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This weekly blog is to explore the news around the larger issues around
Digital Health, data security, data privacy, AI / ML. technology, social media
and related matters.
I will also try to highlight ADHA
Propaganda when I come upon it.
Just so we keep count, the latest Notes from the ADHA Board were dated
6 December, 2018 and we have seen none since! Its pretty sad!
Note: Appearance here is not to suggest I see any credibility or
value in what follows. I will leave it to the reader to decide what is
worthwhile and what is not! The point is to let people know what is being said
/ published that I have come upon.
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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/google-facebook-to-fight-media-bargaining-code-in-senate/news-story/fe1b12cc4d115a99f339af4b65ac0dff
Google, Facebook to fight media bargaining code in
Senate
David Swan
Patrick Commins
6:33AM
January 16, 2021
Executives
from Google and Facebook are set to front a Senate committee hearing on Friday,
as debate around the contentious mandatory media bargaining code reaches fever
pitch.
Google this
week said it was burying links from traditional media outlets in some search results,
in an escalation of the dispute between mainstream publishers and the tech
giant. The company has described the actions as an “experiment”, and just one
of tens of thousands it conducted every year.
World-first
media bargaining legislation was introduced to parliament late last year, which
would force the tech giants into mediation with publishers over the value of
their news, and hit them with fines of up to $10m if they fail to comply.
The code has
widespread support across the political spectrum and Google’s “experiment’’ has
attracted strong political criticism. The Greens slammed Google’s hiding
Australian news content in its search engine for some users as a
“scaremongering tactic” while Opposition communications spokesman Tim Watts
said his party would support a “workable code”.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/too-angry-too-political-too-commercial-social-media-at-tipping-point-20210115-p56uif.html
'Too angry, too political, too commercial': social
media at tipping point
Stephen Brook
CBD columnist
January 17,
2021 — 12.00am
My second
most significant lesson about social media came courtesy of an old friend who has
travelled to 85 countries and was driving along the Chuyskiy Tract in Siberia
to the mausoleum of the ice maiden of Ukok, along the way Instagramming photos
of such extraordinary beauty as to make the editor of National Geographic weep.
Then came his blunt direct message: “Don’t believe the photos. This holiday is
shit.” The food was terrible, the accommodation rudimentary and the locals
bemusing, to say the least.
But my most
significant social media lesson came via lunch with an old university friend,
who casually dropped reference to an anonymous Twitter account that was
subjecting me to some low-level trolling. Turns out, the account was his. The
online attacks were at the mild end of snark (having worked for Rupert Murdoch,
I've had worse) and he thought it all a bit of amusing fun. I was astonished,
wounded and later angry. Why put up with such crap from a senior Sydney
commercial lawyer leading a double life as a Rupert-hating keyboard warrior, if
you don’t have to?
It might be that
your reaction to President Trump’s incitement of insurrection that led to the
storming of the Capitol has brought up issues around your experience of social
media and reminded you of its peerless ability to alter your mood, or make you
feel inadequate, or jealous, or aggressive. Truth is, those same issues have
been unresolved since 1997, when US entrepreneur Andrew Weinrich created the
first social media site, Six Degrees.
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https://digitalhealth.org.au/blog/expecting-a-baby-in-2021/
Expecting a baby in 2021?
Where will you find trusted, safe & qualified
advice online?
Expectant
mothers, fathers and families are invited to hear from the experts in the
emerging world of digitally enabled maternal care. Join this Australasian
Institute of Digital Health seminar on Tuesday 23 February from 12:30pm – 6:00pm.
- Maternity apps for 24/7 support and
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- Antenatal classes
- Accessible communities you can be
part of
- Educational and online resources
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https://www.zdnet.com/article/over-50-aussie-mps-form-group-aimed-at-holding-social-media-companies-accountable/
Over 50 Aussie MPs form group aimed at holding social
media companies accountable
Former
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has said the internet has proven to be a magnet
for drawing together 'idiots and conspiracists' who otherwise would never meet
each other.
By Asha Barbaschow |
January 12, 2021 -- 03:08 GMT (14:08 AEDT) | Topic: Security
Over 50
Australian MPs have joined a new parliamentary group that aims to hold
technology giants accountable for the information they allow on their platforms.
