Federal US agencies spent $1.8B+ on discretionary advertising in 2023 vs. $778.5M in 2018; advocates call for more advertising to be directed toward local news (Lori Henson/Rebuild Local News)

Mediagazer: Federal US agencies spent $1.8B+ on discretionary advertising in 2023 vs. $778.5M in 2018; advocates call for more advertising to be directed toward local news (Lori Henson/Rebuild Local News)

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Associated Press:

Linda Deutsch, a trial reporter for the AP who covered Charles Manson, OJ Simpson, and other criminal and civil trials, died on September 1 at age 80— Linda Deutsch, a special correspondent for The Associated Press who for nearly 50 years wrote glittering first drafts of history …
Discussion: Deadline, @marcosbreton, @asnowreports, Newser, @pvercammencnn, @sfutterman, @mikeraphone, @markgeragos, @frankmottek, The Wrap, Associated Press and r/Journalism

Discussion:

Greg Evans /
Deadline: Linda Deutsch Dies: Longtime AP Courts Reporter Who Covered Manson, Simpson, Spector & More Was 80

Marcos Breton /
@marcosbreton: RIP Linda Deutsch. Legendary courts reporter for @AP for nearly 50 years.

Anita Snow /
@asnowreports: So long to one of AP's best, the inimitable Linda Deutsch. The AP trial writer had a front row to courtroom history, dies at 80 (from @AP) https://apnews.com/...

Paul Vercammen /
@pvercammencnn: With aching heart I'm reflecting on the passing of one of the greatest in my profession, Linda Deutsch at 80. Saw superior reporting skills sitting next to Linda Phil Spector, O.J. Simpson Las Vegas trials, etc. #rip #journalism #reporting #lindadeustsch #communication [image]

Steve Futterman /
@sfutterman: Me and my decades-long friend Linda Deutsch who has sadly died at the age of 80. She was a giant among giants in the world of journalism. Thanks ❤️ to Shoreen Maghame who sent me this picture which I had never seen before. It brought tears to my eyes when I saw it tonight. [image] @mikeraphone: We were fortunate to have Linda Deutsch speak to students on several occasions. Condolences to her family & friends 🙏 May she RIP 🙏⁦@ULVComms⁩ ⁦@ULaVerne⁩ ⁦@LindaDeutsch⁩ Linda Deutsch, longtime AP trial writer, dies at 80 | AP News https://apnews.com/...

Mark Geragos /
@markgeragos: #RIP the GOAT ⁦@LindaDeutsch⁩ “I like to say there is Linda Deutsch, and then there is everybody else...She is really a throwback to real journalism ... You can trust her, and she will be fair. She understands things, and she usually gets it right.”😢 https://www.yahoo.com/...

Frank Mottek /
@frankmottek: Sad news here: A tremendous loss to journalism in #LosAngeles. Distinguished journalist Linda Deutsch, longtime ⁦@AP⁩ trial writer, has departed at age 80 -AP News #RIP #LindaDeutsch #journalism ⁦@SPJLA⁩ ⁦@KABCRadio⁩ https://apnews.com/...

Mike Roe /
The Wrap: Linda Deutsch, AP Court Reporter Who Covered Charles Manson and OJ Simpson Trials, Dies at 80

American Crisis:

The NYT's article on Trump's and Harris' housing crisis policies is a particularly ugly example of the mainstream media's continued use of false equivalence— The mainstream media is still getting it wrong about Trump — I once asked Jill Abramson, the former top editor of the New York Times …

Discussion:

Damon Kiesow /
@dkiesow@threads.net: It daily becomes harder for NYT leadership to dismiss its critics as “activists” despite a curious lack of organizational introspection. https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/ ... @wdlindsy@toad.social: I appreciate that, as a distinguished and ethical journalist, Margaret Sullivan refuses to relent in her ongoing critique of the colossal failure of US corporate media at this critical juncture in history. She focuses on the New York Times. — I also think that her explanation of what's happening doesn't go nearly far enough: …

Roberta Rakove /
@roberta_rakove: Harris has an actual housing plan to encourage affordable construction and provide support to first time buyers. Trump wants to deport immigrants which has zero impact. How are these two equivalent for the ⁦@nytimes⁩ . The whole paper is turning into a parody account. [image]

Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: Margaret Sullivan calls out a looney example of false equivalence in The New York Times @jonathancohn: No, NYT, you do not need to even pretend that “mass deportations” is an affordable housing strategy from Trump. FFS. [image]

