By Nellie Bowles Published 9:28 pm PDT, Sunday, September 23, 2018 A crowd listens at Facebook’s F8 Developer Conference in 2017. Journalist Julia Angwin’s research has shown how companies such as Facebook have created tools that can be used to promote bias and fraud. A crowd listens at Facebook’s F8 Developer Conference in 2017. Journalist Julia Angwin’s research has shown how companies such as Facebook have created tools that can be used to promote bias and fraud. Photo: David Paul Morris / Bloomberg 2017 Craigslist founder Craig Newmark has gifted $20 million to journalists Julia Angwin and Jeff Larson to start the Markup, a news site to investigate technology and its effect on society. Craigslist founder Craig Newmark has gifted $20 million to journalists Julia Angwin and Jeff Larson to start the Markup, a news site to investigate technology and its effect on society. Photo: Evan Agostin I/ Invision 2016 FILE – In this June 11, 2014, file photo, a man walks past a mural in an office on the Facebook campus in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook and Mozilla are among the companies and organizations launching a $14 million fund to promote news literacy and increase trust in journalism. The nonprofit, called the News Integrity Initiative, will be based at the City University of New York. It comes as recent polls show the public’s trust in the news industry at a low. Others contributing to the fund include Craigslist founder Craig Newmark and the Ford Foundation. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) less… [Read full story]
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