Mediagazer: NY attorney general sues Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, and The Weinstein Company, claiming they failed to protect staff from pervasive sexual harassment (Hollywood Reporter)

10:15 AM ET, February 12, 2018

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NY attorney general sues Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, and The Weinstein Company, claiming they failed to protect staff from pervasive sexual harassment — The lawsuit alleges company executives repeatedly failed to protect employees from Harvey Weinstein's “unrelenting sexual harassment, intimidation and discrimination.”

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Wired:

A behind-the-scenes look at two tumultuous years inside Facebook as it struggled with fake news, its impact on the 2016 election, and its battle with News Corp — ONE DAY IN late February of 2016, Mark Zuckerberg sent a memo to all of Facebook's employees to address some troubling behavior in the ranks.

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Jonathan Keane / Tech.eu:

German publisher Axel Springer, Europe's largest publisher, has invested an undisclosed sum in Magic Leap to bring AR to its content — German publisher Axel Springer, Europe's largest publisher, has backed Magic Leap, the US augmented reality company that's raised nearly $2 billion from Google and Alibaba.

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The Guardian:

Sweden wanted to drop its extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2013 but was dissuaded by the UK's prosecution service — UK prosecutors tried to dissuade Swedish counterparts from doing so, exchange shows … Swedish prosecutors attempted to drop extradition proceedings …

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