Cloudflare Blocks AI Bots from Scraping Web Content Without Permission The move is a win for media publishers.

Cloudflare Blocks AI Bots from Scraping Web Content Without Permission

A Big Win for Web Publishers Against AI Bots

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Cloudflare Blocks AI Bots from Scraping Web Content Without Permission The move is a win for media publishers.

Publishers just got a big win over AI bots that have been accused of shoplifting content: Cloudflare will from now on block 🤖 by default unless website hosts actively choose to allow them.

My latest for @columjournreview.bsky.social
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Columbia Journalism Review presents: The PSAi YouTube video by Columbia Journalism School

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That image you shared? Might not be real.  Let the PSAi show you what is, using the viral fakes everyone fell for. Find out more at thepsai.com

Print Is Dead. Just Don’t Tell Microsoft. A tech giant joins the magazine resurgence.

Print Is Dead. Just Don’t Tell Microsoft. A tech giant joins the magazine resurgence, by @sarahgrevy.bsky.social of the @towcenter.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Entry: Denied The “intolerable risk to press freedom” posed by device searches at the border.

Entry: Denied

The “intolerable risk to press freedom” posed by device searches at the border.

Check out this @columjournreview.bsky.social newsletter by @sarahgrevy.bsky.social to better understand the risks behind and how to prepare for digital border searches.

Why Protests Against Trump Got More Play Overseas Than Here European editors on how the news out of America drives coverage at home.

European editors on how the news out of America drives coverage at home, by @essebbi.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/tru...

I wrote about the increased scrutiny many international travelers face at the U.S. border and what this means for journalists who may carry sensitive information about their sources.

I wrote about how a new bipartisan bill will seek to sunset Section 230 entirely—that is, unless tech companies agree to accept new rules.

Playing with FOIA Pushing back on DOGE's lack of transparency.

Playing with FOIA: Pushing back on DOGE’s lack of transparency, by Sarah Grevy Gotfredsen of the Tow Center. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

👋MEET THE 2025 DDC x TRYGFONDEN FELLOWS👋

As a TrygFonden fellow at the DDC, @sarahgrevy.bsky.social from @towcenter.bsky.social is investigating crowdsourced fact-checking systems, such as "community notes." We're eager to see if these approaches can help combat misinformation! 🔍

We Found Elon Musk’s DOGE Email Address and We’re Fighting to Reveal His Messages The Intercept is publishing Elon Musk’s government email address to aid those seeking information on DOGE in the public interest.

The Intercept has already filed more than a dozen FOIA requests for Musk’s emails using this information.

Will Elon Musk Break with Community Notes? His own fact-checking system has led to some awkward moments for the X owner–cum-bureaucrat.

Will Elon Musk Break with Community Notes? His own fact-checking system has led to some awkward moments for the X owner–cum-bureaucrat, by Sarah Grevy Gotfredsen. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Turns out democracy dies in full daylight too

I DON'T NEED TO SEE THE TOE SUCKING VIDEO ANY MORE THANK YOU

I research news media for a living.

I teach media systems every semester.

I supervise students who write about, among other things, journalism in challenged democracies.

I know what I'm talking about.

This statement from the in-coming FBI Director is incredibly dangerous for democracy in the US.

Of course, there actually is one social media platform that has become notorious for removing content based on whims rather than policies. It has banned journalists, blocked links to rival social media and messaging platforms, and suppressed the publication of newsworthy documents related to the 2024 election. Just today, its CEO said he would “fix” the company’s crowdsourced moderation tool after its user base promoted ideas about Ukraine that he personally disagrees with. I believe the law is on this platform’s side: it ought to be able to do all of that, if it wants to. But if Andrew Ferguson is determined to get to the heart of censorship on American social networks, and root out instances of policies that only ever favor one side or another, he can start with Elon Musk’s X. I will not be holding my breath.

The new chairman of the FTC wants to investigate cENsORsHiP on social platforms and boy do I have a platform for them! www.platformer.news/ftc-censorsh...

At the Tow Center, we’re working with journalist and Professor Bette Damn on a new project that aims to help news organizations reveal potentially overlooked narratives by using AI to audit who is quoted in their articles

Unheard Using large language models to conduct source audits of the news.

Many crappy uses of AI in newsrooms, but can LLMs be helpful in creating source audits? @towcenter.bsky.social research helped a reporter who spent 15 years covering Afghanistan identify who got to shape the narrative www.cjr.org/tow_center/u...

Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website "THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."

The DOGE.gov site is insecure and basically anyone could edit it.

via @404media.co
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Fighting the Great Federal Website Purge Journalists, judges, and archivists are keeping government data online.

I wrote about how librarians and data archivists are backing up the federal information that's being changed or deleted from government websites —and what it means for journalism.

Via @columjournreview.bsky.social and @towcenter.bsky.social

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Fighting the Great Federal Website Purge: Journalists, judges, and archivists are keeping government data online. New by Sarah Grevy Gotfredsen of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism.
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Go read a book.

The NSA's "Big Delete" Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion." The "...

1. EXCLUSIVE

Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information.

The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work

Grateful for the support from @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @towcenter.bsky.social to spent the next few months studying Community Notes — the crowdsourced system that more platforms are pivoting towards, often at the expense of traditional fact-checkers

Q&A: Lucas Graves on Meta’s Decision to Shut Down Its Global Fact-Checking Program In a January 7 livestream laden with right-wing dog whistles, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the social media giant would be ending its third-party fact-checking program. “We’re going to get ...

Lucas Graves on Meta’s Decision to Shut Down Its Global Fact-Checking Program, in conversation with Kaylee Williams of the @towcenter.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/q...

Elon Musk’s Bureaucratic Coup Welcome to the “rapid unscheduled disassembly” of the United States government.

I wrote about Musk and this bureaucratic coup as plainly as I could. There's reporting in here & the particulars are overwhelming but what's happening is so clear: He's not trying to run the federal govt like a software company He's trying to turn it into a political weapon. (gift link)

🚨New WP🚨
Remember Musk+Zuck+Trump+Jordan etc crying fact-checker bias b/c Reps were flagged more than Dems? We analyzed Community Notes on Musk's X and guess what: posts flagged as "misleading" are 67% more likely to be written by Reps! The issue is Reps, not fact-checkers...
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The Right Takes Aim at Wikipedia Disputes around edits are nothing new, but the rise of partisanship has added fuel to the fire.

“The problem is that for a Community Note to be shown, it requires consensus, and on polarizing issues, that consensus is rarely reached..."

Our research in @columjournreview.bsky.social 👇

The Right Takes Aim at Wikipedia Disputes around edits are nothing new, but the rise of partisanship has added fuel to the fire.

The Right Takes Aim at Wikipedia: Disputes around edits are nothing new, but the rise of partisanship has added fuel to the fire. By Sarah Grevy Gotfredsen of @towcenter.bsky.social www.cjr.org/the_media_to...