Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online
Fact-checking organizations that work with Meta say they were blindsided by the company’s announcement that it would end fact-checking on its platforms. Executives of the organizations, some of which are owned by the nonprofit Poynter Institute, said they found out when Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a video Tuesday announcing a shift to the community-notes model adopted earlier by X. The company’s newsroom and fact-checking partners are scrambling to determine the financial implications of the move, and one executive said his organization would lose “some very good, experienced journalists, who will no longer be paid to research false claims found on Meta platforms.” (Wired)
Background from the Chronicle: As ‘Pro-Democracy’ Philanthropy Grows, Experts Warn of Many Obstacles to Combating Misinformation
Some immigrant-aid groups in Tucson, Ariz., have received unsigned postcards calling on people to report “illegal aliens” by seeking them out “at school, at work, at church, at restaurants, in your neighborhood.” Leaders of the groups, one of whom received the postcard at her home, said harassment has increased since Donald Trump’s reelection, with “nationalists” bringing video cameras to a church that was to host an event for undocumented people the following day. The charities help asylum-seekers settle in Tucson and give aid to people dumped in remote areas by traffickers. (Arizona Daily Star)
Background from the Chronicle: Immigrants Are Under Attack. Where’s Philanthropy?
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- How a Climate Activist Teamed Up With a Gas Utility To Steer Them Toward Renewable Energy (Inside Climate News)
Arts and Culture
- The Quest to Create the Most Accessible Museum in the World (Afar)
- Can the Brooklyn Academy of Music Be a Trailblazer Again Through A. I.? (New York Times)
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