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  1. Nov 2018
    1. The plaintiffs had argued that Mr. Trump’s Twitter feed is an official government account and that blocking users from following it is a violation of their First Amendment rights.

      The leader of the free world must carry himself a certain way on all social platforms. Trump definitely does not fit the description. Blocking people from following his tweets about irrelevant issues is not a violation of the First Amendment, but blocking anyone who has ill intent from gaining momentum and support.

    1. Mr. Jones is also facing defamation lawsuits filed by the parents of victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut for claiming the attack was an elaborate hoax

      This is what I mean by making sure people understand the fine line of free speech. Many young lives were taken that day and it's insensitive for someone who has zero credibility to make these false claims.

    2. The removal of Mr. Jones and Infowars came after months of mounting pressure on technology companies to tackle the spread of misinformation online.

      Going off of the question if information is only credible when backed up by the government, I think that it's important to keep misinformation from spreading, but I also believe that people should be allowed to practice free speech as long as it doesn't promote violence.

    1. n reality, most literacies are heavily domain-dependent, and based not on skills, but on a body of knowledge that comes from mindful immersion in a context.

      Again, going back to the benefits of being able to detect a reliable source at an early age. I think that it's extremely beneficial when students know the difference between useful resources and a fraud.

    1. To help students develop new-economy skills, he said, every school must provide an equitable digital learning environment — including giving every student the same device

      Like i said in a previous comment, I think that having technology be a part of a school's curriculum allows students the advantage of learning how to use technology as a means to gain knowledge at an early age.

    1. We believe sharing and collaboration can unlock the full potential for the Web

      Really bringing in the communal aspect of sharing information

    2. work of our committed global communities

      I feel like this website as a whole utilized data to it's fullest. Not only that, but they made it easily accessible and easy to read for their viewers.

    1. Citizenfour manages to put the audience in the hotel room with Snowden showing them his motives for blowing the lid on the government conspiracy.

      I feel like this video could've showed a better balance in perspective better.

    1. igital circulation is more difficult to gauge. Three of the highest-circulation daily papers in the U.S. – The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post – have in recent years not fully reported their digital circulation to the Alliance for Audited Media (AAM), the group that audits the circulation figures of many of the largest North American newspapers and other publications.

      Things like newspapers are going extinct from our society. The idea of a newspaper being dropped off at your door is gone now. Nothing is personable , it's all digital.

    2. ewspapers are a critical part of the American news landscape, but they have been hit hard as more and more Americans consume news digitally.

      I'm starting to question that if we have everything we need on out phone, if it's possible that it makes things like fake news easy to fall into the hands of publishers?