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6:20 PM ET, August 15, 2017

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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook is deleting posts linking to a Daily Stormer article that attacked Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer, after article was shared more than 65K times  —  Daily Stormer article violated community standards, company says  —  A blog post attacking a victim of white supremacist violence …
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Russell Brandom / The Verge:
In the wake of a killing after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, tech firms are setting aside content neutrality in the fight against online hate  —  Content-neutrality concerns take a back seat after a killing at a white nationalist rally  —  This morning, the neo-Nazi website …
Morgan Little / CNET:
Reddit bans a subreddit after uproar led by r/AgainstHateSubreddits, and Facebook bans several group pages after Charlottesville attack  —  The Charlottesville tragedy has highlighted neo-Nazi communities across the internet.  Reddit and Facebook are beginning to take action.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and The Verge
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
GoDaddy tells neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer it violated its ToS and to find a new domain provider, after it posted an obscene article about Charlottesville victim
Washington Post:
On Tuesday morning, Trump retweeted an image of a “Trump train” running over a CNN reporter, days after Charlottesville tragedy, but later deleted it  —  President Trump's war with CNN went off the rails Tuesday morning after he retweeted an image of a Trump train running over a CNN reporter …
Laura Wagner / Deadspin:
SB Nation's fan sites are run by low-paid contractors, who receive a stipend of ~$600 per month, with posts by unpaid contributors, breaching Vox policy  —  Depending on who's defining it, to whom, and why, SB Nation is either a popular website best-known for puckish, irreverent coverage …
Discussion: @byrosenberg
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Sources: a crew is filming inside The New York Times for a documentary about the paper's coverage of the president  —  TALK ABOUT TIMING.  THE DAY AFTER THE HORRIFIC EVENTS IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN RELEASED A NEW AD.  But instead of a message about something …
Ramin Setoodeh / Variety:
In interview, Netflix's Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos says the streaming service will spend $7B on original content in 2018  —  For a soft-spoken man, Ted Sarandos makes a lot of thunderous news.  Just consider the headlines he's generated over the last week alone with a succession of game-changing deals.
Discussion: Polygon and Business Insider
Bloomberg:
Sources: Mashable is exploring strategic options including a sale of all or part of the firm; company says it hired LionTree Advisors months ago to seek capital  —  Mashable Inc. is exploring strategic options including the sale of all or part of the online media company, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Discussion: @lucas_shaw, Thanks:@whatthebit
Raffi Khatchadourian / New Yorker:
Profile of WIkiLeaks' Julian Assange, on the DNC email hacks, Russia, state-sponsored leaks, the alt-right, and more  —  From his tiny sanctum in London, the founder of WikiLeaks has interfered with the world's most powerful institutions.  —  I.  —  The Ecuadorian Embassy in London …
 
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Jessica Estepa / USA Today:
Trump's re-election campaign accuses CNN of censorship after the network refused to air its ad; CNN says it would run the ad if images of reporters removed
Discussion: Mediaite
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Chris Castallo, formerly CBS's exec VP of alternate programming, joins Verizon's Go90 as head of development
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
SEC filing: 21st Century Fox has paid $50M for Fox News settlements related to sexual harassment and discrimination in fiscal 2017
Discussion: The Wrap
Dani Deahl / The Verge:
Pandora names Sling TV founding CEO Roger Lynch as new CEO and president; Snap Inc. chairman Michael Lynton is also joining the Pandora board
New York Times:
How Sinclair is ridding itself of regulatory burdens, including a cap on ownership for broadcast TV stations, with the aid of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai
Discussion: Mother Jones
 

 
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Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China, saying it was ordered to do so by China's cyberspace officials citing national security concerns

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that can create a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview

Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Google says it will consolidate teams that focus on building AI models across Research and DeepMind, and move its Responsible AI teams from Research to DeepMind

 
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