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Joshua BentonMarch 4, 2020

Twitter, the most news-friendly social platform, is getting a little bit less so with Stories-like “fleets”

Twitter’s version of the ubiquitous format is an important advance for people wanting to separate the public and long-lasting from the private and ephemeral. But publishers aren’t likely to benefit from a less broadcast-oriented Twitter.

Europe’s “right to be forgotten” doesn’t apply worldwide, a European court thankfully ruled

Mark FrankelJuly 10, 2018

The promises and pitfalls of reporting within chat apps and other semi-open platforms: A journalist’s guide

News organizations’ audiences are increasingly moving from public social media to closed or semi-closed platforms like WhatsApp, Discord, and Facebook Groups. But there are still opportunities for good reporting on the communities we cover.

The European Union’s new data privacy rules will make companies worldwide clean up their online security, or else

Lei sobre privacidade de dados ajudará companhias a serem mais seguras

Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 24, 2017

3 (free) things that journalists can do right now to protect their data and their sources at the border

A guide for the slightly paranoid.

Ricardo BiltonJune 27, 2016

Saying publishers’ anti-adblock tactics are illegal, a European privacy advocate plans his attack

“The amount of ire and vitriol that has been thrown my way over the past four or five months is a very clear indication that [publishers are] absolutely terrified…If they want my advice on how to do it legally, they can pay me for it.”

A eulogy for Politwoops, killed by Twitter’s confusion over privacy, politics, and journalism

Caroline O'DonovanDecember 5, 2014

Algorithm fatigue: What Evernote’s news-recommending product can tell us about privacy

Evernote Context integrates the research process seamlessly into the user’s workflow — why don’t (some) users like it?

Tim CarmodyOctober 31, 2014

From rumor to out: Tim Cook reminds us that “unpublishable” facts don’t live in a vacuum online

The Apple CEO confirmed what some websites had reported years ago — the fragmented lens of online media giving new meaning to the idea of an “open secret.”

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