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Nice write-up of WTF Policy Lead @sarahmurphymadia.bsky.social's intervention at the European Parliament's @euds.europarl.europa.eu.
Monetization CAN be a boon to info integrity. But not w/o big fixes.
Nice write-up of WTF Policy Lead @sarahmurphymadia.bsky.social's intervention at the European Parliament's @euds.europarl.europa.eu.
Monetization CAN be a boon to info integrity. But not w/o big fixes.
Our Policy Lead @sarahmurphymadia.bsky.social will be engaging in an exchange of view with the #EU @euds.europarl.europa.eu
🎬 Watch the live-stream: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
#Monetization #FIMI #MediaViability
Our Policy Lead @sarahmurphymadia.bsky.social will be engaging in an exchange of view with the #EU @euds.europarl.europa.eu
🎬 Watch the live-stream: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
#Monetization #FIMI #MediaViability
It’s always cool, if sobering, to help show how social media #monetization has such an outsized impact on everything from media viability to our entire state of information integrity.
Let’s get transparency already.
Looking forward to inspiring discussions on the urgent challenges facing media freedom in Europe. First panel: How to ensure economic viability in the #media sector moderated by @renateschroeder.bsky.social.
It’s always cool, if sobering, to help show how social media #monetization has such an outsized impact on everything from media viability to our entire state of information integrity.
Let’s get transparency already.
Mon where we’ll talk about, among other things, how social media monetization systems currently UNDERMINE public-interest media, but also abt how such systems could reinforce media viability, even under current regulation.
🕒 15:15 - 18:30 – Debates
🛡️🌐 Online ads, media resilience & countering foreign interference w/ @sarahmurphymadia.bsky.social
of "What to fix"
🇲🇩 🗳️Lessons from the recent Moldovan 🇲🇩 elections 🗳️w/ Stanislav Secrieru @davidcolon.bsky.social Valeriu Pașa
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Mon where we’ll talk about, among other things, how social media monetization systems currently UNDERMINE public-interest media, but also abt how such systems could reinforce media viability, even under current regulation.
🕒 15:15 - 18:30 – Debates
🛡️🌐 Online ads, media resilience & countering foreign interference w/ @sarahmurphymadia.bsky.social
of "What to fix"
🇲🇩 🗳️Lessons from the recent Moldovan 🇲🇩 elections 🗳️w/ Stanislav Secrieru @davidcolon.bsky.social Valeriu Pașa
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🕒 15:15 - 18:30 – Debates
🛡️🌐 Online ads, media resilience & countering foreign interference w/ @sarahmurphymadia.bsky.social
of "What to fix"
🇲🇩 🗳️Lessons from the recent Moldovan 🇲🇩 elections 🗳️w/ Stanislav Secrieru @davidcolon.bsky.social Valeriu Pașa
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Perhaps that’s why #Meta’s policies prohibit politicians and political candidates from its #monetization services.
Yet our research reveals NUMEROUS politicians and political candidates that successfully enrolled for Facebook's various monetization services.
Perhaps that’s why #Meta’s policies prohibit politicians and political candidates from its #monetization services.
Yet our research reveals NUMEROUS politicians and political candidates that successfully enrolled for Facebook's various monetization services.
Social media monetization services are a bafflingly under-scrutinized but INCREDIBLY important factor influencing how our info landscape takes shape. (Plus an important topic re independent media viability.)
Curious? Start here: www.monetization.wtf/about/meta-m...
Social media monetization services are a bafflingly under-scrutinized but INCREDIBLY important factor influencing how our info landscape takes shape. (Plus an important topic re independent media viability.)
Curious? Start here: www.monetization.wtf/about/meta-m...
If you ever wondered #WhoMakesMoneyFromFacebook, this is your chance at a sneak peak 👉 www.monetization.wtf
➡️ Head to www.monetization.wtf to start exploring. If you publish anything, make sure to cite the WHAT TO FIX Meta Monetization Archive, and let us know about it so we can amplify your findings.
If you ever wondered #WhoMakesMoneyFromFacebook, this is your chance at a sneak peak 👉 www.monetization.wtf
We’ve been hard at work prototyping the world’s first ✨social media #MonetizationArchive ✨
And we’re ready to share it with you.