Kurt Andersen /
@kbandersen: Horrible NYTimes Pitchbot-level false-equivalence framing in the @nytimes. Harris would increase tax credits to affordable housing builders by $40B & give $25K to first-time buyers. One conservative economist objects. Vs Trump's non-plan: mass deportation & lower interest rates. [image]

Eric Deggans /
Eric Deggans on LinkedIn: Margaret Sullivan, former public editor of the New York Times, calls out newspaper for “false balance nonsense” in coverage of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris …

Bruce Bartlett /
@brucebartlett: Virtually every day the New York Times publishes another bothsidesism story. Today: Trump's and Harris's housing plans are equally bad. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Jason Linkins /
@dceiver: First, this is insane on its face. More importantly, I can't find any example of Trump's deportation plan being framed by the campaign as a means of providing affordable housing. The Times just hands them this rationale to use, if they want, free of charge.

Ben Kesling /
Columbia Journalism Review: Trump's disastrous visit to Arlington was too much for the press to handle

The Independent:

Russian court sentences journalist Sergei Mikhailov to eight years in prison for “spreading false information” about the Russian army in his newspaper Listok— Prosecutors convicted Sergei Mikhailov for “spreading false information” about the Russian army — Support truly

Discussion:
@mat_struwe, @mike_eckel, @rg_horvath, Committee to Protect … and Agence France-Presse

Discussion:
@mat_struwe: Sergei #Mikhailov was sentenced by fascist #Russia for doing his job as a #journalist: Reporting the truth about the abhorrend war crimes of the Russian Z-Nazis in #Ukraine. #Journalism is not a crime. #FreeThemAll

Mike Eckel /
@mike_eckel: Sergei Mikhailov, a publisher of a Siberian newspaper, was sentenced to 8 years in prison after a court found him guilty of distributing false information about the Russian military. He had written about the Russian army's war crimes at Bucha. https://www.currenttime.tv/...

Robert Horvath /
@rg_horvath: Another week, another draconian sentence for a Russian voice of conscience. Sergei Mikhailov, a journalist & democratic activist in Altai, has been sentenced to 8 years prison for condemning atrocities in Bucha & Mariupol. He joins 1,000 political prisoners in Putin's Gulag. Committee to Protect Journalists: Russian journalist Sergey Mikhaylov sentenced to 8 years in prison

New York Times:

A New Hampshire man is sentenced to 27 months in prison for harassing New Hampshire Public Radio journalists, including by vandalizing their homes— Tucker Cockerline was part of a group that prosecutors said vandalized the homes of a New Hampshire Public Radio reporter, her editor and her parents.

Discussion:
Voice of America, @SoGeneris@mastodon.social and Media Nation

Discussion:
@SoGeneris@mastodon.social: @Mediagazer “Fierce criticism of the media is a standard part of Trump's rally speeches, prompting his supporters to turn toward the press section and boo, often while using a middle finger to demonstrate their distaste for journalists.” — https://apnews.com/...

The Hollywood Reporter:

Disney pulls ABC, ESPN, and other channels from DirecTV in a major carriage dispute, a year after a dispute with Charter Spectrum led to channels going dark— Disney previously saw its channels go dark a year ago in a dispute with Charter Spectrum. — Disney finds itself at the center …

Discussion:
The US Sun, @lucas_shaw, Variety, Streaming Better, TVLine, New York Times, SGV Tribune, Bloomberg, Axios, Los Angeles Times, The Streamable, Awful Announcing, The Desk and Fox Business

Discussion:

David Scott /
The US Sun: YouTube TV sales rocket for NFL season as DirecTV ban ESPN and ABC ahead of week 1 and fans boycott streaming service

Lucas Shaw /
@lucas_shaw: Disney's TV networks are now dark on DirecTV, the third-largest pay-TV operator in the US. Tennis fans won't be able to watch the US Open this week. Expect a deal before the real headache: the start of the NFL season a week from Monday. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

Cynthia Littleton /
Variety: Disney Goes Dark on DirecTV in Contract Fight Over Fees for ESPN, ABC, Disney Channel, Freeform and More

Claire Franken /
TVLine: ABC and ESPN Pulled From DirecTV Amid Carriage Dispute With Disney

Benjamin Mullin /
New York Times: ESPN and ABC Go Dark on DirecTV in Feud With Disney

Luca Evans /
SGV Tribune: DirecTV-Disney dispute takes USC-LSU opener off the air for DirecTV customers

Christopher Palmeri /
Bloomberg: DirecTV Viewers Lose ABC, ESPN in Contract Fight With Disney

