Wesley Fryer (he/him) @wfryer@mastodon.cloud

AI-powered surveillance sought for US Central Command

https://flip.it/t-D1y1 #LikeWar #military #edtechSR

Gmail creator says ChatGPT might ‘destroy’ Google within 2 years

https://flip.it/jCRr23 #edtechSR #AI #future #MediaLit

How the Supreme Court could soon change free speech on the internet by #CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/30/the-supreme-court-could-change-free-speech-on-the-internet.html cc #edtechSR #MediaLit #freespeech

Decades-old law forms biggest obstacle to nationwide TikTok ban, lawmaker says by @arstechnica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/us-tiktok-ban-could-be-thwarted-by-import-law-enacted-in-the-1980s/

#edtechSR #TechCorrection #China #TikTok #MediaLit

Top Gun Maverick: Official Trailer in Lego https://youtu.be/bEzbim8peGU #WonderLink #edtechSR #GeekOfTheWeek

I'm checking out the Mastodon web-client Elk https://elk.zone

At first blush, it makes the Mastodon experience "much more like the #birdsite, without the tainted flavors of a website owned by a rather nasty troll..."

via @mr_rcollins cc #MediaLit #edtechSR #edtech #SocialMedia #edutooter

Indian police detain students over BBC's Modi documentary

https://www.dw.com/en/indian-police-detain-students-screening-bbcs-modi-documentary/a-64515270 #edtechSR

If you’re wondering why egg prices are so high, @rbreich has a helpful explainer write up. It’s also a good #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy case study of how news outlets can distort & obfuscate facts, spinning conclusions to match existing political biases: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/when-fox-news-entered-the-hen-house #NCed #edtechSR

Whoa, this is SUPER helpful! It's like the "WebWhacker" of old!

#ArchiveToday: https://archive.ph/

Can save / archive text & image content, including Twitter "Moments" like this:
https://archive.is/qeVg9

via @mr_rcollins cc #edtech #edtechSR

The AI Ethics War Will Make the Content Moderation Debate Look Like a Picnic by #TheObserver https://observer.com/2023/01/the-ai-ethics-war-will-make-the-content-moderation-debate-look-like-a-picnic/

#ChatGPT #ethics #edtech #edtechSR #TechCorrection #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy via @neif @edtechsr

Exposure to the Russian Internet Research Agency foreign influence campaign on Twitter in the 2016 US election and its relationship to attitudes and voting behavior https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35576-9 #edtechSR #edtech #LikeWar #ConCW #Russia #SocialMedia

The DOJ sues Google for ad dominance, wants to break company up by @arstechnica https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/the-doj-sues-google-for-ad-dominance-wants-to-break-company-up/

#edtechSR #BigTech #TechCorrection #MediaLit

Nice use of of a public #AirTable: #PressCheck list of pending users:

https://www.presscheck.org/pending

cc #MediaLit #SocialMedia #verification #edtechSR

Other emerging social media platforms to watch:

https://www.spill-app.com/ (by former Twitter engineers)

https://post.news/ (touted by Kara Swisher)

via #DaveLee #ReutersInstitute cc #MediaLit #edtechSR

Great tool for #Mastodon users: "Find verified journalists on Mastodon" with https://www.presscheck.org/

via #DaveLee #ReutersInstitute cc #edtechSR #MediaLit

Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2023 by #ReutersInstitute https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/journalism-media-and-technology-trends-and-predictions-2023 cc #edtechSR #MediaLit #edtech #socialmedia

I listened to this fantastic #twit [PODCAST] yesterday morning & evening, & finished it this morning. What a fantastic conversation about Twitter & social media, section 320, content moderation, regulation, & so much more! Guests: Patrick Beja, Brianna Wu, and Shoshana Weissmann

https://pca.st/episode/bdb966aa-d02d-4b21-85f2-3a5d0f8fd637

#MediaLit #edtechSR

White Nationalist and Nazi Nick Fuentes Is Back on Twitter https://newrepublic.com/post/170149/white-nationalist-nazi-nick-fuentes-back-twitter by #NewRepublic cc #edtechSR #ethics #BigTech #FreeSpeech #ContentModeration #LikeWar #SocialMedia #MediaLit

OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 Per Hour to Make ChatGPT Less Toxic by #BillyPerrigo in #Time

https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/

#edtechSR #BigTech #ethics #AI #OpenAI #ChatGPT

Supreme Court Poised to Reconsider Key Tenets of Online Speech by #NYtimes

http://wfryer.me/435 #GiftLink cc #edtechSR #MediaLit #BigTech #FreeSoeech