San Francisco, Facebook has dismissed media reports claiming that thousands of its content moderators rely on inaccurate and disorganised information to determine what content to allow or remove from its platform. Reacting to a report in The New York Times that accused Facebook of being “ad hoc”, “disorganized”, “secretive”, and[Read More…]
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Padma Lakshmi’s piece on rape prompted a woman’s attacker to apologize
Los Angeles, Sep 29 (IANS) US television host Padma Lakshmi’s op-ed in the New York Times was not only a way for her to speak her truth, it was a way for others to realize the truth about their own actions. The “Top Chef” host, 48, spoke at the Open[Read More…]
New York Times defends tech writer Sarah Jeong accused of being racist for old tweets
San Francisco: The New York Times has defended its new hire, Sarah Jeong, who was dragged into a racism controversy for tweets she wrote from 2013 to early 2015. The paper announced this week that it had hired Jeong as the lead technology writer for its editorial board. But soon[Read More…]
India does not need lessons from New York Times on press freedom, says CBI
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) trashed a New York Times editorial that calls the recent raids on properties belonging to NDTV founder Prannoy Roy as “an alarming new level of intimidation of India’s news media under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.” The CBI calls the editorial by NYT as a[Read More…]