- As we’ve seen, Facebook has had a tumultuous year over fake news and misinformation on its platform. As we’ve also seen, it’s now much more active in policing that platform. It recently banned 32 accounts and pages for allegedly being involved in “unauthentic” and “coordinated” behavior. So, so long, “Aztlan Warriors, “Resisters” and more. Passive approval is no longer a given.
Sure, backlash over democratic meddling is a driver, but so also is this: Facebook stock recently took a massive hit.
In short, Facebook is now doing the right thing–whatever the motivation.
- “Hamilton.” OK, so you haven’t seen it yet, and you’re already too late for the Straz option next year. But there could be a major consolation prize: You may still be able to see “Hamilton”–the way audiences saw it on Broadway–at a movie theater. Studios are currently bidding for the rights to show a recording of “Hamilton” made in 2016—with its original cast.
- Say it ain’t so, Newseum. Up until recently, it had been selling “You are very fake news” T-shirts on its website. Surely, you can be dedicated to the importance of a free press and the First Amendment, and you can manifest an ironic sense of humor without further fueling the fires of media assaults that are both demeaning and dangerous. Surely.