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Covid-19, on the other hand, knows no fiction, only truth, all around. Edgar Morin calls it “ a polycrisis or megacrisis ”. With the climate in focus.
How can we imagine, then, that information can be saved?
For more than thirty years, the question of loss of trust has been getting worse. But the pandemic has caused a huge shock, an unprecedented expectation of information. A demand also, at the same level, for critical questioning, dialogue, and consideration of the digital world. The surging fear could compromise this reunion. And leave room only for hatred capable of killing any attempt to understand things.
Already, the mediators of many publications, including that of France Télévision, perceive "a hardening which sometimes turns into suspicions, the expression of a certain anger, conspiracy theories."
And this, despite all the efforts of the public service. One could imagine, as a paraphrase of the well-known message, this one coming this time from journalism: " Covid 19 alert. Among the barrier gestures, there is also everything that contributes to putting fear at a good distance, namely..."
It is up to the actors of information in democracy to twitter data write the rest.Loose Links: Time for Amazon to Take Charge?
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May 09, 2020
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Amazon and the sharing economy in trouble: US Congress asks Jeff Bezos to testify in antitrust investigation . Amazon VP Tim Bray resigns over layoffs of workers who demanded safer working conditions . Amazon reports sales growth but warns of rising costs ahead . Airbnb lays off a quarter of its workforce , Uber lays off 14%. Uber CEO forgoes salary for rest of year .
Facebook & Content Moderation : Facebook has revealed the names of the first twenty members of its “Oversight Council” , including former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkol Karman and former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger . The oversight body, which will be operational this year, will primarily focus on moderation issues relating to hate speech and online harassment .
How can we imagine, then, that information can be saved?
For more than thirty years, the question of loss of trust has been getting worse. But the pandemic has caused a huge shock, an unprecedented expectation of information. A demand also, at the same level, for critical questioning, dialogue, and consideration of the digital world. The surging fear could compromise this reunion. And leave room only for hatred capable of killing any attempt to understand things.
Already, the mediators of many publications, including that of France Télévision, perceive "a hardening which sometimes turns into suspicions, the expression of a certain anger, conspiracy theories."
And this, despite all the efforts of the public service. One could imagine, as a paraphrase of the well-known message, this one coming this time from journalism: " Covid 19 alert. Among the barrier gestures, there is also everything that contributes to putting fear at a good distance, namely..."
It is up to the actors of information in democracy to twitter data write the rest.Loose Links: Time for Amazon to Take Charge?
wandering links
May 09, 2020
Reading time: 6 min
Share
Amazon and the sharing economy in trouble: US Congress asks Jeff Bezos to testify in antitrust investigation . Amazon VP Tim Bray resigns over layoffs of workers who demanded safer working conditions . Amazon reports sales growth but warns of rising costs ahead . Airbnb lays off a quarter of its workforce , Uber lays off 14%. Uber CEO forgoes salary for rest of year .
Facebook & Content Moderation : Facebook has revealed the names of the first twenty members of its “Oversight Council” , including former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkol Karman and former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger . The oversight body, which will be operational this year, will primarily focus on moderation issues relating to hate speech and online harassment .