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President Trump uses tweets on Russian ad spending from Facebook ads VP Rob Goldman to call reporters covering election interference the “Fake News Media” — President Trump approvingly passed along comments from Facebook ads VP Rob Goldman on Saturday, using Goldman's remarks …
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Dustin Volz / Reuters:
Facebook says it will mail postcards to would-be buyers of election-related ads mentioning federal candidates, will have codes to verify identity and location — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc will start using postcards sent by U.S. mail later this year to verify the identities …
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CNBC:
US indicts 13 Russian nationals and 3 Russian entities, including Internet Research Agency, in Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 elections — - Special counsel Robert Mueller said a grand jury had indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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New York Times:
Sources: how American Media Inc., which owns The National Enquirer, Star, Us Weekly, and Radar, helped Trump lawyer Michael Cohen bury scandals — As accounts of past sexual indiscretions threatened to surface during Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign, the job of stifling potentially …
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Manish Singh:
Wikipedia Zero, which partnered with 97 mobile carriers in 72 countries to provide 800M+ users access to Wikipedia at no data cost, is being discontinued — In an unexpected development, the Wikimedia Foundation announced on Friday that it is discontinuing Wikipedia Zero …
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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Q&A with John Oliver: How Last Week Tonight tries to limit Trump coverage, does segments that don't feel timely, and how it satirizes controversy — The world keeps changing, and “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” keeps staying the same. As it begins its fifth season on Sunday …
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Shawn Musgrave / Politico:
How 4chan trolls organized to spread misinformation about Florida shooter's ties to a white supremacist group; ADL, ABC, AP, and others spread the false story — ABC, AP and others ran with false information on shooter's ties to extremist groups. — Following misrepresentations …
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Study: fake news and disinformation campaigns in Philippines are often produced by paid advertising and PR industry executives who take secondary political jobs — Understanding that fake news is the professional product of advertising and PR strategists means we need to challenge …
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May Jeong / Wired:
Kim Wall's friend tries to find out how she died, profiles the man accused of her murder, and recounts conversations about the dangers faced by female reporters — Kim Wall went for a ride on a submarine, hoping to write a story about a maker of “extreme machines.” She never did.
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The Guardian:
The Guardian appoints Jim Waterson, political editor of BuzzFeed UK since 2013, as media editor; he will lead on all media coverage across print and digital — Guardian News & Media is pleased to announce that Jim Waterson has been appointed media editor. He will lead on all media coverage …
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Katharine Schwab / Co.Design:
ProPublica reporter outlines how they are developing their own machine learning algorithms and chatbots as investigative tools against big tech companies — The nonprofit is fighting fire with fire, developing algorithms and bots that hold Facebook and Amazon accountable.
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Apple and Kevin Durant's Thirty Five Media to develop a scripted drama; NBA's Tony Parker, Blake Griffin, Steve Nash also have scripted projects in the works — LOS ANGELES — Kevin Durant, for the record, has no aspirations to act. — “I haven't really seen a lot of 6-foot-10 actors …
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