MediaForGood

Digital Media for Social Good. Independent digital media expert and researcher.

[Equal Measures 2030 @Equal2030]

🚨 IT'S HERE 🚨

@Equal2030 has released the most comprehensive Index on #genderequality yet!

The #2022SDGGenderIndex has everything you need to know about where the world stands on #gender #equality and what we need to do to achieve it by 2030!

https://t.co/BYMp0NgWGt

[MediaForGood @Media4GoodNL]

Men who are online are more likely to have meaningful connectivity than women who are online. These disparities exist even in countries that have closed the gender gap in basic access, such as South Africa and Colombia. https://t.co/bNvEbuLU2B

[Pollicy @PollicyOrg]

"The use of social media platforms for engaging with voters and constituents by women politicians remains low in Uganda. On Twitter, men candidates generated twice as many tweets during the 2021 General elections"
Full report👉https://t.co/NXozGpbJZY

#BreakTheBias #IWD2022

[MediaForGood @Media4GoodNL]

BBC News - Metaverse app allows kids into virtual strip clubs
https://t.co/45X6CJ4D4I

[George Montagu @georgemontagu]

I love this quote from @NiemanLab regarding how audiences feel about the existing news ecosystem:

"they felt both under-informed (missing in-depth local reporting and over-informed (feeling like they were drinking out a firehose of updates)"

Couldn't be more true...

[MediaForGood @Media4GoodNL]

Women feel unsafe on our streets, not because of a lack of street lighting or safety apps, but because of the culture of sexism and misogyny. BBC News - The technology helping keep women safe on the streets
https://t.co/0l423uiYgB

[MediaForGood @Media4GoodNL]

Have you developed nonprofit donor personas? Are you basing your strategy decisions off of them? If so, I recommend moving away from those donor personas and toward donor identities instead. https://t.co/Ehg7FjOovs

[Reclaim Your Face @ReclaimYourFace]

#Facebook announced that they are deleting a database of 1 billion people's face images!

This is great news, right? Well, not so fast 🛑

Here's why the move is not what it seems, and why we still need EU laws to BAN biometric mass surveillance 👇
https://t.co/fB9EKo7IYV

[MediaForGood @Media4GoodNL]

BBC News - Facebook changes its name to Meta in major rebrand
https://t.co/DnyqSQWEp1

[MediaForGood @Media4GoodNL]

AP announced it will work with Chainlink to help bring economic, sports and race call data onto blockchains, the decentralized computer networks for recording information in an unalterable way.
https://t.co/XBOUMD1o13

[MediaForGood @Media4GoodNL]

Tips on how to avoid bad headlines on stories about health and medical research https://t.co/aBovOsbHyT 通过 @NiemanLab

[MediaForGood @Media4GoodNL]

Finland’s Helsingin Sanomat developed a climate crisis font, “an OpenType variable font that helps people see the urgency of climate change.” https://t.co/kowiptSN2K 通过 @NiemanLab

[MediaForGood @Media4GoodNL]

Vox Media has built a visual way to experience podcasts. It’s accessible to deaf audiences — and gorgeous. https://t.co/jFKpcyynXf 通过 @NiemanLab

[MediaForGood @Media4GoodNL]

'Journalists should think of our work as part of an ecosystem of social services.' https://t.co/lvRX68FpaG

[MediaForGood @Media4GoodNL]

Research shows that, surprisingly, that no single feature of a headline’s writing style makes much of a difference in forecasting success. https://t.co/cYXEFunMM8

[Nieman Lab @NiemanLab]

More details on the forthcoming @nytimes standalone audio app: https://t.co/mDoUoaal3i

[MediaForGood @Media4GoodNL]

'A rebranding could be part of an effort to overhaul Facebook's reputation.' https://t.co/Ck3cALaFGd

[MediaForGood @Media4GoodNL]

Data minimization is the key to protecting privacy and reducing harm https://t.co/s0yuSq56GH

[CNN @CNN]

Hundreds of Netflix employees and supporters are expected to take part in a demonstration on Wednesday to protest the streaming giant's handling of the controversy surrounding Dave Chappelle's recent comedy special, "The Closer." https://t.co/ab3sGCC1b1

[World Wide Web Foundation @webfoundation]

Facebook will label activists & journalists as "involuntary" public figures on its platform & increase protections against harassment targeted at these groups.

via @eculliford @reuters 🧵

https://t.co/z0iLIYX1LS