Edtech Situation Room By @techsavvyteach & @wfryer

Welcome to episode 153 of the EdTech Situation Room from October 30, 2019, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed Twitter's announcement to stop accepting paid political advertisements for candidates or issues, Facebook's employee complaints over its political ad policy, challenges to Mark Zuckerberg in testimony before the U.S. Congress, and a "deep fake" video targeting Senator Lindsey Graham over the "Green New Deal." @SmarterEveryDay's fantastic 3 part YouTube series on the weaponization of social media, The Mastodon Project, and the Factitious news game (great for media literacy discussions) were mentioned and recommended. The availability of Thunderbolt 3 on some Chromebooks, a new CTL Chromebox at reasonable prices, and Microsoft's political win over Amazon for a HUGE new U.S. military contract were also discussed. The launch of Facebook's new "News Tab" with payments to some mainstream media publishers, the new