Mediagazer: CEO of popular app HQ Trivia, Rus Yusupov, repeatedly told reporter that the app's star host, a contractor, could be fired for talking to press, then denied it (Taylor Lorenz/The Daily Beast)

6:20 PM ET, November 21, 2017

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Memo: CBS President David Rhodes says the network has terminated Charlie Rose's employment, effective immediately — CBS News has terminated its relationship Charlie Rose on Tuesday, one day after the Washington Post reported multiple accusations of sexual misconduct against the longtime news show host.

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

PBS cancels distribution of Charlie Rose's long-running interview program after sexual harassment claims — PBS said it would cease to air the long-running and award-winning interview program “Charlie Rose” in the wake of claims of sexual harassment levied at the program's venerable host.

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Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:

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Jennifer Maas / The Wrap:

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Brian Fung / Washington Post:

FCC unveils its plan to repeal net neutrality rules, a move that would give ISPs broad powers to determine which websites and online services customers use — Federal regulators unveiled a plan Tuesday that would give Internet providers broad powers to determine what websites and online services their customers can see and use.

Taylor Lorenz / The Daily Beast:

CEO of popular app HQ Trivia, Rus Yusupov, repeatedly told reporter that the app's star host, a contractor, could be fired for talking to press, then denied it — Every day, hundreds of thousands of people all over the world fire up their smartphones and log onto HQ, a live trivia app …

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Justin Ling / Motherboard:

Eric Schmidt says Google News is working to derank Russian propaganda, naming RT and Sputnik, and adding Google doesn't want to ban the sites — “It's basically RT and Sputnik,” he said on Saturday. — Eric Schmidt and the Kremlin. Image: Nils Jorgensen/REX/Shutterstock/Pavel Kazachkov/Wikimedia Commons.

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Reuters:
Russia says it could act against Google if Sputnik, RT get lower search rankings, after Eric Schmidt said “those kinds of websites” should have less prominence

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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:

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ProPublica:

Ads for housing that exclude demographics are still being approved by Facebook, a year after a study highlighted the illegal discriminatory practice on Facebook — After ProPublica revealed last year that Facebook advertisers could target housing ads to whites only, the company announced …

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David Edwards / Raw Story:

During a broadcast of Breitbart News Daily, Breitbart's Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow claimed rape is now “any sex the woman ends up regretting” — Alex Marlow, the editor-in-chief of Breitbart News, argued on Tuesday that women had changed the definition of the word “rape” to mean …

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Alfred Ng / CNET:

Justice Department charges Behzad Mesri, an Iranian citizen, for allegedly hacking HBO and demanding a $6M bitcoin ransom in July — The alleged hacker, who went after HBO with a $6 million ransom this summer, used to work for the Iranian military and attack nuclear software systems. — Enlarge Image

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