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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook requests input on hard questions about censorship, such as removing false news, and plans to begin explaining how it's addressing each question — How should Facebook decide what's allowed on its social network, and how to balance safety and truth with diverse opinions and cultural norms?
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Monika Bickert / Facebook:
Facebook details its process to fight terrorism: AI including image matching, increased human intervention to flag posts and remove accounts, partnerships, more — By Monika Bickert, Director of Global Policy Management, and Brian Fishman, Counterterrorism Policy Manager
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Filings: Spotify reaches 140M MAUs as 2016 revenue grew over 50% YoY to $3.3B, with a net loss of $601M; firm agrees to pay big labels $2B+ over next two years — The streaming service posted revenue of $3.3 billion last year; it has promised big checks in exchange for better rates.
Gregory Wallace / CNN:
CNN files lawsuit against FBI seeking Comey's memos about his talks with Trump, accusing the agency of violating the federal FOI Act — Washington (CNN)In federal court Thursday, CNN filed a lawsuit seeking to force the FBI to turn over former director James Comey's memos documenting his conversations with President Donald Trump.
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Variety, The Wrap, @acslaw, Washington Post, TVWeek.com, @brianstelter, @brianstelter and Refinery29
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
A month after the death of Mexican journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas, a group of publications and organizations are campaigning for journalists' protection — “It is a problem that is affecting fundamental human rights of all Mexicans — the right to freedom of expression, the rights to access information."
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The Intercept, Nieman Storyboard and Nieman Reports
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Federal appeals court removes temporary stay that could have complicated Sinclair Broadcast's acquisition of Tribune Media — The federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. has removed a temporary regulatory hurdle to Sinclair Broadcast Group's $3.9 billion acquisition of Tribune Media.
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Broadcasting & Cable, Broadcasting & Cable, Reuters and Fortune
Janet Reitman / Rolling Stone:
Interview with Rachel Maddow on Trump, her show and deal with MSNBC, Roger Ailes, trust in media, working in TV, and unplugging — How America's wonkiest anchor cut through the chaos of the Trump administration and became the most trusted name in news — Rachel Maddow sprints onto the set …
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How some hyperpartisan websites use vitriol to fuel donations to political PACs, and how both the sites and PACs have ties to a Washington, DC, lawyer — DC lawyer Dan Backer has pioneered a model that uses hyperpartisan news sites to drive donations, petition sign-ups, and publicity for his PACs.
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@rickhasen, @henryjgomez, @mattdrange, @lpdonovan and @craigsilverman
Hamilton Nolan / Fusion:
Village Voice proposes updating union rules to slash child care and benefits to parents, eliminate severance pay, more — When Peter Barbey, a member of one of America's 50 richest families, bought the Village Voice in 2015, hopes were high for a financial and cultural revival of the legendary paper.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Social video app Musical.ly launches a series of short original shows, after signing deals with Hearst, NBCUniversal, and Viacom — Musical.ly, the lip-syncing social video app popular among teen girls, is stirring professionally produced content into its mix of user-generated content.
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Travis Gafford / Yahoo Esports:
Yahoo Esports to stop updating after June 16 due to Oath realignment after Verizon-Yahoo deal — To our readers and viewers: — Unfortunately, Yahoo Esports will no longer be updated after this Friday (June 16th). As Yahoo Sports becomes part of Oath, they are focusing on aligning …
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Los Angeles Times, @arclegger, @hunterbleigh, @zorine and Engadget
Kristine Lu / Pew Research Center:
Pew: 85% of US adults get news on their phones, up from 54% in 2013, with 25% of growth over past year coming from people 65 and older — Mobile devices have rapidly become one of the most common ways for Americans to get news, and the sharpest growth in the past year has been among Americans ages 50 …
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