Scathing giantfreakinrobot.com/tech/google-cr…

Predictably, my article is now outranked by message boards talking about my article.

We're hiring! We need a Senior Editorial Analytics Manager to lead a talented team helping the Guardian use data responsibly and impactfully in the newsroom. Upside is it's a brilliant job in a brilliant place. Downside is that you'd have to work with me workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/544/

Google's AI Overviews: 0 links to Retro Dodo, for a branded search. ChatGPT Search: 4 links to the company's own site, plus a link to its YouTube channel. Interesting turn of events today for small publishers. Brandon Saltalamacchia

Russia says $20 decillion fine against Google is ‘symbolic’ theguardian.com/world/2024/oct…

Reddit ranks #2 for "best air fryer" The top comment contains an affiliate link to Amazon (pointing to an out of stock product) from a Redditor who is - shocker - leaving comments with affiliate links all over Reddit. "Authentic human conversations" indeed.

In his speech declaring victory, Trump called media "the enemy camp". But not all media. Just media that aren't sympathetic to him. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/n…

‘We’re going to come after people in the media’, a potential Trump pick for FBI director or attorney general has said. “We will stand up to these threats, but it will take brave, well-funded independent journalism,” writes editor-in-chief Katharine Viner theguardian.com/us-news/2024/n…

Australia has pledged to legislate an age limit of 16 years for social media access theguardian.com/p/xvpge3?CMP=s… Do you think a #socialmediaban for under 16s can be enforced?

Couple of social media polls running. Do you think a #socialmediaban for under16s can be enforced? Current votes are: Threads 87% No Twitter 89% No LinkedIn 65% No WhatsApp Channels 72% Yes 🤔

Early exit polls were accurate. Results on these #SocialMediaBan polls are now: Threads 85% No Twitter 89% No LinkedIn 69% No WhatsApp Channels 74% Yes 🤔

Please read this. It's literally been 8 years in the writing. The first wave of tech disruption of democracy 2016-2024 is over. What starts now is something much, much worse: the age of information chaos. 1/ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

One stat that puts the idea of AI search into context, based on a Bank of America-Merrill Lynch report: emerging AI platforms/sites, of which Perplexity and Claude are just the two largest, get the same amount of traffic in a day Google gets in 4 minutes 20 seconds

Here's a thing. #Bluesky adds 700,000 new members as users seek refuge from Tw+r after the US election theguardian.com/technology/202…

Kind of breaking news... The Guardian will no longer post from any editorial X account, including Guardian Australia. All accounts are dormant as of now. theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…

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