The
Parliamentary Friends of Making Social Media Safe group is explained as
providing a non-partisan forum for MPs to meet and highlight the environment of
social media and the risks associated.
The group
will also consider how platforms can be held accountable for the material
published on their sites, and what policy measures can be considered by
governments to keep social media platforms safe.
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https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/james-murdoch-condemns-profound-damage-wreaked-by-us-news-media-20210116-p56ukn.html
James Murdoch condemns 'profound damage' wreaked by US
news media
By Michael Koziol
January 16, 2021 — 8.55am
Rupert
Murdoch's son James has condemned American media outlets for unleashing
"profound damage" on the United States and being complicit in the
events that led to the pro-Trump insurgency in Washington earlier this month.
The
junior Murdoch, who left his father's News Corporation last year citing
disagreements over editorial content, said the storming of the Capitol was
"proof positive that what we thought was dangerous is indeed very, very
much so".
"Those
outlets that propagate lies to their audience have unleashed insidious and
uncontrollable forces that will be with us for years," he
told London's Financial Times
newspaper. "I hope that those people who didn't think it was
that dangerous now understand, and that they stop."
He
did not directly mention News Corporation or Fox News, the company's vociferous
cable news channel now run by brother Lachlan Murdoch as chief executive and
executive chairman.
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https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/digital-giants-should-focus-on-paying-for-content-treasurer-20210114-p56u40
Pay for news, don't bury it: Frydenberg to Google
Miranda Ward Reporter
Jan 14, 2021
– 5.17pm
Federal
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has slammed Google for burying the content of local
media publishers, saying the search behemoth should be focused on making deals
with news outlets.
"The
digital giants should focus on paying for original content, not blocking
it," he said in an intervention in the quarrel between the technology
giant and media companies.
"That’s
my message to those digital giants. As you know we have introduced legislation
which is now before a Senate committee to put in place a world-leading
mandatory code to see those digital giants pay traditional news media
businesses a fair sum of money for those news media businesses generating
original content.”
Google
confirmed it is changing its search and news algorithm as part of an
"experiment" to "measure the impacts of news businesses and
Google search on each other".
As
revealed by The
Australian Financial Review, the
search engine is experimenting with its algorithm to remove stories from
Australian news publishers from its search results.
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https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/medical-misinformation-threatens-to-derail-covid-h
Medical misinformation threatens to derail COVID health
response
But would censoring high profile spreaders of non-evidence-based
content do more harm than good?
Matt Woodley
13 Jan 2021
Debates
over misinformation,
censorship and free speech have dominated the recent news cycle, with
Australia’s acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack questioning the decision of
social media platforms to ban outgoing US President Donald Trump from posting
content.
The perma-ban stemmed from President Trump’s comments before, during and after
the assault on the Capitol by his supporters, in which he falsely maintained
the election had been stolen from him, and was accused of inciting
violence.
But prior to last week, he had also had coronavirus-related posts
deleted for suggesting it is ‘less lethal than the flu’, and been identified
as the ‘single
largest driver’ of the COVID
misinformation ‘infodemic’.
Despite this, Acting Prime Minister McCormack has defended President Trump’s
right to post on the grounds of ‘free
speech’, and also applied the same argument to support Coalition colleague
Craig Kelly – a former furniture salesman – who has been singled
out for repeatedly
spreading COVID misinformation.
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https://www.ausdocjobs.com.au/article-details/21/9-tips-to-help-you-prepare-for-video-interviews/
AusDoc.JOBS | 9 tips to help you prepare for video
interviews
Written by
Clifford Fram
Published
17 Sep 2020
We
did some research to help you put your best foot forward when you virtually
walk into the room for a video interview. Here are 9 tips to help you make a
good impression:
- Do your research: Don't forget the basics.
Apart from shaking hands, everything you know about traditional interviews
is relevant. That means you should Google the practice to get a feel for
its style, learn about the demographics of the area, check if your
interviewer has a LinkedIn profile, have a chat with one or two doctors
who work at the practice and generally do your homework.
