Mediagazer: Source: YouTube releasing new version of YouTube Kids within coming weeks with option to turn off algorithmic video suggestions and only show curated channels (Alex Kantrowitz/BuzzFeed)

3:30 AM ET, April 8, 2018

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Palestinian journalist Yaser Murtaja dies after being shot by Israeli forces while wearing a jacket marked “PRESS” — Yaser Murtaja was shot in the stomach during Friday's mass protests, bringing death toll to 31 since March 30. — A Palestinian journalist shot by Israeli forces during …

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The Denver Post Editorial Board / Denver Post:

The Denver Post blasts owner Alden Global Capital for newsroom cuts as Digital First Media papers report solid profits, asks Alden to rethink business strategy — The photo on the left shows 142 members of The Denver Post's newsroom staff in the newspaper's lobby as it existed on May 15, 2013.

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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Journalists at The Denver Post publish several online articles, which will also run in its Sunday opinion section, publicly rebuking owner Alden Global Capital

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Facebook:

Facebook will only allow authorized advertisers to post ads on widely discussed issues like political topics, will require verification of admins of large Pages — We believe that when you visit a Page or see an ad on Facebook it should be clear who it's coming from.

David Zurawik / Baltimore Sun:

Anti-Sinclair ad featuring Deadspin video montage scheduled to run 175 times on four Sinclair stations over the next week, beginning Friday — An anti-Sinclair ad featuring a Deadspin video that mocks the Baltimore-based broadcaster could start running as early as Friday on four of the company's stations including WBFF in Baltimore.

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Jonathan Beaton / HuffPost:
Ex-Sinclair reporter says he quit after being ordered to ask politically biased questions; Sinclair is suing him for $5,700 for leaving before contract expired

Discussion: Orlando Sentinel, @kerima_cevik, Fast Company and Editor & Publisher

NPPA:
Sinclair rescinds promised $25K donation to the NPPA after it issued a critical statement about Sinclair's comments and coordinated messaging about the media

Discussion: Multichannel News, @jcstearns, The Wrap and Poynter

Susan Benesch:

Twitter partners with academic researchers to test whether showing users the Twitter rules will improve online behavior and reduce abuse — With multiple methods, online abuse can be greatly diminished—if we also discover which methods actually work in which situations.

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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:

Source: YouTube releasing new version of YouTube Kids within coming weeks with option to turn off algorithmic video suggestions and only show curated channels — YouTube is planning to release a new version of its YouTube Kids app that will do away with algorithmically suggested videos …

Discussion: Engadget, @bjornjeffery, Gizmodo, Fortune, Mashable, Android Police, The Verge and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »

Blake Montgomery / BuzzFeed:

Federal government seizes classified advertising site Backpage.com and related domains, Arizona home of founder Micheal Lacey raided — Backpage.com, the popular classified ads website, went offline Friday after being seized and disabled by the federal government.

Laura Lollman / KASW-TV:
Seven people indicted in Arizona on 93 counts related to Backpage.com; charges include money laundering and running a website to facilitate prostitution

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Cary O'Reilly / Bloomberg Law:

Department of Homeland Security to compile database of journalists, bloggers, and influencers in an effort to track 290K global news sources in 100 languages — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to monitor hundreds of thousands of news sources around the world and compile …

Discussion: HuffPost, @katelinthicum, fbo.gov, Gizmodo, Engadget, @ddale8, ThinkProgress, @tedlieu, Boing Boing, RTDNA Recent Articles, Forbes and Media Law Prof Blog

BuzzFeed:

The Sri Lankan government and civil society groups say that Facebook has failed for years to monitor and remove accounts inciting ethnic violence in Sri Lanka — Extremists in Sri Lanka used Facebook to organize deadly violence against Muslims. Facebook is accused of not doing enough to prevent it.

Discussion: @rmac18, @meghara and @buzzfeedben, more at Techmeme »

Paul Mozur / New York Times:

Myanmar civil society groups say Zuckerberg mischaracterized efficacy of Facebook systems to detect hate speech on Messenger in their country in Vox interview — SHANGHAI — Civil society groups in Myanmar on Thursday criticized Facebook's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg …

Discussion: TechCrunch, @meghara, @meghara, Fortune, Business Insider, The Hill, Forbes, CNNMoney, BuzzFeed, The Guardian, @ethanz, @kevinroose, @francis_wade and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »

Elaine Diaz / Global Investigative Journalism Network:

An overview of 14 independent news sites in Cuba covering underreported issues and winning international awards despite lack of legal recognition by the state — Between 2001 and 2017, 14 media organizations were launched in Cuba that are already making an impact on and off the island.

Daniel Funke / Poynter:

A look at Projeto Lupe!, a fact-checking Messenger bot for Brazil's upcoming election funded by ~$75K from Facebook and inspired by Le Monde's Les Decodeurs — Editor's note: This story has been updated with Facebook's latest monthly user numbers for Brazil.

Valeriya Safronova / New York Times:

How Conde Nast's brands are pivoting to video, experimenting with different formats, moving away from Facebook to YouTube, and creating content for clients — It took three men two hours to shoot a 63-second overhead instructional video of Laura Rege, a recipe developer …

Christina Anderson / New York Times:

Three Nobel Literature Prize judges resign from the Swedish Academy amid sexual assault allegations against a major figure with close ties to the institution — STOCKHOLM — The Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Prize in Literature, was hit this past week by one of its worst crises …

Discussion: @nytimesworld and Associated Press

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Q&A with writer Melissa Gira Grant, on SESTA/FOSTA, Stormy Daniels coverage, sex work as a beat, and the value of visible sex worker representation in media

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Meta adds Dina Powell McCormick, who served as deputy national security adviser to Trump in his first term, and Stripe CEO Patrick Collison to its board

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