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Sources: Russian Internet Research Agency linked to one fake Twitter account and one fake Facebook account using “blacktivist” name; FB account had 360K likes — Russia bought Black Lives Matter ad on Facebook — A social media campaign calling itself “Blacktivist” …
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Tony Romm / Recode:
Sources: Facebook is sharing its data with Google as the search giant reviews potential Russian meddling in the 2016 election — Google is also set to meet with congressional investigators in the coming weeks. — Facebook has shared some details about the Russian-operated profiles …
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SiliconBeat and Marketing Charts, more at Techmeme »
Twitter:
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
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The New York Observer, @motherjones, The Hill, Axios, Talking New Media, New York Times, Vanity Fair, Variety, The Week, Politico, Forbes, @repadamschiff, Fortune and Washington Post
Tony Romm / Recode:
Sen. Mark Warner, top Democrat on Senate Intel Committee, said Twitter's briefing on Russian accounts was “inadequate” and “deeply disappointing”
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
ACLU challenges DoJ warrants for Facebook account information of users involved in anti-Trump protests, arguing the requests are overbroad — Three Facebook users are challenging newly disclosed search warrants for their account information, arguing that the warrants are overbroad …
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CNN, LawNewz, Gizmodo, AOL, Slate, Splinter, Mashable, The Wrap, Fortune, ACLU of DC, IJR, KTLA, New York Post, Fast Company and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Dhrumil Mehta / FiveThirtyEight:
Compared to other US natural disasters in the past few weeks, Hurricane Maria has had less coverage online and on TV — While Puerto Rico suffers after Hurricane Maria, much of the U.S. media (FiveThirtyEight not excepted) has been occupied with other things: a health care bill that failed to pass …
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Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
Reporters face damaged infrastructure, spotty electricity and phone service, and difficulty finding gas, food, and water while covering Puerto Rico — Reporting from Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria has been one of the toughest assignments for journalists …
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TVNewser, Columbia Journalism Review, The Root, Fast Company, @atompkins, @espiegler, @joshuachavers, @michelletoh235, @amandadickson and The Week
Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:
DC firm FactSquared removes 15 hours of audio of Howard Stern interviews with Trump from YouTube, SoundCloud after DMCA notice, keeps transcripts on Factba.se — “This is the only public version of a massive quarter century trove of interviews.” — A Washington, DC startup that recently posted …
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Techdirt and @johnmcquaid
Julie Reynolds / The Nation:
How private equity bears blame for newspapers' decline, buying up 679 properties since 2004 then squeezing for profit, selling assets, and laying off staff — As many as destroying America's hometown newspapers can buy him. — In 2013, a reclusive New York tycoon and his wife began buying …
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@taylorwanderson, @dangillmor, @bruvs, @atompkins, @dmastrull, @darrendcarroll and @coreyhutchins
Emine Saner / The Guardian:
Profile of Laura Kuenssberg, the BBC's political editor, who says she remains committed to impartiality while facing criticism from the left and right — Political editor has faced intense abuse over perceived bias - both leftwing and pro-Tory - but colleagues say she is ‘the ultimate pro’
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Press Gazette, @rachelh20257338 and New York Times
Bloomberg:
AT&T, CenturyLink, industry associations ask US Supreme Court to overturn Obama-era net neutrality rules barring ISPs from slowing or blocking rivals' content — Appeal adds to pressure on rule that FCC might weaken — Rule bars service providers from slowing some web traffic
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The Verge, Multichannel News, Broadcasting & Cable, Recode, Techdirt and Free Press Blog
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Q&A with Gretchen Carlson on life after bringing down Roger Ailes, her advocacy work, new book, and Donald Trump — A year after her lawsuit, the former Fox & Friends host has reinvented herself as a women's rights activist: “I felt if I didn't do it, who was going to?”
Michael Zhang / PetaPixel:
Getty Images bans images retouched to change body shape or weight as of October 1 in response to French law requiring labels on retouched photos — Getty Images has banned photos that contain subjects whose body shapes have been retouched to make them look thinner or larger.
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Engadget, USA Today, The Independent, thisisinsider.com, I-d, HuffPost UK, Pacific Standard, The Verge, Mashable, AOL, Digital Trends, TODAY.com and The A.V. Club
Charlotte Gao / The Diplomat:
China's Weibo announces it is hiring 1000 “supervisors” to censor content on the service — Weibo asks that each supervisor censor no less than 200 pieces of content per month — As Chinese authorities are fiercely cracking down on the internet, China's top social media platform Weibo doing its best to stay in line.
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