Sara Fischer /
Axios: Disney networks go dark on DirecTV amid ongoing feud

Meg James /
Los Angeles Times: ESPN, ABC and other Disney channels dropped from DirecTV in contract dispute

Ben Bowman /
The Streamable: ABC, ESPN, FX Go Dark on DIRECTV; Where to Stream Disney-Owned Channels Now

Arthur Weinstein /
Awful Announcing: DirecTV drops ABC/ESPN as carriage dispute unresolved

Columbia Journalism Review:

A look at the journalists who found new perspectives after leaving the US media hubs of New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC, for smaller cities and towns— As a teenager growing up in a rural Georgia town in the early 2000s, Alison Miller counted the days until she could move away for good.

Discussion:

Cary Aspinwall /
@caryaspinwall: Some of us just never went to the big, coastal cities.

Chris Moody /
@moody: It's a big country. More newsrooms should let their reporters spread out. In my first piece for @CJR, I profiled journalists who left big, coastal cities for the nation's interior. https://www.cjr.org/...

Chris Moody /
Chris Moody on LinkedIn: In my first piece for the Columbia Journalism Review, I profiled national reporters who moved from big, coastal cities to the nation's interior …

Ben Kesling /
@bkesling: More journalists are leaving big cities—and finding America There's a benefit for newsrooms to have reporters who live outside of Manhattan and Washington DC. https://www.cjr.org/... via @cjr

Anna Clark /
@annaleighclark: The points in this piece are good, but I can't help but feel frustrated by the tone of revelation. Some of us never bought into the game in the first place! https://www.cjr.org/...

Bobby Ross Jr /
@bobbyross: Awesome piece by @moody. As a young journalist, I thought the best job in the world would be serving as a political correspondent based in Washington, D.C. As an, um, older journalist, I count myself so blessed to live and work in Oklahoma City — my perch for reporting from all

Ruth Graham /
@publicroad: Enjoyed this @moody story about how national news reporters (including me!) are benefiting from living outside of the usual coastal zip codes: https://www.cjr.org/...

Ed Lavandera /
@edlavacnn: Way ahead of all y'all!

Tim Murphy /
@timothypmurphy: some fair points for sure but also think people's sort of self-loathing about their big-city “bubbles” is corrosive. there's sometimes an unwillingness to engage with the breadth of social and political diversity within *these* communities. https://www.cjr.org/...

Sarah Scire /
@sarahscire: “Journalists weren't always so consolidated ... By 2019, however, more than 20% of newsroom employees were in just three American cities: New York, Los Angeles, and DC. Among digital news workers, 41% lived in the Northeast”

Jesse Walker /
@notjessewalker: “they go on these kind of safari expeditions and they come back a day or a week later with this ‘secret knowledge’ of these long-lost rural tribes” https://www.cjr.org/... @spj_tweets: “Reporters who move out of coastal cities say they are connecting more directly with the people and communities they report on—and in the process, they may be helping journalism rebuild some of the trust it's lost over the past several years.” https://www.cjr.org/...

Scott McIntosh /
Scott McIntosh on LinkedIn: “Editors don't buy newspapers. You know that, right? Editors don't buy newspapers.” — That's what one business broker told me when Nicola McIntosh …

Ruth Serven Smith /
@ruthservensmith: I've made this point to a few people this week — “Why be one of 100 people chasing a small story in New York, when you can be one person chasing 100 great stories in the South?”

Jeff E. Schapiro /
@rtdschapiro: “These journalists say they've found themselves exposed to communities they never would have otherwise known... In doing so, they also built stronger bonds with their readers, helping to address the ever-declining level of trust in the news media.” https://www.cjr.org/...

John Robinson /
John Robinson on LinkedIn: My experience at UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media is that most students want to work in the big city — New York, D.C., Boston — after graduation. …

Wall Street Journal:

How Netflix is trying to improve dubbing and translations of non-English content, particularly South Korean reality TV shows, to drive international viewership— Using South Korea as a testing ground, the streaming giant offers culture classes to voice actors to nail the nuances of translation

Discussion:
Christian Grece on LinkedIn, more at Techmeme »

404 Media:

The organization that runs National Novel Writing Month faces criticism after saying “the categorical condemnation of AI has classist and ableist undertones”— The organization that runs National Novel Writing Month, a November challenge to write 50,000 words, said …

Discussion:

