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Madelyn Webb retweeted
Lol during the Black Twitter Summit last year, Yoel Roth told me, in front of everyone, that #YourSlipIsShowing shook the company up & literally made them shift moderation strategies. He did not reach out before the summit, he has not reached out since.
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Madelyn Webb retweeted
Yesterday, I was laid off by @TexasTribune after nearly 9 years.
New leadership got rid of its longest-tenured reporters and said they’ll no longer cover the criminal justice beat.
No one on police, prisons, courts, the death penalty. In Texas.
Here’s some of what we’ll lose:
Madelyn Webb retweeted
We quite literally finished it in the space between getting the emails scheduling the meetings at which we’d be laid off and the actual meetings.
I highly recommend reading @alexazura final story in today’s @TexasTribune She put a tremendous amount of thought and reporting into it, and we finished touching it up after learning we were to be laid off as the Trib struggles to overcome self-inflicted management turmoil.
Madelyn Webb retweeted
I was laid off by The Texas Tribune yesterday after more than 10 years there — most spent centering communities of color in my reporting.
This is my last story, which was set to run before I was called in. This is the kind of reporting I was doing: texastribune.org/2023/08/24/…
Madelyn Webb retweeted
Yesterday 11 employees at The Texas Tribune were laid off: More than 10% of the staff.
My former colleagues whose jobs were cut span the newsroom: Copy editors, video and multimedia, reporters, an editor, design, engineering, admin.
To support them: gofundme.com/f/tribune-layof…
it was a tough day at @TexasTribune
gofundme.com/f/tribune-layof…
Madelyn Webb retweeted
Join me for a timely convo with @uvadatascience on how social media and its algorithms can harm or protect the LGBTQ community @mmfa @gaytascience @unc_citap @https://dei.virginia.edu/conversation-every-data-point-tells-story
Madelyn Webb retweeted
Spent the last few weeks digging into research reports, models, frameworks, even declarations around the need for internet ethics. In this piece, I explore a collaborative ethical framework and its potential to create a just and equitable internet as the net continues to evolve.
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Madelyn Webb retweeted
In 2021, activists called on Facebook to take accountability for its role in the military coup in Myanmar.
A year later, the company still hasn’t listened.
mediamatters.org/facebook/ye…
Madelyn Webb retweeted
This morning, a third anonymous mass bomb threat was made against at least seven HBCUs:
Howard (third time)
Alcorn
Mississippi Valley
Jackson State
Edward Waters
Kentucky State
Morgan State
Since January 4, a total of 21 bomb threats have been made targeting 19 different HBCUs.
This morning, bomb threats were made against at least six HBCUs, including Howard (again), Southern, Bethune-Cookman, Delaware State, Bowie State, and Albany State.
This is the second mass bomb threat made against HBCUs within the month of January.
cnn.com/2022/01/31/us/hbcus-…
Madelyn Webb retweeted
Every worker deserves to be respected, protected and paid! Take action by urging @onnigroup to do the right thing and uphold the labor standard Chicagoans have fought long and hard for.
Take action here⬇️
bit.ly/EmailOnni
Madelyn Webb retweeted
Have you heard of @onnigroup? Well, let me tell you about them.
They’re a development company from Canada who is building mega-complexes across Chicago and paying their workers low wages with few benefits.
@onnigroup, do the right thing — hire union! #WorkersUnite
Madelyn Webb retweeted
New: We found dozens of examples of Disinfo Dozen members, and others who have been supposedly banned from Instagram, using the new link sticker feature to monetize their misinformation. mediamatters.org/facebook/in…
Madelyn Webb retweeted
🧵🧵 Abortion funds in states that are likely to ban abortion when Roe is overturned:
1. Alabama: @YellowFund, @ARC_Southeast
2. Arizona: @abortionfundAZ, abortionintucson.org
3. Arkansas: @ARAbortionSppt
4. Georgia: @ARC_Southeast
5. Idaho: @nwaafund
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Madelyn Webb retweeted
For years, Facebook has routinely ignored violent hate speech proliferating in Ethiopia — despite many warnings from activists and human rights groups.
new from me:
mediamatters.org/facebook/et…
