In the News / Social Media

Is Facebook controlling the news?

On Monday 3 October 2016, I joined TRT World’s ‘The Newsmakers’ show to discuss the responsibilities Facebook are, or should be assuming given the editorial decisions that it is making around the world.

I was joined by Raja Abdulhaq, Co-founder and Editor of Quds – a Palestinian news site – who recently had his account suspended by Facebook, and Sarah Roberts, an Assistant Professor at in the Department for Information Studies at the University of California.

The discussion is available to view below:

(Note, I am in the first section, before the male model discussing pay discrepancies)

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