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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Ajit Pai's proposal to kill net neutrality argues the FCC should not have tried to stop Comcast from blocking BitTorrent in 2008 — This is what happens when you're honest about killing net neutrality — FCC Chairman Ajit Pai released his proposal to kill net neutrality today …
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
NY AG says the FCC has ignored multiple requests for logs and records amid NY's investigation of the flood of fake net neutrality comments to the federal agency
NY AG says the FCC has ignored multiple requests for logs and records amid NY's investigation of the flood of fake net neutrality comments to the federal agency
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David Gelles / New York Times:
DoJ and FCC's separate rulings on the AT&T-Time Warner merger and net neutrality show mixed messages from the government on market power of big companies
DoJ and FCC's separate rulings on the AT&T-Time Warner merger and net neutrality show mixed messages from the government on market power of big companies
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Forbes, Washington Post, Fortune and Bustle
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
As the FCC seeks to kill net neutrality, Comcast, Charter, and cable trade group NCTA vow not to block, throttle, or interfere with lawful sites or activities
As the FCC seeks to kill net neutrality, Comcast, Charter, and cable trade group NCTA vow not to block, throttle, or interfere with lawful sites or activities
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Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed:
Lawyers for Peter Thiel file a motion to block efforts that have prevented him from bidding on Gawker.com assets during bankruptcy proceeding — In a federal bankruptcy court filing on Wednesday, lawyers for venture capitalist Peter Thiel objected to the ongoing sale process of Gawker.com …
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Wall Street Journal, @joshseefried, @dhh, The Wrap, @ryanlcooper, Fast Company, @anildash, @mattyglesias, @laurenduca, @karaswisher, AOL, Mediaite, Mashable, Fortune, @rmac18, Axios, @olivianiland, @mattdpearce and @rmac18, more at Techmeme »
Tony Romm / Recode:
Facebook plans to roll out tool to show users if they liked or followed a Russia-linked account on Facebook or Instagram but not if they saw Russia-linked ads — So far, Google and Twitter have not detailed their plans. — Facebook is trying to alert some U.S. users that they fell victim …
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
YouTube details steps it's taking in ongoing effort to clamp down on videos that exploit children, will ramp up removal of offensive material, halt monetization — Across YouTube, an unsettling trend has emerged: Accounts are publishing disturbing and exploitative videos aimed …
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The Guardian, Tubefilter, Business Insider, YouTube Blog, Gizmodo, BetaNews, @tomgara, @cwarzel, TechCrunch, Mashable, The Verge, @jguynn and @cwarzel, more at Techmeme »
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Former editor at Russia's Rossiya says censorship in Russia relies on newsroom self-censorship and journalists were instructed to portray Trump positively — On a recent Saturday in November, Dimitri Skorobutov, a former editor at Russia's largest state media company, sat in a bar in Maastricht …
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@ryanlizza
Eve Fairbanks / BuzzFeed:
Mark Halperin and imitators portrayed Washington as an incomprehensible game driven by micro-scoops and access to insiders, rather than a city for all Americans — Reports of sexual harassment destroyed his reputation and his career. But I want to talk about the deeper, subtler …
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David Beard / Poynter:
Profile of NOWCastSA, a news and information project at San Antonio's library that trains interns, teaches digital media literacy, and covers hyperlocal news — It begins with fun: Playing with the green screen, experimenting with microphones and cameras. Then the San Antonio teenagers move …
Shaya Tayefe Mohajer / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the LA Times' long history of anti-labor owners, as uncertainty at the paper fuels a newsroom effort to unionize with NewsGuild-CWA — Union signs adorn the newsroom. Photo by Matt Pearce, via Twitter. — The successful formation of a union at the Los Angeles Times …
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Vanity Fair
Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
IPSO ruling: Sun's “Muslim Problem” article does not breach discrimination standards since it doesn't target individuals but says it does echo Nazi-era language — British Muslim and Jewish groups are scathing of IPSO's decision regarding board member Trevor Kavanagh's “Nazi-like” language.
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@willblackwriter, Press Gazette and Guido Fawkes
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism:
The Bureau of Investigation Journalism hires a community organizer, first role of its kind in British journalism, to manage its network of local contributors — As the Bureau's local reporter network reaches over 430 members, we introduce a revolutionary new role
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One Man & His Blog and @jayrosen_nyu
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
AJ+ looks to serialized content on YouTube to increase retention; average video view duration has increased by about 3 minutes in the last three months — Al Jazeera's AJ+ was one of the first distributed media brands to quickly build an audience off the back of Facebook with short …
Owen Amos / BBC:
Differences in libel law may explain the flood of US harassment stories and the trickle in the UK, with burden of proof belonging to the publisher in the UK — There are huge differences between UK and US media law - does this explain why more Americans are being accused of sexual harassment?
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@jim_edwards and @ap