“To review individual articles, podcasts, and news shows, Ad Fontes relies on roughly 35 part-time analysts, each paid $20 an hour. Each piece of content is given three analysts who self-report as politically left-leaning, right-leaning, or center (uh, leaning?). They individually rate content—whether it’s an article or podcast episode—based on a scale, then combine their scores.”

“‘I recently left journalism to fulfill a mission — an unshakeable dream, a fire in my soul — to serve you as the next governor of the great state of Texas,’ Diaz said in a video posted online ahead of her Wednesday campaign launch at Scholz Garten in downtown Austin.”

“‘Extensive checks on the identity of this person showed that the warrant did not apply to him,’ France’s general prosecutor’s office said.”

“In an outgrowth of her union work, [Levy] helped lead a group of more than 100 Post employees (men and women) in bringing a sex-discrimination complaint against the newspaper in 1972.”

“9:45 a.m. — I chat with my coworker while I eat the yogurt, blueberries, and granola that I packed. I talk to her for more than an hour and a half before I realize I need to write my story.”

“Code-named Project Guardian, the internal program includes a list of thousands of accounts most likely to be attacked or harassed on the platform, including politicians, journalists, musicians and professional athletes. When someone flags abusive posts or messages related to those users, the reports are prioritized by Twitter’s content moderation systems, meaning the company reviews them faster than other reports in the queue.”

“The policy meant to tackle doxxing on the platform has left many anti-fascist activists locked out of their accounts.”

“The playbook of the ‘alt-right’ is guiding a new generation of fringe jihadists, showing just how complicated extremism is about to become online.”

“You can’t keep Twitter out of your data completely, but you can lessen the damage.”

“‘After bombshell reports about Instagram’s toxic impacts, we want to hear straight from the company’s leadership why it uses powerful algorithms that push poisonous content to children driving them down rabbit holes to dark places, and what it will do to make its platform safer,’ said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.), chairman of the subcommittee, in a statement.”

“‘We do not intend to publish the Cuomo book,’ a spokeswoman for HarperCollins said on Tuesday.”

“In four Chicago area newsrooms, work is underway to recognize internal biases, to bring more inclusive perspectives into stories, and to cover communities with intention.”