Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, October 23, 2014

A University of Massachusetts professor is behind the lawsuit and wants to release the browser extension. Do social media users have the right to control what they see—or don’t see—on their feeds? A lawsuit filed against Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. is arguing that a federal law often used to shield internet companies from liability also allows people to use external tools to take control of their feed—even if that means shutting it off entirely.

NEW YORK — Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, has fired a Colorado auditor that federal regulators recently charged with “massive fraud.” The former president’s media company dismissed Lakewood-based BF Borgers as its independent public accounting firm on Friday, according to a securities filing — which also notes that Trump Media engaged with Arizona-based accountant Semple, Marchal & Cooper as BF Borgers’ replacement over the weekend. BF Borgers’ dismissal arrived on the same day that the Securities and Exchange Commission charged the firm and its owner Benjamin F.

Deepwater exploration in Namibia will be a topic of huge interest at the Offshore Technology Conference. As Big Oil returns this week to the industry’s annual showcase for offshore energy projects and equipment in Houston, deepwater discoveries off Guyana, Namibia and the U. S. Gulf Coast will take the spotlight.

Potentially contaminated nuts were shipped to distribution warehouses in four states across the South, according to the FDA. Hormel Foods Sales, LLC has issued a recall for some of its Planters nuts products due to fears that the products could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to a recall notice posted on the U.

AmaconUpton Residences is the name that Canadian developer Amacon has assigned to its 461-condo project in downtown Denver. This is a rendering of what the two-tower project on the former site of the Shelby’s Bar & Grill will look like. (Provided by Amacon) Canadian developer Amacon has given its mixed-use condo project along Broadway at 18th Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver a name — Upton Residences. Previously called Block 176 for city planning purposes, two towers are rising on the site of a former parking lot and building that housed the Shelby’s Bar & Grill restaurant close to Holy Ghost Catholic Church. Upton Residences, with 461 condos, will be Denver’s second-largest condo project once completed, trailing only the 42-story, 496-unit Spire building at 891 14th St.

By MARIA SHERMAN (AP Music Writer) With some help from artificial intelligence, country music star Randy Travis, celebrated for his timeless hits like “Forever and Ever, Amen” and “I Told You So,” has his voice back. In July 2013, Travis was hospitalized with viral cardiomyopathy, a virus that attacks the heart, and later suffered a stroke.