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Twitter finds Russia Today purchased $274K in ads and promoted 1,823 tweets in US in 2016, and pledges to work with FEC and Congress on political ad disclosure — Earlier this summer we outlined some of our work to combat bots and networks of manipulation on Twitter.
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Tony Romm / Recode:
Twitter told Congressional investigators it found ~200 Russia-linked accounts with 22 directly matching the 470 accounts Facebook identified — The company met with House and Senate investigators who are probing Russian interference in the 2016 election. — Twitter has found roughly 200 …
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New York Times:
Twitter comes under Congressional scrutiny as Russia-linked accounts found to tweet about NFL protests, spread misinformation, and share anti-Clinton stories — SAN FRANCISCO — After a weekend when Americans took to social media to debate President Trump's admonishment of N.F.L. players …
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Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Oxford University researchers find Twitter bots spread misinfo and propaganda at higher rates in 2016 battleground states in 10-day period around Election Day
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Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman warns of retaliation if the US takes action against Russian government-funded media
Tony Romm / Recode:
Sen. Mark Warner, top Democrat on Senate Intel Committee, said Twitter's briefing on Russian accounts was “inadequate” and “deeply disappointing”
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Leslie Shaffer / CNBC:
Hugh Hefner, iconic founder of Playboy, has died at age 91 — Playboy magazine was founded more than 60 years ago to create a niche upscale men's magazine, combining images of nude women with in-depth articles and interviews.
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
NowThis launches its Newsroom project, a Twitter-based breaking news reporting service run by Reported.ly's P. Kim Bui and Andy Carvin — “To us, it's a workspace — a place where a group of NowThis journalists can help the public better understand how emerging news stories develop while giving …
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Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Apple says iPhone 7 and 8 don't have FM radio chips, after FCC chairman Ajit Pai urges Apple to activate iPhone FM radio chips to help after natural disasters — Amidst renewed pressure from the National Association of Broadcasters, FCC chairman Ajit Pai has now issued a statement urging Apple …
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Amazon streams its first NFL game Thursday night, Bears vs. Packers, available for free to Prime members — Pro football's next streaming experiment starts tonight. — When Amazon won the digital rights to stream 10 NFL games this fall — beating rival bidders like Twitter and Facebook …
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
YouTube now requires accounts linking to sites like Patreon or sites selling merchandise to sign up to YouTube Partner Program — YouTube is adding new requirements for users who link out to crowdfunding campaigns or other external sites in their videos. Users must now join …
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Ken Doctor / TheStreet:
Source: New York Times, FT, and WSJ are not participating in Facebook's news subscriptions initiative; Washington Post, Economist, Tronc, Hearst are signed up — As Facebook Inc. (FB) faces challenges on multiple fronts — legal, regulatory, political and competitive …
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Mic:
The Onion's Editor-in-Chief Cole Bolton and executive editor Ben Berkley resign; source says moves are due to tensions over site's direction under Univision — Two top editors at the Onion, a satirical news site, have resigned and will leave the company next month, the company confirmed to Mic.
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Hannah Karp / Billboard:
Interview with Apple Music's Jimmy Iovine, Zane Lowe, and Larry Jackson on how to continue to grow the service, as it tops 30M paying subscribers — “I don't believe that what exists right now is enough.” Jimmy Iovine, who runs Apple Music — originally Beats, the music service …
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Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat:
EU regulators say tech giants are still not doing enough to voluntarily remove hate speech and terrorist content, will review rules in six months — European regulators are giving Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube six months to voluntarily get more aggressive about blocking …
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