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Maeve McClenaghan / The Bureau of Investigative …:
UK project Who Targets Me, with 10K users, reveals the unregulated Facebook “dark ads” that are on the rise in the final days before election — Political Facebook ads tailored specifically to users' locations, gender and views on Brexit have been found in key marginal seats across the UK …
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The Guardian, Birmingham Eastside, New Statesman, BBC, BBC, Croydon Advertiser, BuzzFeed, Wall Street Journal, @maevemcc, Who Targets Me?, @raoldroyd, @marklittlenews, @tbij and Yorkshire Post
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Mark Scott / New York Times:
Ahead of UK and German elections, Facebook's role in political advertising and misinformation falls under scrutiny — Lawrence Dodd lives in one of Britain's most fiercely fought voting districts, and has been peppered almost daily with ads from the country's major political parties on Facebook.
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CNET, Media Matters for America, Birmingham Eastside, openDemocracy, HuffPost UK, @mcgregormt, @profcarroll and @nytmedia
Nick Schager / Yahoo:
Sony to provide edited versions of 24 movies purchased on iTunes, VUDU, and FandangoNow to fight third-party recuts without violence, sexuality, and profanity — Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will announce today its “Clean Version” initiative, which “allows viewers to screen the broadcast …
Edward Snowden / Freedom of the Press Foundation:
Prosecution of a source without weighing the public harm or benefit of a journalistic leak shows the basic flaw in the Espionage Act — The Justice Department released an indictment of twenty five year-old NSA contractor Reality Winner yesterday, just a few hours after the Intercept posted …
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Techdirt, Mashable, CNNMoney, HuffPost, RT, @onekade, Common Dreams, Motherboard, USA Today, @trevortimm, The Guardian, AOL, @snowden, @chrisgeidner, @mikaelthalen, @petersterne, Business Insider and Morning Consult
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Jake Swearingen / New York Magazine:
It was OK for Intercept to seek to confirm validity of leaked documents but shouldn't have helped government build a case by revealing location, providing copy
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The Guardian, emptywheel, Errata Security, Business Insider, NPR, Washington Post, Fast Company, Washington Post, Washington Post and @johnjcook
Maureen Ryan / Variety:
Planet of the Apps review: Apple's foray into original content is “bland, tepid” and a “barely competent knock-off of Shark Tank” — These days, there's an almost endless array of reasons for TV executives to feel anxiety, and for some time, one of the most ulcer-inducing prospects …
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Adweek, Hollywood Reporter, Fortune, Refinery29, MacRumors, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, The Drum, The Next Web and Refinery29, more at Techmeme »
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Lisa Richwine / Reuters:
The first episode of Apple's “Planet of the Apps” reality series is available for free on Apple Music; subsequent episodes coming Tuesdays for subscribers
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Business Insider, Tubefilter, YouTube, @cheddar, Los Angeles Times, The Verge, @planetoftheapps, Engadget, Hollywood Reporter, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, The Wrap and AppleInsider, more at Techmeme »
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Alt-right's Jack Posobiec and Chuck Johnson claim Breitbart is caving to the left and losing influence, cite resignation of Milo Yiannopoulos as turning point — On Monday morning, Breitbart News fired staffer Katie McHugh, following a series of incendiary weekend tweets broadcast in the wake of the London Bridge terror attack.
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The Independent, Washington Post, Media Matters for America, The Hill, Vox, The Atlantic, New York Post, The Week, 24/7 Wall St., The Ring of Fire Network, Raw Story, Memex 1.1, The Wrap, Mediaite, bookforum.com, Joe.My.God., @southern_philly, @anthony, Vanity Fair, @noahmccormack and Digiday
Matt Grubs / Santa Fe Reporter:
Journalist Aaron Cantú indicted by federal grand jury on eight felony counts including rioting while covering Inauguration Day protests in Washington DC — Cantú one of two journalists charged while covering rally-turned-riot — Aaron Cantú, a staff writer at the Santa Fe Reporter …
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@sunfoundation, HuffPost, @samadlerbell, @pblest, Monitor, @adrianchen, @mollycrabapple, @ayeshaasiddiqi, @hexpositive and BuzzFeed
Sam Shead / Business Insider:
Sources: Unilad founder Alex Partridge wins legal battle against current management that could force sale of site — - “Facebook genius” Alex Partridge founded Unilad in 2010. — He gave Liam Harrington and Sam Bentley 66% of the company in 2013, before being ousted out.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook announces support for closed captions on Live broadcasts, says pubs can create their own via Live API or use a third-party captioning firm — Over 38 million people in the US are deaf or hard-of-hearing, and Facebook wants them to be able to watch the 1 in 5 of its videos that are broadcast live.
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Adweek, Facebook, The Tech Portal, PhoneArena, SlashGear, Facebook Media, USA Today, Mashable, VentureBeat and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Christopher Grant / Polygon:
Polygon launches three sites devoted to specific games: The Rift Herald for League of Legends, The Flying Courier for Data 2, and Heroes Never Die for Overwatch — Heroes Never Die, The Rift Herald and The Flying Courier — I've long been frustrated by the traditional gaming press's inability …
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Nieman Lab, The Rift Herald, @juiceboxca, @ohjefframos, @james_dator, @fletchunleashed, @loudmouthjulia, @mikemcwhertor and @lock
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Blogger at neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer gets pledges of $150K to fight SPLC privacy suit claiming he organized a troll storm against a Jewish woman — The Southern Poverty Law Center is suing white supremacist Andrew Anglin of TheDailyStormer.com for letting loose an online “terror campaign” against a woman and her family.
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@betsbarnes, CBS News, @splcenter, @walkerbragman, @chelseaclinton, @mattdpearce, Southern Poverty Law Center, @mattdpearce and Joe.My.God.
New York Times:
Case study: researchers show how a story moved from a parody site in 2014 to Facebook, then Russian TV, two British tabloids and on to Fox News in 2017 — Made up Russian attack on U.S. ship Invented a quote from a U.S. Air Force general Reprinted article with only hints of skepticism
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Washington Post, @davidfrum, Boing Boing and The Outline
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