- Decide on your equipment: Avoid using a mobile
phone or tablet camera if you can. Preferably use a laptop with a built-in
camera or a desktop with a tried and tested camera set up. Try out
different sound scenarios. Many people achieve better results with the
computer's speaker and microphone than with headphones. Remember that each
additional piece of equipment is an extra point of potential failure
during the interview. Tips: Check that your laptop is fully charged or
connected to a power outlet and turn off notifications during the
interview.
- Choose a setting: The rule of thumb is that
your interview station should be quiet, bright and private. You don't want
distractions like a pet walking into shot or a child asking for a snack.
It's best to keep your background as plain as possible. A blank wall is
excellent, but a neat bookshelf is also OK, as are tasteful pictures on
the wall. Some video programs allow you to insert a virtual background to
protect your privacy but resist the temptation to show off your
individuality.
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https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/treasurer-josh-frydenberg-warns-google-over-blocking-aussies-from-news-sites/news-story/70b7b2a21880ddbae54054c7668c16ae
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg warns Google over blocking
Aussies from news sites
The Treasurer has warned Google to pay up for content after the
tech giant admitted blocking Australians from accessing news sites.
Finn
McHugh
NCA NewsWire
January
14, 202112:47pm
Treasurer
Josh Frydenberg has demanded Google pay up for original content rather than
blocking it after revelations the tech giant had prevented Australian users
from accessing news websites.
Google
confirmed it had sporadically hidden news sites from a small number of
Australian users as part of an “experiment … to measure the impacts of news
businesses and Google Search on each other”.
The test,
which used algorithms to bury news content, affected around one per cent of
users and would end early next month, it said.
The
federal government is locked in a battle with tech giants after proposing
world-leading regulation that would force digital giants Google and Facebook to
pay for original news content.
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https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/google-admits-to-removing-local-news-content-in-experiment-20210113-p56tux.html
Google admits to removing local news content in
'experiment'
By Stephen Brook and Nick Bonyhady
January 13, 2021 — 5.14pm
Internet
search giant Google has admitted that it has been intermittently blocking some
Australian news sites from search users.
In
recent days internet users have reported Australian news sites disappearing
from Google's search function, with old content and links being displayed.
The
multinational technology giant said on Wednesday it had been running
"experiments” on searches for newspaper websites including The Sydney
Morning Herald that had affected only a tiny number of users.
"We're
currently running a few experiments that will each reach about 1 per cent of
Google Search users in Australia to measure the impacts of news businesses and
Google Search on each other,” a spokesman said.
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https://www.afr.com/technology/accc-goes-into-battle-against-facebook-apple-and-google-20201221-p56pe6
ACCC goes into battle against Facebook, Apple and
Google
Patrick Durkin BOSS Deputy
editor
Jan 14, 2021
– 12.00am
The
head of the competition watchdog is vowing to launch a regulatory war against
Facebook, Apple and Google this year including investigations across the
digital advertising and app markets, warning the tech giants' dominance poses a
danger to consumers and the competition landscape.
Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims said public outrage
against News Corp led by former prime minister Kevin Rudd was disproportionate
to the Rupert Murdoch-controlled company's size, yet the public seemed largely
apathetic or ignorant to the danger of Google and Facebook's influence over the
public consumption of news.
Big
tech's influence over the control of information has come further into focus in
the wake of the move by Twitter and Facebook to
ban US President Donald Trump.
"These
are trillion-dollar companies, they control the content and of course, they
have all the data," Mr Sims told The Australian Financial Review during an
interview outlining his priorities for this year.
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https://www.itwire.com/technology-regulation/reset-takes-aim-at-%E2%80%98big-tech%E2%80%99-and-proposed-voluntary-disinformation-code.html
Wednesday, 13 January 2021 10:47
Reset takes aim at ‘big tech’ and proposed voluntary
disinformation code
By Peter
Dinham
Decisions about closing someone's
social media account should be transparent and there should be avenues to
appeal, according to Reset Australia, which claims that ultimately the real
harm from Big Tech's “unchecked algorithms and data usage” can't be solved by a
voluntary code.
According to Chris Cooper,
Reset Australia executive director, the Australian affiliate of Reset, a global initiative working to “strengthen democracy and counter
digital threats to democracy”, "voluntary codes and self regulation will
not work when it comes to reigning in Big Tech."
