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We are the Nieman Journalism Lab, part of @niemanfdn at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news.
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Ahead of Election Day, the tool has ingested 25 million TikTok videos and 500,000 podcasts to gain new insight into U.S. voters. niemanlab.org/2026/10/the-wa…
When hackers become sources: Inside the new craft of reporting on hacked data niemanlab.org/2026/10/when-h…
Facing mounting pressure from the news industry, Meta has delayed the effective date of its new terms of service for business accounts. buff.ly/adsXveE
Two out of five Americans regularly get their news on Facebook niemanlab.org/2026/10/two-ou…
“Convenings” for CEOs will help Semafor reach a second profitable year niemanlab.org/2026/10/conven…
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Le Wall Street Journal suit les sujets qui émergent sur TikTok avant les élections, grâce à un outil IA maison niemanlab.org/2026/10/the-wa…
The terms were set to take effect on October 30, with no way to opt out, setting off an outcry from news publishers, politicians, and press associations on both sides of the Atlantic.
As of October 23, Meta has made no other changes to the terms aside from the implementation date.
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🚨 NEW: Meta has delayed rolling out terms that would allow broad scraping of news sites. New date: November 20.
Legal experts are still skeptical. The push comes one week after @decka227 and I first reported how the terms would impact news publishers.
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The Ringer x Substack thing is raising some very 2026 questions niemanlab.org/2026/10/the-ri…
In the AI age, publishers who understand what readers want will do best, a new report argues niemanlab.org/2026/10/in-the…
Publishers pressure Meta to nix new terms that would let the company scrape their websites niemanlab.org/2026/10/publis…
Once synonymous with independent writers, Substack is increasingly home to established publishers. niemanlab.org/2026/10/the-ri…
On Tuesday, two major German publisher associations called on the European Commission to prohibit Meta’s new terms of service from going into effect next week.
They alleged the terms for Meta business accounts could violate the E.U.’s Digital Markets Act. niemanlab.org/2026/10/u-k-po…
The Wall Street Journal's custom AI tool tries to surface insights that traditional polling can miss.
Called Doppler, it has already ingested 25 million TikTok videos and 500,000 podcasts ahead of the midterms. niemanlab.org/2026/10/the-wa…
The platform is most popular for women (47%), Hispanic Americans (51%), Americans with a high school diploma or less (46%), and Republicans (43%). niemanlab.org/2026/10/two-ou…
Newsrooms may need to develop verification standards suited to information of illicit origin, transparency norms that treat uncertainty as something to disclose, and a shared language for the ethical judgments. buff.ly/blRFRWZ
Legal experts warn Meta’s new terms still grant broad scraping permissions, despite language changes niemanlab.org/2026/10/legal-…
"We’ve built a big advertising and related convening business ... That’s one answer. It’s not the only answer, but it is one." niemanlab.org/2026/10/conven…
“Remember: always be truthful, not neutral.”
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"broad enough to drive a truck through" niemanlab.org/2026/10/legal-…