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Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: Instagram, which has largely escaped scrutiny, is teeming with conspiracy theories, misinformation, and extremist memes, linked by its recommendation algorithm -
James Vincent / The Verge: Four European Wikipedia sites are blocking access and directing users to contact their EU representatives on March 21 to protest the copyright directive -
Mike Isaac / New York Times: Sources: WSJ plans to join the new paid tier of Apple News to be announced on Monday, expected to cost $10/month; NYT and The Washington Post have opted out -
Lucia Moses / Business Insider: Sources: top publishers with good subscription numbers think a paid Apple News tier could cannibalize existing subs; smaller publishers have little to lose -
Paige Leskin / Business Insider: YouTube shut down Fantastic Adventures, a channel with 800K subscribers, as creator gets arrested for allegedly mistreating her kids who performed in the shows -
Emily Bell / Columbia Journalism Review: After the events in New Zealand, journalists and tech companies should once again reflect on their roles in how extremist material enters the public square -
Facebook: The NZ shooting video was harder to block on Facebook than official terrorist propaganda videos because the latter aren't rebroadcast or reshared widely -
Laura M. Holson / New York Times: After Rep. Devin Nunes sued Twitter and the @DevinCow account claiming defamation, the parody account gained 465K+ followers, surpassing his own follower count -
Sarah Feldberg / Columbia Journalism Review: A lawsuit in California about the employment misclassification of delivery truck drivers prompts some companies to stop working with freelance reporters -
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker: Interview with Donna Brazile on her job with Fox News, the role of the network and others in fomenting hate, and why she thinks reaching Fox viewers is valuable -
Michelle Castillo / Cheddar: Sources: Netflix is upping its “marketing partnership” efforts, which include licensing characters and doing product placements in its shows -
Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google launches two new fact-checking tools for journalists and says 50 partners are working with Subscribe With Google, including The Washington Post and FT -
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post: Despite a diverse Democratic field for president in 2020, national media outlets focus on three white men, depicting candidates as characters in a drama -
Mike Isaac / New York Times: With no spammy notifications, bots and troll mentions, email newsletters are becoming a more attractive medium than news feeds for writers