Cooper’s latest comments follow
concerns he expressed last month - as reported
by iTWire - that Google and Facebook’s voluntary disinformation
code “doesn’t offer Australians any real protections from the effects of “dangerous
and false information” online”.
In a statement today, Cooper said,
"We've seen in Europe that voluntary codes have largely been ignored by
the platforms. In Australia the digital platforms offered ACMA a very weak
disinformation code, based on a failed EU version."
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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/donald-trump-ban-debate-flags-need-to-better-police-big-tech/news-story/cb53d1b7f897a46ee1eb5bc10b01d368
Donald Trump ban debate
flags need to better police Big Tech
Paul Fletcher
·
12:00AM January 13, 2021
The decision by Twitter to suspend Donald Trump’s account in
recent days has triggered a vigorous debate about content on social media, and
how it is regulated and controlled. These are issues governments have been
grappling with since the internet began to be widely used by consumers. Should
there be limits to free speech online? If so, how should limits be set and
enforced?
Australia has been at the forefront globally in establishing
effective regulatory frameworks that apply to what is posted on social media.
In 2015, we legislated to establish the eSafety Commissioner, a world-first
government office where people can go for help if they have been the victim of
online harm. In addition to removing illegal content online, such as abhorrent
violent material, the commissioner has the power to order platforms to remove a
range of harmful materials, including, for example, cyber-bullying directed at
a child and unauthorised distribution of intimate images. It has been a
practical, effective mechanism to help keep Australians safe online, with
thousands of children having cyber-bullying content removed.
Last month, the government released an exposure draft of a new
Online Safety Act, designed to strengthen and expand the eSafety Commissioner’s
powers. Under the new Act, the commissioner would have the power to deal with
serious cyber abuse directed at an Australian adult, including to direct that
such content be removed if the platform did not take appropriate action after a
complaint from a user. The definition of cyber abuse has been set at a higher
level for adults, recognising they are more resilient than children and also to
properly balance freedom of speech considerations.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/ama-calls-for-social-media-campaign-to-counter-covid-conspiracy-theories-20210112-p56tmp.html
AMA calls for social media campaign to counter COVID
conspiracy theories
By Georgina Mitchell
January 12, 2021 — 10.50pm
The
Australian Medical Association has called on the government to invest in
long-term internet advertising to counter medical misinformation peddled
online, including COVID-19 conspiracy theories.
In
a statement on Tuesday, AMA president Dr Omar Khorshid said people are
increasingly turning to social media to learn about healthy choices, but the
internet has the potential to "significantly magnify health misinformation
campaigns".
"People
can easily absorb misinformation delivered directly to them through
advertising, celebrity influencers, and people in positions of power," Dr
Khorshid said.
"We
have seen this with the anti-vaccination movement, and the countless conspiracy
theories about the COVID-19 pandemic that circulate constantly on the internet.
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https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/protecting--the-conversation-following-the-riots-in-washington--.html
An update following the riots in Washington, DC
By Twitter Safety
Tuesday, 12 January 2021
Following
the horrific events in Washington, DC, last week, here are some of the steps
we’ve taken to protect the conversation on our service from attempts to incite
violence, organize attacks, and share deliberately misleading information about
the election outcome. It’s important to be transparent about all of this work
as the US Presidential Inauguration on January 20, 2021, approaches.
Updated
our coordinated
harmful activity policy
We’ve
been clear that we will take strong enforcement action on behavior that has the
potential to lead to offline harm. Given the violent events in Washington, DC,
and increased risk of harm, we began permanently suspending thousands of
accounts that were primarily dedicated to sharing QAnon content on Friday
afternoon.
Many
of the individuals impacted by this updated enforcement action held multiple
accounts, driving up the total number of accounts impacted. Since Friday, more
than 70,000 accounts have been suspended as a result of our efforts, with many
instances of a single individual operating numerous accounts. These accounts
were engaged in sharing harmful QAnon-associated content at scale and were
primarily dedicated to the propagation of this conspiracy theory across the
service.
