Links Mar 10-16 2019
Saturday Mar 16, 2019
"It marks one of the worst weeks in Facebook's history." "Federal prosecutors in the northern district of California are investigating Facebook's claims that it didn't know about Cambridge Analytica's abuse of data until it was told by a Guardian reporter, the New York Times reported Friday." theguardian.com ➰
"In another twist, Kogan told the New York Times on Friday that he intends to sue Facebook for defamation for claiming that he deceived the company about how he intended to use the data." theguardian.com ➰
Zeus, a platform that lets people rent out their homes as long-term corporate housing, says it has raised a total of $24M via seed, Series A, and debt financing: techcrunch.com ➰
"We are all in the same boat. That boat is taking on water." usatoday.com 🐦
"One of the aspects of the case that has inspired particular outrage is that the parents who took part in the alleged bribes got tax writeoffs for the money they spent." msn.com
"Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said this week he would introduce legislation to eliminate that tax advantage. He said donations to schools should be taxable if the donor has children attending or trying to attend the college." msn.com
Ethical reporters may be ambiguous about source-building with this tool which exploits platforms' "Secondary Use" misdirection: "IntelTechniques lets you pull up the photos someone has 'interacted with', the places they’ve checked in, the social sites where they have an account, all that good backgrounding stuff." toolsforreporters.com 🐦
Friday Mar 15, 2019
Our compost bucket is so fertile, I just caught 2 slugs having sex on top of it. #compost #theyfinishedbeforeigotmycamera pic.twitter.com/GrOvpk3J4r
— Jennifer Evans (@JevansNco) March 15, 2019
"AP Stylebook editors have made hundreds of changes in recent years. Some are high profile, many are not. Are you using the latest AP style guidance?" store.apstylebook.com
A GenX hacker defends the tech-savvy of his cohort. twitter.com
Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
CPJ publishes book of last stories by murdered journalists: aljazeera.com ➰
"A former security manager says the company also spied and spread misinformation." bloomberg.com
Hoder's time in solitude, "Tenían que ser imágenes en vez de palabras, porque las palabras nos mantienen atentos y reflexivos, mientras que la imagen en movimiento es capaz de interrumpir el pensamiento." elpais.com 🐦
Tuesday Mar 12, 2019
Zero Hedge banned from Facebook. twitter.com zerohedge.com
A woman who published an influential "news finds me" media literacy "survey" in 2008 was just indicted in the college admissions bribary scandal. Her children are Instagram "influencers" and one just published a book, titled "Influence." twitter.com
“It should have been a human,” said Ms. Quintana, his daughter. “It should’ve been a doctor who came up to his bedside.” nytimes.com
Monday Mar 11, 2019
"Working in social isolation is another red flag. People need social contact, said Ron Goetzel, another Johns Hopkins professor. 'They need to interact to feel human.'" thedailybeast.com
In contrast to buying ads on Google today, there were rules of civility when buying ads on Yellow Pages: "What a business couldn’t do was buy an ad and make sure it was placed directly next to the natural listing for “A1 Auto Repair,” warning all car owners that Jake Swearingen’s Auto Shop would offer you a better deal than A1 Auto Repair, or buy ad space directly against a competitor’s own ad." nymag.com ➰
"Even Vermont’s first-of-its-kind law, which went into effect last month, doesn’t require data brokers to disclose who’s in their databases, what data they collect, or who buys it." fastcompany.com ➰
"Brokers are, however required to provide some information about their opt-out systems under the law–assuming they provide one." fastcompany.com
We need diction during mayhem; bring back the hyphen and em dash. chicagomanualofstyle.org
"'I'm still learning how to say things like "allegedly" or "it’s being said" when I’m describing breaking news,' Ms. Villarreal said." nytimes.com
Not sure the quote in the next sentence always applies, but it's interesting. "The thing you're trying to build should be more exciting than the tools used to build it." twitter.com
Who owns these new multimillion-dollar properties in Vancouver? With this new registry, the public can soon find out: thestar.com
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
"Residents talk with dismay about church picnics or school plays they might have attended but only learn of through Facebook after the fact." apnews.com
These poor newsrooms, up against worldwide ADD and modern-age onset illiteracy. neimanlabs.com
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