Weekly Stories: The real secret of Chinese internet censorship? Distraction

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/22/chinese-internet-censorship-uses-distraction

This article talks about the censorship that the Chinese would have and how this would make sure that their citizens know enough but not too much to the point that it would give them ideas. This would be their way of trying to avoid any riots as this would make sure that there is no disagreement with the Chinese as there would be less information that they would know to argue against since the majority of the citizens wouldn't know anything else besides the government approved information which may be biased.

In my opinion, although this can try and make sure that people aren't willing to try and create a protest, this style of censorship isn't giving the reader what would be considered acceptable. The citizens aren't gonna be able to see what is good or bad as they would be given what is considered good or bad.

Weekly Stories: Popular newspapers suffer greater circulation falls than qualities

https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2017/jan/19/popular-newspapers-suffer-greater-circulation-falls-than-qualities

This article talks about the ABC figures as not a surprise due to the downfall in sales since this has been a recurring trend in recent years ever since digital media was introduced. This was due to how digital media features a style of convergence.  

• Daily Star (which boasts every day of being 20p cheaper than the 50p Sun), was down by 2.5% to 440,471
•  Daily Express, for example, sold an average of 391,626 copies a day in December 2016, down by 2.3% on the same month the year before
•  Sun did much better: down by 10.5% to 1,611,464. And that total included some 95,000 bulks

In my opinion, I think that this would further expand upon how there is a decrease in the amount of print sales would suggest that the print industry is in a decline and these figures would promote it. However this has killed off journalism which would suggest how click-bait articles and fake news stories that favour what the readers political views are for them to read has made a negative impact on the news industry as a whole.

Weekly Stories: Moral panic over fake news hides the real enemy – the digital giants

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/08/blaming-fake-news-not-the-answer-democracy-crisis

This article discusses the idea to how "democracy is drowning" due to  the rise in fake news and internet feedback. This would then talk about how the audience would be more prone to the fake news and make opinions based on false statements and facts. 

In my opinion, I will agree with how fake news has shaped the opinions of those that end up reading it. But it would also present how democracy is flawed in digital media. This flaw can be considered quite bad as it would have a negative influence on to how their audience would make their arguments online. 

Weekly Stories: Facebook hires TV journalist Campbell Brown as media liaison after fake news fallout

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/06/facebook-hires-campbell-brown-media-partnerships

Campbell Brown has been hired to try and resolve the issue that Facebook has had to issue of fake news. She has had experience with the newsroom which she will be using to try and control the news relations area of the news department so that Facebook can then try and make sure that the issue with fake news can be resolved.

• Facebook sucked more than $1bn from the newspaper industry.
• News organisations increasingly rely on Facebook, which has 1.79 billion users, as a distribution channel.

In my opinion, I think that this is a great move for Facebook as they now have a TV vet to try and make sure that news is truthful which should hopefully be able to try and make sure that the audience isn't as decieved as they normally would be with click-bait articles.

Weekly Stories: Facebook to begin flagging fake news in response to mounting criticism

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/15/facebook-flag-fake-news-fact-check

Facebook has now decided to take action in regards to the fake news criticism that they have been receiving during the Presidential Elections. This has been done with external sources such as users and fact-checking organisations to ensure that Facebook would be more trustworthy with the news that they would distribute.

In my opinion, I think that this is good what Facebook is doing on his behalf. This would be because of how they are now handling the situation with fact checkers that should be able to improve transparency between the users and the social media platform. Therefore fewer people would share ot believe the fake news and this would also help with journalism as a whole since fake news can finally be taken seriously and click-bait articles can be resolved. 

Weekly Stories: Daily Mail group refuses to rule out sale of newspaper titles

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/dec/01/daily-mail-profits-print-mail-online-elite-daily-dmgt

Daily Mail refuses to reveal the sales that their newspapers have made. This might mean that it isn't as successful as previous years.

• Mail Online increased its revenues 19% year on year, to £93m, up on the 16% growth rate in 2015.
• About 200 jobs were cut at DMG Media over the year

In my opinion I think that since they are refusing to reveal their reveals, this might mean that their digital counterpart might be more successful which can further enforce how traditional media are slowly dying out since the Daily Mail aren't willing to present the sales.

Weekly Stories: Twitter suspends 235,000 accounts in six months for promoting terrorism

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/18/twitter-suspends-accounts-terrorism-links-isis

This story focuses on how Twitter is trying to combat terrorism with the wide amount of accounts that had resulted in over 200,000 accounts being banned.

• Daily suspensions were up 80% since the previous year

In my opinion i think that this is a good idea that they would try and ban these accounts since this would mean that they can further prevent attacks. In addition to this it can also try to decrease the amount of influence that terror related accounts would have since this would also mean that accounts would be stopped and the mesages that they would spread would be halted.