This Week in Google 514

This Week's Stories

•  Mathew introduces the panel to Media Ecology
•  Has the internet made us too distrustful?
•  Google's new campaign to teach children to "Be Internet Awesome"
•  Professor was 7 words away from being hacked
•  Senator pushes for algorithm-free search results
•  Just how much is your Facebook and Google data worth?
•  Twitter, FB, and Google better watch out, the President is mad!
•  Google's message to employees: don't protest us
•  Google's mental health initiative
•  YouTube is being investigated by the government
•  FB might have another agenda for Libra
•  What happened to Cloudflare this week?
•  Who wants to live in a very smart town?
•  Is there a difference between a platform and a publisher?
•  Guess who's buying up NYC real estate?

Picks of the Week

Jeff’s Pick: Google reviewer sued for $500K

Stacey’s Pick: OXO Salad Dressing Shaker

Mathew’s Story: Twitter Lists

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Links

• Good news for people who want to know the exact value of their Facebook and Google data | Market Watch
• Sidewalk Labs, a sister company of Google, has published its plans to build a smart city in Toronto, sparking fresh controversy
• Google’s new media literacy program teaches kids how to spot disinformation and fake news | TechCrunch
• Google Tells Employees Not to Protest Google at Pride | NY Magazine
• Google's employee-run mental health support service
• YouTube under federal investigation over allegations it violates children’s privacy | The Washington Post
• The radical idea hiding inside Facebook’s digital currency proposal | MIT Technology Review
• How Verizon and a BGP Optimizer Knocked Large Parts of the Internet Offline Today
• Trump threatens to sue Twtter, FB, Google because he says they're all Democrats
• Video of his rant about Twitter here
• I was 7 words away from being spear-phished | Robert Heaton
• Senator wants algo-free search results. WTF does that mean? | Bloomberg
• The Internet Has Made Dupes—and Cynics—of Us All | WIRED
• Once More With Feeling: There Is No Legal Distinction Between A 'Platform' And A 'Publisher' | Techdirt
• Media Ecology
• Related to Zeynep: Mike Godwin piece on Neil Stephenson novel and trust
• Google has bought most NYC real estate between 15th, 16th, 8th and the river
• Google reviewer ordered to pay $500k for defamatory review (of cheek reduction....)
• OXO Good Grips Little Salad Dressing Shaker, Black
• Twitter tries to make Lists easier to get to | TechCrunch