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Jun 9 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Good morning! Team TrollBusters was at the session 'Frenemies: reinventing the Big Tech versus journalism dynamic' at @rightscon with @accessnow. @courtneyr
was directing the conversation. Read on below for highlights from the discussion:
#RightsCon2022 #rightscon
Sally Lehrman shared details about the incredible work that @_trustproject does to promote transparency. Then Jason Lambert shared how news media can use advertising to grow, this is helpful especially for improving reliable and trustworthy local media.
Local news in Ukraine was under threat but @morelliana from @MediaGFMD stepped in to provide assistance. By working together with Facebook, Twitter and more platforms their team provided help to protect independent voices.
Read a first-person narrative from journalist @terrelljstarr about his experience of covering the Russian invasion in Ukraine and what he did to protect his physical safety and mental health in a war zone here: yoursosteam.wordpress.com/the-ukraine-co…
Then @sarahshirazyan shared how Facebook invests in human resources through journalism integrity.
Then in a breakout room our founder Dr. Michelle Ferrier (@mediaghosts) mentioned how it is difficult to define a journalist - on the basis of location, work, etc. Our indicators are not sensitive enough to make those judgements because journalism today is done in innovative ways
Coming to social media websites, she mentioned how many paid advertisements that are "sponsored" on these platforms come across as journalism. It is difficult to tell apart reliable, objective news from this.
In addition, journalists who speak out such as Nicole Hannah Jones become the vectors of attacks. They have to deal with consequences such as relentless online abuse, moving from one job to another and other forms of harassment.
Here are some of our resources for media-
Threat Infographic: bit.ly/TrollBustersIn…
Digital Hygiene Lessons: tinyurl.com/TBHygiene
Toxic Avenger Magazine: troll-busters.com
Gen Zeitgeist Curriculum: tinyurl.com/TB-GenZ
Student Press Guide: yoursosteam.wordpress.com/student-editio…

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