read it in a library! 🙄

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