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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Guidelines Published By European Regulators — Europe's Article 29 Working Party, the body comprised of data protection representatives from individual Member States of the European Union, has now published guidelines on the implementation of the so-called 'right …
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John Glenday / The Drum:
Bing begins implementation of ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling — Bing has become the latest search engine to abide by the so-called ‘right to be forgotten’ whereby search engine removal requests must be considered from users. — The ruling was made by the Court of Justice of the European Union on 13 May …
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The Next Web
Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
News Sites Top List of Slowest-Loading Web Pages — Ads may not appear before users move on — Our fragmented attention spans are so fickle that if something doesn't grab us in the first few seconds, we're likely to turn away. — Research by Web performance monitoring company Catchpoint Systems suggests …
Reuters:
Content recommendation company Outbrain files confidentially for an IPO, seeks a $1B valuation — Advertising company Outbrain files for possible Nasdaq listing -WSJ — Advertising company Outbrain Inc filed confidentially with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission …
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Wall Street Journal, @tomgara, Gigaom, @raju, @jayrosen_nyu, @rafat and @jeffjarvis
Alison Griswold / Slate:
Uber takes “disciplinary actions” against New York GM Josh Mohrer, accused of tracking a journalist's location without consent — Uber Takes “Disciplinary Actions” Against Its Top New York Manager Over Privacy Violations — Uber said Friday that it has concluded an investigation …
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The Verge, BuzzFeed, The Next Web, @jmbooyah, PandoDaily, American Journalism Review, SlashGear and TechCrunch
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
UK High Court orders ISPs to block access to 32 more piracy sites, including Demonoid, Isohunt and more — UK Piracy Blocklist Expands With Demonoid, Isohunt, IPTorrents and More — The list of websites that are blocked in the UK for facilitating copyright infringement is getting longer and longer.
Pocket Blog:
Apple's new phones taking screen time from iPads; iPhone 6+ owners open 65% more articles and videos than those with smaller phones — iPhone 6 Plus users watch 40% more videos in Pocket than iPhone 5/5S owners, and use tablets 31% less during the week — Every day, millions of articles …
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Business Insider, Tech Times, @amirk, @valaafshar, PandoDaily, MacRumors, The Next Web, Gigaom, MacStories, 9to5Mac and TechCrunch
Andy / TorrentFreak:
Cox Communications Sued For Not Disconnecting Pirates — Since February 2013, five U.S. Internet providers have been sending so-called ‘Copyright Alerts’ to subscribers who use BitTorrent to pirate movies, TV-shows and music. — AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon …
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Wall Street Journal, Ars Technica, Wall Street Journal, Telecompaper, SlashGear and bizjournals
Mugdha Variyar / International Business Times:
Chinese Activists Go on Trial for Protesting Media Censorship; Lawyers Claim Human Rights Violation — Chinese rights activist and writer Guo Feixiong will go in for trial on Friday, 15 months after he was arrested for his protest against media censorship in the country.
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hrw.org/rss/news and Associated Press
John Pletz / Crain's Chicago Business:
Narrative Science shifts focus to data-driven stories for businesses, raises $10M led by USAA — Narrative Science raises $10 million from USAA — The tale of Narrative Science, a Northwestern University spinout that uses algorithms to turn data into stories, is getting more interesting.
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Business Wire, Re/code, Gigaom and VentureBeat
Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
BitTorrent Goes Legit With Its First Original Web Series — Peer-to-peer file sharing platform BitTorrent wants to change what the public thinks it does. Instead of being associated with all the illegal TV shows, movies and illicit content it can store, the tech company wants to be seen as a provider of premium legal content.
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TBI Vision, Tubefilter and Guardian
New York Times:
A raid by US troops in Yemen sought to rescue an American journalist being held hostage by Al Qaeda — Rescuers in Yemen Sought American, Officials Say — WASHINGTON — An American journalist held hostage in a remote part of eastern Yemen by Al Qaeda's affiliate there was one of the main targets …
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Associated Press