ICYMI: News publishers target Common Crawl, the AI training data backdoor: News/Media Alliance sent a formal letter to Common Crawl demanding it stop unauthorized scraping and block AI companies from using news content for training. https://ppc.land/news-publishers-target-common-crawl-the-ai-training-data-backdoor/ #AI #NewsMedia #CommonCrawl #DataPrivacy #WebScraping
News publishers target Common Crawl, the AI training data backdoor

News/Media Alliance sent a formal letter to Common Crawl demanding it stop unauthorized scraping and block AI companies from using news content for training.

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Africa: How Africans Get Their News Is Changing - How Much They Get Might Not Be: [Afrobarometer] Most citizens want news media that is free and holds government accountable. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TSG1gv #Africa #NewsMedia #FreedomOfPress #Accountability #MediaReform
Saturday night, US political figure Donald Trump staged a surprise event at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner at which he was scheduled to speak.
The surprise caused panic at the dinner leading to evacuation and possible rescheduling.
Later in the evening Trump explained that the stunt was intended to highlight the need for a ballroom on the White House grounds where events like the disrupted dinner could be held.
Earlier in the year, Trump had torn down the East Wing of the White House to create space for his ballroom.
https://www.rawstory.com/white-house-correspondents-dinner-2676815189/
#USPolitics #Trump #WHCA #Ballroom #NewsMedia
'Oh my word': Trump astounds with claim WHCD shooting shows the need for his ballroom

President Donald Trump said that the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner proves why the country needs his ballroom in the White House, prompting scorn. "Jesus Christ. He is using this as an excuse to hype his ballroom?" Democratic strategist Chris D. Jackson wrote on X. "I just can't...

Raw Story

"Live on the Waatea Facebook page 10AM this Anzac Day"

https://thedailyblog.co.nz/te-kaupapa-election-2026-weekend-political-podcast-with-marama-davidson-arena-williams-matthew-tukaki-and-bomber/

Seriously? The only place Waatea News are streaming this Aotearoa politics show is via fascisterm media?

https://berjon.com/fascintern-media/

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#WaateaNews #TDB #TheDailyBlog #SocialMedia #NewsMedia #IndigenousMedia

The WH Correspondents' Dinner

Unethical and tone deaf

Open Windows- Ann Telnaes
In a shocking twist of internet fate, it seems that #satire is eating its own tail 🔄 as The Onion attempts to out-conspiracy the king of conspiracies. Who needs facts when you've got punchlines, right? 😂 Meanwhile, the NYT insists you suffer #JavaScript and ads so they can tell you what you already knew. 🙄
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/business/infowars-alex-jones-the-onion.html #internetculture #TheOnion #conspiracy #newsmedia #HackerNews #ngated
The Onion Signs New Deal to Take Over Infowars

A new deal, which would allow The Onion to use the Infowars name and website address, must be approved by a Texas judge.

The New York Times

"['Media out to get me' is] what politicians say when they're in trouble. And the media can be annoying. But that's the price of democracy."

#MatthewHooten, the #BradburyGroup, 2026

https://traffic.megaphone.fm/MEDIAWORKSRADIOLIMITED7682486290.mp3?updated=1776816575

#NewsMedia #WaateaNews #Rova #podcasts #media #democracy

We Used to be Journos: Iran's AI Lego propaganda, spotlighting Seven's renewables hit job and BRS 'Breaks silence'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVjQNMIqXhM

#auspol #newsmedia #iran #renewables #warcimes #lego #ai

Iran’s AI Lego propaganda, spotlighting Seven’s renewables hit job + Roberts-Smith 'breaks silence'

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