Mediagazer: German cabinet approves plan that could fine social networks up to $53M if companies do not remove hate speech quickly (Emma Thomasson/Reuters)

2:45 PM ET, April 5, 2017

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Profile of MicroChip, who says he's a software developer in Utah that built a pro-Trump bot-infested Twitter network that sways trending topics — At 7:23 on Sunday evening, the conservative internet personality Mike Cernovich tweeted that former national security adviser Susan Rice had requested the …

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FCC's Ajit Pai and FTC's Maureen Ohlhausen on why FCC's ISP privacy rules were bad, and how FTC's authority to police ISPs' privacy practices will be restored — Ajit Pai is chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Maureen Ohlhausen is acting chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.

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Jim Brady / ESPN:

ESPN issues new guidelines that recommend connecting political discussions to sports whenever possible — ESPN has issued new political and election guidelines for its employees that, while allowing for political discussion on the network's platforms, recommend connecting those comments to sports whenever possible.

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Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:

Sources: a rift is opening at Breitbart between EIC Alex Marlow, who wants to take the site mainstream, and DC editor Matt Boyle, who remains anti-establishment — “There's no hierarchy, there's no office, there's no honest brokers. It's just controlled chaos."

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Emma Thomasson / Reuters:

German cabinet approves plan that could fine social networks up to $53M if companies do not remove hate speech quickly — The German cabinet approved a plan on Wednesday to fine social networks up to 50 million euros ($53 million) if they do not remove hateful postings quickly, prompting concerns the law could limit free expression.

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Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:

Adblock Plus parent company Eyeo says it has acquired Sweden-based micropayment service Flattr — Eyeo, the Germany-based company behind perennially popular adblocking service Adblock Plus, has today announced that it has acquired Flattr, a micropayment and microdonation service headquartered in Sweden.

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

Bloomberg announces it will merge Bloomberg Government with Bloomberg BNA, which focuses on legal, tax, and compliance topics — Bloomberg L.P. announced today it will merge its government policy business, Bloomberg Government (BGOV), with its legal and regulatory business arm, Bloomberg BNA …

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