Mike Drucker /
@mikedrucker: There is a roughly 99.99% chance @NaNoWriMo has sold the work of hopeful writers to AI companies. Anyway, have a great Labor Day! @arumi_kai: #NaNoWriMo, the disgraced “write a novel in a month” platform that got exposed for alleged grooming, has now fully embraced using AI to write, even going as far to post an overly aggressive FAQ about it. Apparently it's ableist AND classist to be against AI. #WritingCommunity [image] @drwallkick: the funniest part of “you can use AI in nanowrimo” is the entire point of communal writing sprints is to learn to finish things and work through the parts that suck. adding chatGPT to it is basically saying “you only have to power through and finish things if you feel like it”

Adam Christopher /
@ghostfinder: Okay, good to know. First @NaNoWriMo ignored abuse and grooming, now they support AI. Don't do NaNoWriMo. You want to write a book? Awesome. Make a spreadsheet and track it yourself, and consign NaNoWriMo to the trash where it belongs. @katriaraden: 1) gAI is based on exploitation and wage theft, it lines the pockets of 1% and destroys the environment 2) if NaNoWriMo is too overwhelming ppl can refuse to participate 3) knowing there's art I won't get to make in this lifetime makes the choices I make all the more meaningful

E M /
@eph__em__era: hey @NaNoWriMo my streak's broken. i've been doing NaNo for 13 years, donated a lot, won every year, but after your issues with mods and now your bullshit AI policy* I'm not coming back thanks no thanks *the implication that disabled folk can't write without use of AI is AWFUL

Stegosaurus Rex /
@diannethewriter: NaNoWriMo posted their new AI policy: https://nanowrimo.zendesk.com/ ... Their official position seems to be that it's ableist and classist to not support AI in writing.

Dr Ro Smith /
@Rhube@wandering.shop: I've deleted my NaNoWriMo account. They not only have a generative ‘AI’ sponsor, they're defending letting you use AI to plaigiarise yourself to 50,000 on the basis that disabled people need AI. — I have a cognitive disability that makes it very difficult for me to write and I am FURIOUS. …

Adam /
@thatbeardoadam: If anyone is wondering why @NaNoWriMo is doing this, here are their sponsors... [image]

Adam Christopher /
@ghostfinder: To be clear, @NaNoWriMo are anti-writing, anti-art, anti-creativity, anti-craft. They fully support generating 50,000 words of meaningless AI slop and uploading it to complete the challenge, and if you disagree you are the enemy.

Keenan /
@keenan@social.lol: The way all thoughts evacuated my brain, only to be replaced with a voice endlessly screaming: “FUCK. OFF.” — https://www.404media.co/...

Moniza Hossain /
@moniza_hossain: Nanowrimo has been trash for quite a while now, but this is the final nail in the coffin of yuck. AI steals from artists and authors. It's not classist or ableist to condemn big corporations stealing from creatives, many of whom are poor and disabled

Casey Stegman /
@cstegman: What [image]

Chris Scullion /
@scully1888: According to NaNoWriMo, if you don't condone the use of generative AI to replace creative writing you're “classist and ableist”. Absolute pish, but then what would you expect from someone who had four chances to write a complete word and couldn't finish any of them

Daniel José Older /
@djolder: Hello @NaNoWriMo this is me DJO officially stepping down from your Writers Board and urging every writer I know to do the same. Never use my name in your promo again in fact never say my name at all and never email me again. Thanks!

Jeremy Gordon /
@jeremypgordon: Last week I smoked some pot with my buddy, and had 5-6 incredible ideas for a piece of writing; the next day I tried one out, and it seemed so bad that I considered quitting altogether. Then I went to sleep, and in the morning it read fine. AI could never replace this process

Mike Drucker /
@mikedrucker: 2010: “National novel writing month is fun chance for aspiring authors to get a creative boost and write their dream story! Powered by imagination!” 2024: “It is classist to criticize anyone who pays a monthly subscription to make an app plagiarize other people's writing.”

Lady Emily /
@greatcheshire: The weird downfall of Nanowrimo is one of those stories I've kept up with on my own over the last few years because they went from being a site you'd use for some fun writing challenges to having some of the most bonkers management choices around.

Bryan Young /
@swankmotron: I've been participating in @NaNoWriMo for like 15 years. The last few as a Municipal Liaison. After this, I don't think I can, in good conscience, be involved with the organization. We can all still write books in November and with our local communities, but we don't need this.

