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CNN:

Sources: some Russian-linked Facebook ads targeted key areas of Michigan and Wisconsin, aimed at people susceptible to anti-Muslim messages — (CNN)A number of Russian-linked Facebook ads specifically targeted Michigan and Wisconsin, two states crucial to Donald Trump's victory last November …

Discussion: @mkraju, @mkraju, Mashable, CNNMoney and The Hill

Bloomberg:

YouTube has removed Russia Today, with more than 2.5M subscribers, from its Google Preferred premium ad inventory program — RT Network's YouTube presence may be part of U.S. lawmakers' scrutiny — As part of a wide-ranging investigation into how Russian-linked operatives harnessed social media during …

Discussion: @profcarroll, @mollymckew, @cwarzel, @dylanbyers, @kantrowitz, @vassgatov, @jason_kint and Business Insider

Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Profile of Alex Stamos, Facebook's chief security officer who, sources say, is leading the internal investigation into Russian meddling

Discussion: @karaswisher, @teddyschleifer, @mtfarnsworth, The Hill, Fortune and Forbes, more at Techmeme »

Max Read / New York Magazine:
How Facebook's increasing size and scope, potential for abuse, and new use cases led Zuckerberg to rethink its neutral role and emphasize community values

Discussion: @dkthomp, BetaNews, Neowin, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Facebook, New York Times and Fast Company

Kevin Roose / New York Times:

Tech companies should act to prevent hoaxes and fake stories, as misinformation experts know how to swarm news events, benefiting from real-time amplification — When they woke up and glanced at their phones on Monday morning, Americans may have been shocked to learn that the man behind …

Discussion: The Daily Dot, @orlandosentinel, Mediaite, @latimes, The Hill, Fast Company, Broadcasting & Cable, Rolling Stone, Engadget, Salon, Wall Street Journal, Quartz and @jossfong

BuzzFeed:

Google, Twitter, and Facebook now play big roles in politics to gain revenue and influence; they should work together on campaign ad transparency and disclosure — Facebook, Google, and Twitter all directly advised campaigns on how to influence voters — and the help may have been decisive.

Discussion: @shannimcg, @zeynep, @chanders and @shannimcg

Ben Thompson / Stratechery:

Facebook should have a searchable database of all ads and ramp up authenticity requirements for all buyers, not just for those self-reporting as political — Fifteen years on, this paragraph from a Bill Gates' memo is a bit cringe-inducing: … Equivocating computer viruses …

Discussion: @vfhive, @tomgara, @tomgara, @shannimcg, @craigsilverman, @saila, @dwallacewells and @kevinroose, more at Techmeme »

Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
How the big tech platforms including Facebook, Google, and Twitter, who've pledged to provide accurate information during major crises, are failing miserably

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Wall Street Journal:

Verizon says Yahoo breach in 2013 affected all of its 3B users, up from initially reported 1B users — Company disclosed late last year that 2013 hack exposed private information of over 1 billion users — A massive data breach at Yahoo AABA 1.95% in 2013 was far more extensive than previously disclosed …

Wayne Ma / Wall Street Journal:

Movie ticket sales in China were underreported by about 9% in 2016, MPAA audit finds, translating into $40M+ in lost revenue for six Hollywood studios — Audit uncovers underreported audience numbers, ticket sales and unreported screenings — HONG KONG—Hollywood is being shortchanged …

Discussion: The Wrap, Forbes, Variety, Bloomberg, Deadline and Hollywood Reporter

Jon Henley / The Guardian:

Peter Madsen to be held for four more weeks as new evidence emerges in reporter Kim Wall's death — Cause of journalist's death yet to be established, court hears, as murder suspect Peter Madsen's custody is extended — The suspected killer of Swedish journalist Kim Wall will be detained …

Discussion: Reuters, BBC, AOL and New York Post

Bethania Palma / Snopes.com:

More than two dozen celebrity Facebook pages regularly link to low-quality sites like Jellyshare.com; Facebook's spam filters appear circumvented — We tracked 29 fake domains that post to verified celebrity pages through an unknown mechanism. Here is what we found.

Discussion: @jon_christian

Chris Kahn / Reuters:

Reuters/Ipsos: US confidence in press rose to 48% in Sept. from 39% in Nov. 2016; confidence rose 3 points among Republicans, 11 points among Democrats in 2017 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans are increasingly confident in the news media and less so in President Donald Trump's administration …

Discussion: The Wrap, The Daily Dot, Washington Examiner and The Hill

Ben Sisario / New York Times:

Apple TV app TunesMap, which provides interactive contextual info for the songs streamed on Sonos speakers, will launch in November — Two decades into the era of online music, streaming has been hailed as the industry's savior, but a complaint from the earliest days of digital services persists: What happened to the liner notes?

Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:

Interactive news features often break or disappear from the web, worrying archivists — “I like to talk about it as reading today's news on tomorrow's computer.” — So many pioneering works of digital journalism no longer exist online, or exist only as a shadow of their former selves.

Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:

Steve Coogan says the role of Piers Morgan and other Mirror execs in phone hacking scandal has not been properly scrutinized — Steve Coogan has said he believes phone hacking took place for “up to 15 years” at the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People newspapers.

BBC:
Comedian Steve Coogan wins damages and an apology from Mirror Group Newspapers over phone hacking; MGN counsel admits Coogan was target of “unlawful activity”

Discussion: Sky News, Prolific North, The Independent, ITV and The Guardian

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