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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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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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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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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook's focus on Groups, and the tools to build and promote them, can be easily exploited by bad actors like Russia, Mueller indictment shows — It's tribes all the way down — A year ago this past Friday, Mark Zuckerberg published a lengthy post titled “Building a Global Community.”
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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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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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Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed:
Twitter says it needs a scalable policy on authenticity of content after journalist suffers harassment due to viral screenshots of fake tweets from her account
Twitter says it needs a scalable policy on authenticity of content after journalist suffers harassment due to viral screenshots of fake tweets from her account
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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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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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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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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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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Wojcicki sees YouTube Red as a music service, has no plans to compete with video streaming services; media execs say subscriptions make creators little revenue — What, exactly, is YouTube Red? That's a question creators and YouTube network executives might want to ask more than two years …
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Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
Weinstein Company fires president and COO David Glasser “for cause” after NY AG accused Glasser of failing to respond to complaints about Harvey Weinstein — Weinstein Co.'s president and chief operating officer, David Glasser, has been fired “for cause,” the New York entertainment …
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