Rebuild Local News:

Federal US agencies spent $1.8B+ on discretionary advertising in 2023 vs. $778.5M in 2018; advocates call for more advertising to be directed toward local news— But little is known about what types of media receive federal advertising spending, whether it's effective …

Discussion:
@stevenwaldman and @lorihensonphd

Discussion:

Steven Waldman /
@stevenwaldman: New report from @Rebuild_News' Lori Henson: “Federal Government Advertising Spending Has Doubled to $1.8 billion since 2018.” Let's require the gov't to disclose where the spending goes, and push more of it to community news outlets. https://www.rebuildlocalnews.org/ ... [image]

Variety:

California's Senate passes AB 1836, which requires heirs' consent to use dead performers' likenesses for digital replicas; the bill now goes to the governor— The California state Senate has passed a law that requires consent for the use of dead performers' likenesses for AI-created digital replicas.

Discussion:
@sagaftranews, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, SAG-AFTRA and Deadline

Discussion:
@sagaftranews: SAG-AFTRA Statement on Today's Passing of CA Assembly Bill 1836: “For those who would use the digital replicas of deceased performers in films, TV shows, videogames, audiobooks, sound recordings and more, without first getting the consent of those performers' estates, ... 1/3

Carly Thomas /
The Hollywood Reporter: SAG-AFTRA Praises California Bill Regulating Use of AI Digital Replicas of Dead Performers

Stephanie Kaloi /
The Wrap: California Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Consent for AI Replicas of Dead Actors

Natalie Oganesyan /
Deadline: SAG-AFTRA Praises New California Bill Restricting AI Usage Of Dead Performers

Detailed:

A look at websites dominating Google's Top Stories search result feature in 2024: the top 10 media brands, led by Gannett, are behind 284 of the top 1,000 sites— In an analysis of ~45 million keywords in which Google displayed their Top Stories SERP feature, the 1,000 most prominent domains accounted for 97.3% of all listings.

Discussion:
@glenngabe and @viperchill

Discussion:

Glenn Gabe /
@glenngabe: Love these in-depth posts from @ViperChill -> The Sites Dominating Google's Top Stories SERP Feature in 2024 (with help from @JShehata) And super interesting to see several of the sites listed there. I may know a thing or two about some of those. :) https://detailed.com/...

Glen Allsopp /
@viperchill: NEW: An analysis of ~45 million terms found just five brands control 188 of the top sites in Google's ‘Top Stories’ SERP feature. + One of my new favourite content sites + How many young sites ranked + Top-performing independent brands And much more... https://detailed.com/...

New York Times:

How Brazil's experiment fighting fake news during the 2022 elections, giving a justice broad power to order social networks to remove content, led to the X ban— To combat disinformation, Brazil gave one judge broad power to police the internet. Now, after he blocked X, some are wondering whether that was a good idea.

Discussion:

Jeffrey A Tucker /
@jeffreyatucker: This article in the NYT presumes that Brazil's dictator Alexandre de Moraes had every good intention, was only targeting falsehoods and thereby protecting democracy. The only concern is that he has gone too far. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Lucas Eller /
@lucasellernyc: 🇺🇸 Combating disinformation, one of the horrible things social network platforms have brought to the world without any care for fact check, is as big a challenge as climate change. The United States should follow the example of Brazil. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Cameron Poetzscher /
@cpoetzscher: “To combat disinformation, Brazil gave one judge broad power to police the internet. Now...some are wondering whether that was a good idea” Giving the govt censorship power is always bad. Giving that power to a single official is even worse. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Mateus /
Know Your Meme: Brazil X / Twitter Ban Controversy - - Brazil Supreme Court ordered Twitter/X to block fake news, hate accounts violating laws+undermining democracy. Trying to make sense of Brazil: Brazil Blocks X After Musk Ignores Court Orders The social network began to go dark in the nation …

Lydia Chantler-Hicks /
London Evening Standard: Brazilian Supreme Court justice orders immediate suspension of Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter

RELATED:

Taylor Lorenz's Newsletter:
Music labels and entertainment PR agencies scramble to assess Brazil's X ban, which could impact talent fandoms that are heavily supported by “stan” accounts

Discussion:

Tom Phillips /
The Guardian: X goes offline in Brazil after Elon Musk's refusal to comply with local laws

Taylor Lorenz /
Taylor Lorenz on LinkedIn: I wrote about how Brazil blocking X could deal a fatal blow to stan twitter. — Blocking X in Brazil is like dropping a nuclear bomb on stan Twitter … @popcrave: Stan accounts based in Brazil are saying goodbye after the country's Supreme Court announced an X/Twitter ban. [image] @timotheeupdates: Timothée Updates will temporarily cease operations. Unfortunately, “X” will be banned in Brazil, and as all administrators are Brazilian, it will not be possible for us to continue with activities at this time. We, as Timothée fans, are very sad to be forced to close our portal @premystic: The amount of fan pages and updates accounts that are being run from Brazil is outrageous More than half of stan twitter is about to discover real jobs after Brazil bans twitter 😭 @kingbealestreet: so many Brazilian accounts are basically unpaid archivists, the loss will be felt 😩

