<p><div> <table> <tr> <td><img width="160" height="110" src="http://ia801504.us.archive.org/15/items/DTNS20180730/DTNS20180730.thumbs/DTNS20180730_000001.jpg"/></td> <td><img width="160" height="110" src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/TkSUaLyreBw/1.jpg"/></td> <td><img width="160" height="110" src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/TkSUaLyreBw/2.jpg"/></td> <td><img width="160" height="110" src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/TkSUaLyreBw/3.jpg"/></td> </tr> </table><div><br>Twitter will work with two university professors to understand the Internet “echo chamber”. A UK parliamentary committee calls for action to “build resilience against misinformation and disinformation into our democratic system”. How do we go about “fixing” the internet and ensure that misinformation is NOT passed along as objective fact?</p> <p>Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lamarr Wilson.</p> <p><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://embed.acast.com/dtns/dtns3335-wefixtheinternet" width="100%" height="188" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></p> <p><strong><a href="https://media.acast.com/dtns/dtns3335-wefixtheinternet/media.mp3">MP3 Download</a></strong></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/TkSUaLyreBw">Using a Screen Reader? 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Mark Warner floats major tech company regulations that don’t include breakups</a> | the verge</li> <li><a href="https://www.axios.com/mark-warner-google-facebook-regulation-policy-paper-023d4a52-2b25-4e44-a87c-945e73c637fa.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scoop: 20 ways Democrats could crack down on Big Tech</a> | axios</li> </ul> </li> <li>Thing of the Day <ul> <li><a href="http://dailytechnewsshow.reddit.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DTNS Sub-reddit</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Messages of the Day <ul> <li>(26:05) Hutch – law enforcement use of facial recognition</li> </ul> </li> <li>Today’s Contributor <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/LamarrWilson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lamarr Wilson</a> on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/lamarrwilson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">YouTube</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSNOzF-5NZGWIv3IgfFh_akctxJQPdl6SxS9Zac55vFyzhe0QCrQzpDeb2J8d7rcbE-3qYGLDYkRDVG/pubhtml?gid=986918182&single=true&widget=true&headers=false" width="1024" height="800"></iframe></p>