Mastodon is really starting to build a solid #News #USPolitics and #Legal analysis sector. Some who've been missing for a while are back, and others who've been here the whole time are in full stride:

Good follows: @emptywheel, @Teri_Kanefield, @wendysiegelman, @GottaLaff, @pbump, @dangillmor, @taylorlorenz, @w7voa, @chrisgeidner, @QasimRashid, @heidilifeldman, @rbreich, @lawfare, @maxkennerly, @fulelo, @marcelias, @uspolitics, @ProPublica, @icymi_law

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Here's a long thread of news organizations (not bots, not individual journalists) on Mastodon:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/109535917701223440

#News #Media #Mastodon

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News orgs on Mastodon/in the Fediverse (NOT bots). Several posts long. Expand to see whole thread. (Suggestions appreciated.) INTERNATIONAL NEWS (English) @ArcticToday @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] (Palestine & world) @[email protected] @openDemocracy @[email protected] (Radio Free Europe) @[email protected] (African continent) @TheConversationAfrica (Africa) @thenation (US & world) @[email protected] (Voice of America) Continued in next post... #MastodonHelp #MastodonTips #FediHelp #FediTips

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@mastodonmigration I have noticed and I'm grateful. Hoping more will join and I wish gov't offices would come on board, including POTUS.
@mastodonmigration - thanks so much for this timely compilation for the new folks!
@mastodonmigration I'm waiting for my favourite local reporters to show up here, plus a former local who has become famous since he moved to the States. Good to see momentum building, though.

@cindyweinstein It would be great if @mollyjongfast would post here. She said she was coming back last week, but her account has remained silent. Trying to only list active accounts here. Fingers crossed that Molly joins us soon!

And completely agree about Andrew Weissman. It would be great to have his commentary here.

Thanks for the list. There were a couple that I’d missed.
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@mastodonmigration @emptywheel @Teri_Kanefield @wendysiegelman @GottaLaff @pbump @dangillmor @taylorlorenz @w7voa @chrisgeidner @QasimRashid @heidilifeldman @rbreich @lawfare @maxkennerly @fulelo @marcelias @uspolitics @ProPublica @icymi_law I'm curious if the Canadian Online #News act https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/online-news-act-meta-facebook-1.6885634 has any affect on on the way News is covered on Mastodon? I know that the way Facebook does things is way different, but does this law take that into account?
Canadians will no longer have access to news content on Facebook and Instagram, Meta says | CBC News

The social media giant Meta has confirmed that it will end access to news on its social media sites for all Canadian users before Bill C-18, the Online News Act, comes into force.

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@mcrocker Canada's stupid/counterproductive/dishonest law has no effect on Mastodon or any other part of the fediverse, if that's what you're asking.

@dangillmor Thanks. I was hoping someone "in the know" would confirm that. Even good laws have a way of overreaching... stupid laws, even more so πŸ˜‰

The few articles I've read focused more on the vindictiveness of Meta than the actual content of the law, and it hasn't shown up in my Mastodon feed at all... probably for good reason.

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Thanks for the work you put into this. Most appreciated!

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