Alonso Gurmendi /
@alonso_gd: I think the Global North has not yet fully realised what a massive force Brazil is for media. Youtubing is a 1 billion dollar industry in Brazil. Many US shows really need their Brazilian fandoms for word of mouth promotion. Heck some of the most famous memes are Brazilian

Alex Howard /
@digiphile@threads.net: “...the whole fiasco is another reminder of how cavalierly Musk treats these fragile communities. Even if the ban is reversed this weekend, the instability of the platform is a major blow to stan Twitter, and I think most accounts will permanently migrate off platform or give up altogether.”

Jennifer Zhan /
Vulture: Brazilian Stans, You Will Be Missed @josemurilo@mato.social: “#Brazilian internet users have always been a vocal force online. The country birthed the #ComeToBrazil meme in the 2010s, where music fans would spam the replies of posts from international celebrities with the phrase. Brazil's hyper-engaged fandoms have given users from the country enormous power in shaping pop culture narratives. …

Associated Press:
Brazil blocks X, following an order from Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes after Elon Musk refused to name a legal representative in the country

Discussion:
Fox Business, The Verge, Quartz, New York Times, KVUE-TV, New York Post, Fortune, Semafor, Reuters, Garbage Day, Financial Times, London Evening Standard, Techdirt, Bloomberg, @pedrohcgs, @ballouxfrancois, @prestonjbyrne, @noahpinion, @ggreenwald, @ballouxfrancois, @iohk_charles, @zanfa, @elonmusk, @brendancarrfcc, @elonmusk, @marionawfal, @tedcruz, @ggreenwald, @luke_metro, @alexandrefiles, CBS News, Boing Boing, Associated Press, Awful Announcing, @djrothkopf, @willguyatt, @levelsio, Washington Post, AV Club, Trying to make sense of Brazil, CNBC, Digital Journal, The Verge, @joaocosta@mastodon.social, 9to5Mac, Bloomberg, The Wrap, Know Your Meme, David Chau on LinkedIn, The Guardian, Associated Press, Deadline, The Information, Engadget, The Atlantic, The Desk, CoinDesk, Newser, Techdirt, The Hill, Mediaite, @noellemitchell@mstdn.social, TechCrunch, @chartier@toot.cafe, The US Sun, @GottaLaff@mastodon.social, Wired, New York Times, KXTV, MEDIANAMA, Channel 4 News and r/Twitter, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:
Fox Business: Elon Musk says Brazilian judge should go to prison in latest attack after X ban upheld in country

Richard Lawler /
The Verge: Brazilian Supreme Court panel upholds X ban, while Starlink refuses to comply

Morgan Haefner /
Quartz: Elon Musk's X won't be up in Brazil anytime soon

David Biller /
KVUE-TV: Brazil Supreme Court panel unanimously upholds judge's decision to block X nationwide

Ariel Zilber /
New York Post: Musk and other free speech advocates have denounced de Moraes' decision as a draconian act of censorship and a crackdown on freedom of expression

Daniel Carvalho /
Fortune: Twitter/X ban ratified by Supreme Court of Brazil

Luciana Novaes Magalhaes /
Reuters: Starlink tells Brazil regulator it will not comply with X suspension

Ryan Broderick /
Garbage Day: Elon Musk Vs. Brazil

Bryan Harris /
Financial Times: Brazil's X ban stokes backlash against Supreme Court

Pedro H. C. Sant'Anna /
@pedrohcgs: We will now see how much censorship has been going on in Brazil!! Brazil is a weird place where Judges these days also legislate. So don't come to me with “this is the law”...

Prof Francois Balloux /
@ballouxfrancois: I'm in effect a free speech absolutist. Yet, I believe the current lack of / inconsistent moderation of Twitter / X is a disaster, as it will eventually lead to less freedom for everyone. This is to me a worse problem than its current effects on undermining social cohesion. 1/

Preston Byrne /
@prestonjbyrne: What Brazil is doing to X - shutting down a publisher - is the reason the First Amendment exists. England and the EU have a long history of shutting down publishers that host disfavored thought. That's why it can be said the U.S. has free speech, and these other places don't.