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https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/we-need-boundaries-mps-want-consistent-free-speech-rules-for-tech-giants-20210111-p56t69.html
'We need boundaries': MPs want consistent free speech
rules for tech giants
January 12, 2021 — 5.00am
Technology
Minister Karen Andrews has demanded social media companies adopt consistent and
transparent rules to protect Australians from "vile" hate speech on
Facebook and Twitter as more than 50 MPs joined a new parliamentary group
dedicated to reining in the technology giants.
The
tech behemoths face pressure from some Coalition MPs angry that Facebook,
Instagram and Twitter suspended US President Donald Trump's accounts and others
who applauded the "deplatforming" but see a double standard between
the action against Mr Trump but not other users whose posts are abusive.
In
a sign of growing anger at the technology giants in Australia, MPs from across
the political spectrum have joined the group parliamentary friends of making
social media safe that Victorian Nationals MP Anne Webster and NSW Labor MP
Sharon Claydon are preparing to launch.
Among
numerous sets of sometimes conflicting concerns with the social platforms, one
factor uniting the critics of Facebook (which also owns Instagram), Twitter and
Google (which owns Youtube) is the belief the companies are opaque and
inconsistent in how they decide what to ban.
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https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/coalition-mps-regulators-call-for-new-social-media-rules-after-trump-turn-off-20210110-p56szg.html
Coalition MPs, regulators call for new social media
rules after Trump turn-off
By Jennifer Duke and Nick Bonyhady
January 10, 2021 — 11.59pm
The
competition regulator wants new rules to determine when social media behemoths
can close accounts after Donald Trump was suspended from Twitter, Facebook and
Instagram, sparking warnings by some Coalition MPs that unclear self-regulation
by the technology giants could limit freedom of speech.
The
technology behemoths blocked the US President from using their websites last
week after he posted messages that the companies said could encourage violence,
following a riot by a mob of his supporters at the US Capitol on January 7. The
online banishment has sparked renewed global debate over whether Facebook and
Twitter are publishers or "neutral" platforms and focused attention
on how social media has spread fake news and other forms of political
misinformation since Mr Trump lost the presidential election in November.
Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims said there needed to be
additional oversight of how decisions were made about the content allowed to
circulate on these websites.
"Clearly,
the digital platforms do have some control over what we see and read,"
said Mr Sims, who led a world-first inquiry into Facebook (which owns
Instagram) and Google (which owns YouTube). "How much we can leave it up
to the digital platforms ... is one of the defining questions we have to face.
We definitely need the government to get to grips with this; we can’t just
leave it with the digital platforms."
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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/twitters-trump-block-could-be-a-slippery-slope/news-story/06a1939b27aad17e4462ce4a1eed2b23
Twitter’s Trump block
could be a slippery slope
John Durie
·
January 11, 2021
Twitter’s decision to ban
President Trump from its platform, while welcome, holds dangers in the glee with
which regulators have jumped to extend their powers.
The risk is that in the rush to support the welcome show
accountability from the platform, regulators want to impose rules on just how
and when decisions are made.
Controls on the platforms could quickly be applied to mainstream
media, despite its long track record in both accountability and responsibility
for what is published.
More regulation is not needed just better enforcement of the
existing rules.
That is happening, as seen by the string of regulatory litigation
against the platforms for abuse of market power, unfair trade and privacy
breaches in Australia, the US and Europe.
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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/censorship-a-weapon-in-hands-of-big-tech-as-twitter-cuts-off-trump/news-story/8016ba6a1cd04fec60c87039bf23c2a9
Censorship a weapon that must be taken out of Big
Tech’s hands
Tech platforms have unleashed powers that are beyond the control
of their masters. It is time for era of unregulated monopolistic digital
platforms to come to a close.
By Claire Lehmann
January 10, 2021
On January 6, a violent mob inspired by US President Donald Trump
and his claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him stormed the US
Capitol, smashing windows, pummelling police and chanting “Hang Mike Pence”.
More than 50 police officers were hurt and one was killed in the
storming. One officer fatally shot an unarmed female member of the mob.
In the wake of the riot, Big Tech companies including Twitter,
Facebook, Amazon and Apple have mobilised to quash insurrectionist activity on
their platforms. For breaching Twitter’s “Glorification of Violence” policy,
Trump has been given a permanent suspension from its service.
