How the Center for Investigative Reporting is handling the lawsuit against OpenAI as one of the few nonprofits with the resources to take on a yearslong suit
This story isn't just about copyright. It's about the imbalance between tech giants and the public interest — and how journalism is being mined, not supported. — 🔗 www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/what......
Some journalists are taking freelance jobs with AI training data companies like Scale AI, which recruit them for tasks such as fact-checking and prompt drafting
The gig work platform Outlier is one of several companies courting journalists to train large language models (LLMs). Bluesky: @andrewdeck , @tylerborchers.com , @tonymartin , and @amywestervelt . Mas...
Seven leading SEO experts and publisher audience strategists on changing their approach due to Google Search's AI Overviews, how it may impact traffic, and more
Google's generative AI search feature is here to stay, but will it actually impact how digital outlets do business? X: @stevewbeales , @p0st_news , @decka227 , and @glenngabe LinkedIn: Tristan Loper ,...
Twitter's recent takedowns in India may be fueled by new rules making its local chief compliance officer criminally liable for not meeting government demands
Observers say Twitter's recent takedowns in India highlight how new laws make it easier to censor journalists and dissidents. Tweets: @decka227 Tweets: Andrew Deck / @decka227 : The latest wave of cen...
Behind the rise of Kuaishou's short-form video app Kwai in Brazil, where it has amassed 45M+ monthly active users by appealing to people with blue collar jobs
Kuaishou is chasing novela creators and working-class users in Latin America to keep up with the competition. Tweets: @alexgonzor , @restofworld , @restofworld , and @decka227 Tweets: @alexgonzor : If...
A look at Line's sticker economy, made up of over 4M hobbyist and professional designers; Line's revenue from direct sticker sales was $200M+ in 2020
Andrew Deck / Rest of World : Tweets: @decka227 , @restofworld , @mvzelenks , @dlberes , and @anupkaphle Tweets: Andrew Deck / @decka227 : LINE is host to a sticker marketplace that is 4 million arti...
BlueCity, owner of China's biggest gay dating app Blued, is navigating a precarious environment for LGBTQI orgs by positioning itself as a sexual health service
Focusing on HIV prevention and sexual health care has helped BlueCity navigate a precarious environment for LGBTQI organizations. Tweets: @lmatsakis , @anupkaphle , @aurorachaang , @decka227 , @lmatsa...
A look at Chinese content farms behind “Factory TikTok”, a subgenre where workers making products like aloe jelly and gloves also are influencers selling them
How workers manufacturing products like aloe jelly and gardening gloves also became the influencers selling them. Tweets: @gquaggiotto , @sub8u , @parismarx , @lmatsakis , @bnox , @linzhang9 , @richgg...
Experts say lessons marketed by digital education platforms like Byju's and Yuanfudao are more an innovation in test-prep delivery than in learning outcomes
Investors have poured billions of dollars into digital education platforms like Byju's and Yuanfudao. But are students learning anything? Tweets: @cengizyar , @restofworld , @frankcatalano , @telliot...
Inside “PGM” Facebook groups, the largest of which has 160,000+ members, where Brazilians collect, share, and memorialize the accounts of the recently deceased
Long before the Covid-19 pandemic, Brazilian Facebook users were gathering to memorialize total strangers. Tweets: @garrytan , @decka227 , @cengizyar , @renske_visser , @restofworld , @j_fuller , @res...