Noah Smith /
@noahpinion: Quick, everybody make fun of Brazil while Twitter is banned there! Like, bruh, how did y'all end up with a Romance language that sounds like a Slavic language? How did that even happen

Glenn Greenwald /
@ggreenwald: Brazil's PT — Lula's party — continues to post political campaign messages on X long after X is banned in Brazil, and even after Lula said yesterday he supports X's banning in Brazil. Strange, no?

Prof Francois Balloux /
@ballouxfrancois: The @X ban in Brazil is what I had in mind when I wrote the thread below. I guess the EU and UK may eventually follow suite. This would be bad, but it feels largely unavoidable if Elon Musk persisted in his efforts to disseminate / push content illegal in those jurisdictions. 1/

Charles Hoskinson /
@iohk_charles: The consequences of censorship and why decentralization matters. While Brazil has silenced our brothers and sisters on X, their work will still stand and matter to us all. We will see their delegates at the convention, and I can not wait to recruit many Brazilians to help us

Elon Musk /
@elonmusk: We willl begin publishing the long list of @Alexandre's crimes, along with the specific Brazilian laws that he broke tomorrow. Obviously, he does not need to abide by US law, but he does need to abide by his own country's laws. He is a dictator and a fraud, not a justice.

Elon Musk /
@elonmusk: 𝕏 is the most used news source in Brazil. It is what the people want. Now, the tyrant de Voldemort is crushing the people's right to free speech.

Brendan Carr /
@brendancarrfcc: On Brazilian Justice de Moreas's order shutting down X: The text of his 51-page decision is far more concerning and sweeping than the headlines suggest. de Moreas's own words make clear that he is attempting to strike a broader blow against free speech and in favor of

Elon Musk /
@elonmusk: Just a reminder that you can always access this platform via https://x.com/, even on your phone. No app is needed. Now would also be a good time to download a VPN in case you get blocked.

Elon Musk /
@elonmusk: I keep telling people that this guy @alexandre is the dictator of Brazil, NOT a judge. He just wears that as a costume. He has supreme executive, judicial and legislative power, aka dictator. The cloak he wears is to trick fools in the West into thinking that he's a judge.

Mario Nawfal /
@marionawfal: 🇧🇷SEARCHES FOR VPN IN BRAZIL SKYROCKET Since August 30, searches on Google for the term VPN in Brazil have exploded, coinciding with the country's ban of X. VPNs allow users to access services outside their own country by making their location appear to be in another country. [image]

Ted Cruz /
@tedcruz: Brazil is banning X for one reason: to suppress free speech and thought. Unsurprisingly, Lula supports this decision, because he too seeks to ban free speech and thought. Biden courted Lula, celebrated his election, and called him a personal friend. That too is unsurprising. The

Glenn Greenwald /
@ggreenwald: As of today, X is already blocked by many if not most telephone and internet service providers in Brazil. The most shocking part is how Brazil's authoritarian censorship judge, Alexandre de Moraes, also invented a new law that fines anyone using a VPN to access X $10,000/day. @luke_metro: Serious question: why did X go along with this but is now doing the opposite in Brazil? I'm sure the situations on the ground are different but ... how? [image]

Alexandre Files /
@alexandrefiles: Today, we begin shining a light on the abuses of Brazilian law committed by Alexandre de Moraes. We have been forced to share these orders because there is no transparency from the court, and the people who are being censored have no recourse to appeal. Our own appeals have been CBS News: Brazil block on social network X goes into effect joining other countries around the world

Rob Beschizza /
Boing Boing: Brazilian court orders block on Twitter after it refuses to appoint a legal agent there

Andrew Bucholtz /
Awful Announcing: Brazil X/Twitter ban ahead of Eagles-Packers sparks wild discussion, including calls for NFL to cancel game

David Rothkopf /
@djrothkopf: Wouldn't it be nice if this were just a preview of things to come and the proprietor here was finally about to enter the FAFO phase of his life.

Will Guyatt /
@willguyatt: Looks like the Brazilian regulator now has to force ISPs to block X within 24 hours. They are also threatening fines to consumers using VPNs to access it.... @levelsio: This is so insane: - Brazil has banned X - Brazil will fine anyone $8,000 per day if they see them use X via VPN Brazilians fight back against this! 🇧🇷💪 Lutem!