Read on.
We’ve been hard at work prototyping the world’s first ✨social media #MonetizationArchive ✨
And we’re ready to share it with you.
Read on.
The El Makabelico Facebook page (825k+) was registered to get royalties from FB until the introduction of #OFAC #sanctions on the rapper on 6Aug for sending royalties to Cartel del Noreste
👉 home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
The El Makabelico Facebook page (825k+) was registered to get royalties from FB until the introduction of #OFAC #sanctions on the rapper on 6Aug for sending royalties to Cartel del Noreste
👉 home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
I talked about 3 key changes:
♦️ rise of social media monetization
♦️ proliferation of inauthentic automation
♦️ redefinition of platforms' advertising models
🎬 multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
I talked about 3 key changes:
♦️ rise of social media monetization
♦️ proliferation of inauthentic automation
♦️ redefinition of platforms' advertising models
🎬 multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
@riovictoire.bsky.social speaking at the European Parliament’s Special Committee on the Democracy Shield.
Livestream: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
@riovictoire.bsky.social speaking at the European Parliament’s Special Committee on the Democracy Shield.
Livestream: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
Tune in here: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
Our webinar on 3 July with @riovictoire.bsky.social, @whattofix.tech, will unpack the findings and what they mean for platform accountability.
Join us! 👇
🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Has Meta violated sanctions?
www.whattofix.tech/publications...
Has Meta violated sanctions?
www.whattofix.tech/publications...
Our webinar on 3 July with @riovictoire.bsky.social, @whattofix.tech, will unpack the findings and what they mean for platform accountability.
Join us! 👇
🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Our webinar on 3 July with @riovictoire.bsky.social, @whattofix.tech, will unpack the findings and what they mean for platform accountability.
Join us! 👇
🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
But his conclusion: He throws his in the air and declares epistemic fatalism in the face of AI slop onslaught.
WHAT?! Nooo
But his conclusion: He throws his in the air and declares epistemic fatalism in the face of AI slop onslaught.
WHAT?! Nooo
@whattofix.tech 's latest investigation into how #Facebook (Meta) engaged in revenue redistribution partnerships 💸 with RT, Sputnik and other EU-sanctioned entities for months after the introduction of sanctions.
Full report -> www.whattofix.tech/publications...
@whattofix.tech 's latest investigation into how #Facebook (Meta) engaged in revenue redistribution partnerships 💸 with RT, Sputnik and other EU-sanctioned entities for months after the introduction of sanctions.
Full report -> www.whattofix.tech/publications...
There’s basically no scrutiny into or transparency around the huge revenue redistribution programs run by social platforms.
There’s so much talk abt labeling for paid influencers, etc. That’s all well and good. But what abt PLATFORM monetization??
You read that right: Facebook *pays* some content publishers.
Read full report → www.whattofix.tech/publications... /🧵
There’s basically no scrutiny into or transparency around the huge revenue redistribution programs run by social platforms.
There’s so much talk abt labeling for paid influencers, etc. That’s all well and good. But what abt PLATFORM monetization??
You read that right: Facebook *pays* some content publishers.
Read full report → www.whattofix.tech/publications... /🧵
You read that right: Facebook *pays* some content publishers.
Read full report → www.whattofix.tech/publications... /🧵
To keep or democracies safe, the European Democracy Shield should tackle:
💰 Social media monetisation
👤 Inauthentic automation
🌐 Massive diversification of software
To keep or democracies safe, the European Democracy Shield should tackle:
💰 Social media monetisation
👤 Inauthentic automation
🌐 Massive diversification of software
And at this rate, here in the EU, we risk regulating yesterday’s problem. The information landscape — including emerging automation tools & services — has drastically changed over the past few years.
To protect and bolster info integrity, reg must catch up.
To keep or democracies safe, the European Democracy Shield should tackle:
💰 Social media monetisation
👤 Inauthentic automation
🌐 Massive diversification of software
And at this rate, here in the EU, we risk regulating yesterday’s problem. The information landscape — including emerging automation tools & services — has drastically changed over the past few years.
To protect and bolster info integrity, reg must catch up.