#newstweek

[martinahuynh]

Newstweek is a device for manipulating news read by other people on wireless hotspots. Built into a small and innocuous wall plug, the Newstweek device attacks wireless networks, routeing all traffic through itself; a ‘man in the middle’ attack. Strategically boring to behold, it appears part of the local infrastructure and allows writers to remotely edit news read on wireless devices without the awareness of their users.

[juhavantzelfde]

Transparency and accountability have to accompany the vast, important role our key information providers now play in society. It is understandable why platforms such as Facebook strenuously resist being labelled as “publishers”, but it is no longer realistic. It takes very little narrative imagination to grasp the ethical complexities ahead; every policeman wearing a camera, every terror cell with a Twitter feed, every face in a crowd rendered recognisable.

Emily Bell in her excellent Guardian article 'We can’t let tech giants, like Facebook and Twitter, control our news values' http://www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2014/aug/31/tech-giants-facebook-twitter-algorithm-editorial-values?CMP=twt_gu

[mofo-ehmo]

Newstweek. A device to manipulate the news..

http://newstweek.com/overview

(via Newstweek: overview)