William Hughes /
AV Club: Brazil re-secures “relaxation destination” status by issuing country-wide Twitter ban

Trying to make sense of Brazil:
Brazil blocks Musk's X after company refuses to name local representative amid feud …

Lora Kolodny /
CNBC: Musk ramps up attacks on Brazil's top judge as X faces possible suspension, Starlink finances frozen

Emma Roth /
The Verge: Judge orders X ban in Brazil @joaocosta@mastodon.social: “Since we're talking about more than 20,000 companies, each will have its own implementation time, but ... we expect that probably over the weekend all companies will be able to implement the block” — “Justice Moraes also summoned #Apple and #Google to 'implement technological barriers …

Filipe Espósito /
9to5Mac: X officially blocked in Brazil; court demands Apple remove it from the App Store [U]

Squibblyskadew /
Know Your Meme: Brazil X / Twitter Ban Controversy - The tragedy

David Chau /
David Chau on LinkedIn: Elon Musk (a self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist") has criticised a judge's decision to block X (Twitter) in Brazil, saying it amounts to censorship. …

Tiago Rogero /
The Guardian: Brazilian court orders suspension of Elon Musk's X after it missed deadline

Associated Press:

Brazil blocks X, following an order from Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes after Elon Musk refused to name a legal representative in the country

Jill Goldsmith /
Deadline: Elon Musk's X Suspended In Brazil; Internet Service Providers & App Stores Have 5 Days To Remove It

Julia Hornstein /
The Information: Brazil Blocks X After Musk Refuses to Suspend Accounts

Danny Gallagher /
Engadget: Brazil bans X for refusing to comply with Supreme Court order

Mark Leibovich /
The Atlantic: The Political Tradition Harris and Walz Are Bringing Back

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Brazil suspends X, formerly Twitter, over legal issue

Mike Masnick /
Techdirt: X is right to stand up to Brazil's unjust “hostage laws,” but Musk's fight highlights his cynical free speech stance after he caved to Modi's censorship demands

Julia Shapero /
The Hill: Brazil's Supreme Court orders suspension of X @noellemitchell@mstdn.social: “In his decision, de Moraes gave internet service providers and app stores five days to block access to X, and said the platform will remain blocked until it complies with his orders. He also said people or companies who use virtual private networks, or VPNs, to access X will be subject to daily fines of 50,000 reais ($8,900).” …

Maxwell Zeff /
TechCrunch: Top court orders ban on Elon Musk's X in Brazil

David Chartier /
@chartier@toot.cafe: Ok, I get that there are layers here, but not lawyers because #Musk failed to appoint one by the deadline heyoooooo 🥁 — The most important layer being that I have next to zero understanding of the events and politics involved with #Twitter and #Brazil. — All I want to point out is: look how easy it is to ban Twitter. …

Olivia Salamone /
The US Sun: X banned in Brazil after Elon Musk was warned of 24-hour deadline - but refused to comply with judge's order

Laffy /
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social: #WompWomp — UPDATE: — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon #Musk's social media giant #X in #Brazil after the tech billionaire refused to name a legal representative in the country, according to a copy of the decision seen by The Associated Press …

Jordan Pearson /
Wired: A Judge Has Banned Elon Musk's X in Brazil

Sharveya Parasnis /
MEDIANAMA: Starlink Bank Accounts Frozen in Brazil Amidst Misinformation Battle Against X Platform

Symeon Brown /
Channel 4 News: Elon Musk Brazil judge row explained

Wall Street Journal:

Big YouTube shows including Hot Ones and Good Mythical Morning attract large audiences but aren't yet getting Primetime Emmy nominations and ensuing ad revenue— ‘Hot Ones,’ ‘Chicken Shop Date’ and ‘Good Mythical Morning’ draw big audiences but aren't getting the kind of ad dollars and accolades TV shows do

Discussion:

Danny Weisman /
Danny Weisman on LinkedIn: Everyone talks about consumption trends driving shifts in media mix, but no one talks about the real factor that will lead to change: …

Shira Lazar /
Shira Lazar on LinkedIn: This discussion reminds me of the old debate between TV and film—whether actors would be taken seriously if they did a series. …

Mario Armstrong /
Mario Armstrong on LinkedIn: Creators, the platform is NOT coming to save you! — I don't want to be too pessimistic here but past history shows us that these platforms aren't going to make sweeping changes on our behalf. …

Isabella Simonetti /
@thesimonetti: “As unserious as this whole show sounds on paper, interviewing celebrities while eating increasingly spicy chicken wings, we actually do take it very seriously.” - @seanseaevans on his show's push for a Primetime Emmy. https://www.wsj.com/...

Cleo Abram /
@cleoabram: So excited to see this in the @WSJ - and even more excited for the future ahead for shows on YouTube. https://www.wsj.com/... [image]

Mary Kate Carr /