Open in app

Sign In

Write

Sign In

Tow Center
Tow Center

3.6K Followers

Home

About

Nov 17, 2022

Brazil’s Elections are a second chance for Big Tech

They are expected to have the same concerns here as they did with the US election By Patricia Campos Mello 28 Jan 2022 Internet platforms will have until February 14 to submit to the TSE(Tribunal Superior Electoral/Superior Electoral Court) terms of cooperation, providing details on how they are preparing for…

Brazilian Elections

2 min read

Brazilian Elections

2 min read


Nov 17, 2022

Understanding the differences between social media rules in US and Brazilian elections

By Patricia Campos Mello February 15, 2022 The agreements disclosed by the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) and the internet platforms fall far short of the election policies adopted by the companies in the US, and fail to explain how they will react if the result of the 2022 election is…

Brazilian Elections

8 min read

Brazilian Elections

8 min read


Nov 17, 2022

Fake news law could shield 750,000 politicians and institutions

Bill provides special treatment for accounts of public interest that breach rules By Patricia Campos Mello At least 750,000 institutions’ and politicians’ profiles, from the President of the Republic to councilmen, will be able to challenge internet platforms in court and demand swift reinstatement of accounts or posts that breach…

Brazilian Politics

5 min read

Brazilian Politics

5 min read


Nov 17, 2022

YouTube Moves to Remove Videos With False Allegations of Fraud in the 2018 Election

By Patrícia Campos Mello March 22nd, 2022 YouTube announced that it will begin removing all videos containing false allegations of fraud, errors or technical problems in the 2018 election, even retrospectively, affecting those already posted on the platform. The update to YouTube’s electoral policies was announced on Tuesday the 22nd…

Brazilian Elections

4 min read

Brazilian Elections

4 min read


Nov 17, 2022

Agreements with platforms for elections in Brazil fall short of policies in the U.S.

By Patricia Campos Mello Feb 15, 2022 The agreements released by the TSE (Brazilian Superior Electoral Court) and internet platforms on Tuesday (15) fall far short of the electoral policies adopted by companies in the United States and do not respond to how they will react if the result of…

Brazilian Politics

6 min read

Brazilian Politics

6 min read


Nov 17, 2022

Facebook Instagram and Facebook pay election advertising advances outside the law

By Patrcia Campos Mello 14 February, 2022 While electoral advertisements are legally only allowed on or after August 15 of this year, at least 20 ads have been placed on Facebook and Instagram that promote the candidacy of president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), with the phrase “Bolsonaro 2022”, and a request…

Brazilian Elections

5 min read

Brazilian Elections

5 min read


Nov 17, 2022

Bolsonaro supporters talk on “Datapovo” and attack institutes to discredit polls

Research shows WhatsApp, Telegram groups and YouTube channels promote delegitimization of polls By Patricia Campos Mello May 7, 2022 With the aim of delegitimizing opinion polls showing former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) in the lead, Bolsonaro supporters’ groups on WhatsApp, Telegram and YouTube channels are resorting to skewed surveys, pseudo polls and attacks on polling institutes Datafolha and Ipespe.

Brasil

5 min read

Brasil

5 min read


Published in Tow Center

·Nov 16, 2022

Scorched Earth Litigation: the call for Anti-SLAPP may save you

By Victoria Baranetsky and Robert Rosenthal Six years ago, an attempt to silence and destroy our nonprofit investigative reporting news organization, The Center for Investigative Reporting, began. …

5 min read

Scorched Earth Litigation: the call for Anti-SLAPP may save you
Scorched Earth Litigation: the call for Anti-SLAPP may save you

5 min read


Published in Tow Center

·Oct 4, 2022

The Growing Strength of Public Media Local Journalism

By Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro, Mark Fuerst, Caroline Porter We live in an era of shrinking local journalism capacity. By now we all know the statistics: Since 2005 more than one in four newspapers — 2,500 total — have shuttered in the U.S. Overall employment in the newspaper industry has decreased…

Public Media

22 min read

The Growing Strength of Public Media Local Journalism
The Growing Strength of Public Media Local Journalism
Public Media

22 min read


Published in Tow Center

·May 18, 2022

Collaborative Scaffolding: The Key to Successful Collaborative Journalism

By Caroline Porter and Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro, May 2022 In spring 2020 Steve Leone, a newspaper editor in Concord, New Hampshire, faced a problem. …

Journalism

20 min read

Journalism

20 min read

Tow Center

Tow Center

3.6K Followers

Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism

Following
  • Simon Rogers

    Simon Rogers

  • Carrie Brown

    Carrie Brown

  • IPG Media Lab

    IPG Media Lab

  • Nick Diakopoulos

    Nick Diakopoulos

  • Vizpol Research

    Vizpol Research

See all (362)

Help

Status

Writers

Blog

Careers

Privacy

Terms

About

Text to speech