Cristiano Lima-Strong

Cristiano Lima-Strong is a tech policy reporter and author of The Washington Post's Technology 202 newsletter, focusing on the intersection of tech, politics, and policy. His coverage focuses on privacy and children's online safety. With a background in political science from Lehigh University, Lima-Strong brings his expertise to the forefront as he previously served as a senior web producer, breaking news reporter, and tech policy reporter for Politico. He is also the former author of Morning Tech, Politico's tech policy newsletter, and has contributed to other tip sheets like Morning Media and California Playbook. His tech reporting has primarily revolved around congressional debates around content moderation and privacy issues.

Biography:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/cristiano-lima/

98%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This author is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

Bias

95%

Examples:

  • Congress passed legislation to ban or force a sale of TikTok, delivering a historic rebuke of the video-sharing platform's Chinese ownership after years of failed attempts to tackle the app's alleged national security risks.
  • Lawmakers pushing for the restriction have cited concerns that the company’s ownership structure could allow the Chinese government to gain access to Americans’ data, claims that TikTok disputes.
  • The measure poses the most significant threat yet to the app’s operations in the United States, where it has more than 170 million users and has become an economic and cultural powerhouse.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

95%

Examples:

  • Congress passed legislation to ban or force a sale of TikTok.
  • The Senate approved the measure with a vote of 79 to 18.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Recent Articles

U.S. Senate Passes Bill to Restrict TikTok: Potential Sale, Legal Battles, and National Security Concerns

U.S. Senate Passes Bill to Restrict TikTok: Potential Sale, Legal Battles, and National Security Concerns

Broke On: Tuesday, 23 April 2024 The U.S. Senate passed a bill on April 23, 2024, with an overwhelming bipartisan vote to restrict TikTok and give its parent company ByteDance up to one year to sell the platform or face a ban from app stores and web hosting companies due to national security concerns. The legislation raises concerns about user rights, small businesses, and potential complications in selling the app due to China's involvement.