Month: October 2020

Facebook Tuned its Algorithm to Hinder Progressive Outlets

Facebook Tuned its Algorithm to Hinder Progressive Outlets

In late 2017, Facebook executives were briefed on major changes to the platform’s News Feed—the code that determines which of innumerable posts appear when a user views Facebook. The changes would reduce how much news people saw, and therefore decrease outlets’...

Antitrust and Amazon

Antitrust and Amazon

October 9, 2020 The Park Center for Independent Media circulates the Indy Brief, a weekly selection of news stories from journalism outlets operating outside traditional corporate systems and news organizations.   The Headlines Our Stories SAVE THE DATE:...

We Can’t Trust Oil Companies to Regulate Themselves

We Can’t Trust Oil Companies to Regulate Themselves

Eight years ago, twenty governments around the world commissioned a report on the potential death toll of climate change if it proceeds unmitigated. The study examined all of the ways that climate change can result in mass fatalities, from hunger to heat and...