The two incriminating tweets that led to the suspension include
the following, on January 8, 2021:
“The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA
FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the
future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or
form!!!”
And: “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the
Inauguration on January 20th.”
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https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/trump-s-de-platforming-could-reshape-the-internet-20210111-p56t5p.html
Trump's de-platforming could reshape the internet
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
January 11, 2021 — 11.47am
The
“de-platforming” of Donald Trump has sparked a debate in the US that could
reshape the internet.
In
the wake of the storming of the Capitol by supporters last week Trump
has been banned permanently by Twitter and indefinitely by Facebook.
As
Trump and his supporters tried to migrate to Parler, a small social network
that boasts its lack of regulation, its apps were removed from Apple and Google
app stores and Amazon announced it would eject it from its web-hosting service.
With Apple and Google providing the operating systems for almost all
smartphones, Parler, if it survives, faces a much-diminished future.
The
actions of the social media giants were an understandable response to the
pressure from Democrat and Republican politicians and the broader communities
in the US to avoid any repeat of their perceived role in facilitating the
inciting and organising of the assault on the Capitol building.
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https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/splinternet-twitter-s-ban-on-trump-will-open-a-fissure-in-the-internet-20210111-p56t2z.html
Splinternet: Twitter's ban on Trump will open a fissure
in the internet
By James
Titcomb
January 11, 2021 — 9.28am
San
Francisco: Were it not for the rest of last week's startling
events in Washington, the actions taken by a few technology companies to muzzle
the US President would have seemed even more dramatic.
The
day after Donald Trump's supporters stormed the US Capitol, Facebook said it
would suspend his account until he leaves office, and potentially for longer.
Twitter, the pulpit that the President has used to great effect throughout his
term, went one better, banning him completely. A host of other platforms, from
Snapchat to YouTube, took some form of action.
In
a few days, the
online megaphone that Trump so prizes has vanished.
Given
the potential for Trump to incite further violence through his smartphone,
there is a strong argument for the restrictions. No law prevents Facebook and
Twitter from enacting them. But the significance of Twitter and Facebook's
decisions merit discussion.
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https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/big-tech-turns-up-the-heat-on-trump-followers-with-parler-suspension-20210110-p56t0k.html
Big Tech turns up the heat on Trump followers with
Parler suspension
By Ismail
Shakil, Bhargav Acharya, Stephen Nellis and Ken Li
January 10, 2021 — 3.25pm
Apple
and Amazon.com have suspended Parler from their respective App Store and web
hosting service, saying the social networking service that many right-leaning
social media users have flocked to has not taken adequate measures to prevent
the spread of posts inciting violence.
The
action by Apple and Amazon follows a similar move by Alphabet Inc's Google on
Friday. Parler is favoured by many supporters of US President Donald Trump, who
was permanently suspended from Twitter on Friday, and it is seen as a haven for
people expelled from Twitter.
"We
have suspended Parler from the App Store until they resolve these issues,"
Apple said in a statement Saturday.
Apple
had given Parler 24 hours to submit a detailed moderation plan, pointing to
participants' using the service to coordinate Wednesday's siege of the US
Capitol.
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https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/we-ve-got-nowhere-to-go-fox-news-ponders-life-after-trump-20210110-p56sye.html
'We've got nowhere to go': Fox News ponders life after
Trump
By Michael M.
Grynbaum
January 10, 2021 — 11.30am
His
president reeling, his cable network at a crossroads, Tucker Carlson began his
show Thursday night asking a question that has echoed for weeks among anchors
and producers at Fox News: "What is life going to be like for us on
January 21?"
"Who
has got your concerns top of mind? Who wakes up in the middle of the night
worried about your family?" Carlson asked his flock, acknowledging that
President Donald Trump would be gone in two weeks "and we cannot change
it."
"The
rest of us — and this is the key — will still be here," he continued.
"We've got nowhere to go."
The
imminent end of the Trump presidency has presented a challenge to the
enormously popular, enormously profitable Fox News — the crown jewel of Rupert
Murdoch's US empire — whose right-wing stars yoked themselves to Trump more
tightly than any other mainstream pundits over the past four years.
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Comments more
than welcome!
David.
