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Social media firms have been scrambling to crack down on domestic terrorist threats ahead of the inauguration and beyond, but experts say their efforts are only temporary solutions. For one thing, the lack of industry-wide coordination around the issue means fringe movements can easily migrate to smaller platforms, and often darker corners of the web, say the experts.
Social media played a key role in Wednesday’s attack on the Capitol Building, with sites favored by the far-right such as Parler and Gab sharing information on which streets to take to avoid the police and which tools would pry open doors. Meanwhile, Facebook announced it will ban President Trump “indefinitely.”
Critics say typical news media crime coverage is “racist, classist, fear-based clickbait.” They urge more “complex stories about trauma, safety, crime and criminal justice.”
The publisher of the Alamance, N.C., News was removed from court last week after he objected to a judge’s decision to block reporters from attending a hearing in a case that has been a focus for local Black Lives Matter activists.
The parents of Seth Rich, a Democratic aide whose unsolved murder became fodder for right-wing conspiracy theories about the 2016 election, reached a settlement with Fox News, whose coverage linked Rich to email hacks that aided President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential run.
Few criminal justice reforms can be enacted, and none of them will be sustained, unless we discard an approach that systematically dehumanizes minority lives at both the individual and neighborhood levels. Reformers who neglect that work are building on sand, writes TCR’s legal affairs columnist.
The string of killings has cemented Mexico’s place as one of the world’s deadliest countries for members of the press. It ranked second to Syria last year.
Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who gained recognition after confronting protesters passing by their home, sued a United Press International photographer and the wire service, alleging a photo that has risen to international prominence was taken on their property.
News organizations lost an effort to obtain records of deceased Dayton shooter Connor Betts, who killed nine people. The court said state law did not allow the release of records when a student died without giving consent.
Production is under way in Spokane County, Wa., which has played host to the show in the past. Episodes will be shown overseas.