Mediagazer: Mark Zuckerberg's prepared testimony says Facebook dealt with several Russian threats, including from APT28, before the 2016 US election (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

10:30 AM ET, April 10, 2018

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Timothy Burke / Deadspin:

Creator of Deadspin's Sinclair video montage says his intent was apolitical and worries about how the video could be used to confirm people's distrust of news — This past weekend, the media watchdog group Allied Progress began airing a message on Sinclair Broadcast Group stations urging viewers …

Discussion: The Guardian, Poynter, Washington Post, CNNMoney, Deadline, AOL, Slate, Forbes and Chicago Sun-Times

Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:

Sinclair commentator Jamie Allman resigns following advertising boycott sparked by his sexually violent tweet directed at Parkland survivor David Hogg — A conservative commentator at a Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned television station in St. Louis has resigned after a statement he made threatening …

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Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:

Investigation: owner of Facebook's biggest Black Lives Matter page, now suspended, appears to be based in Australia and may have taken some of ~$100K donations — For at least a year, the biggest page on Facebook purporting to be part of the Black Lives Matter movement was a scam with ties …

Discussion: Gizmodo, Mashable, @joshgnosis, The Guardian, The Hill, Fortune, Quartz, @dylanbyers, Engadget, The Daily Caller, @cwarzel and @oliverdarcy, more at Techmeme »

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Mark Zuckerberg's prepared testimony says Facebook dealt with several Russian threats, including from APT28, before the 2016 US election — The most interesting part of Mark Zuckerberg's prepared testimony for Congress that was released today shows that Facebook has been fighting Russian …

Discussion: TVNewser, Recode, Fortune, Variety, The Daily Beast, The Hill and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:

Gizmodo CEO Raju Narisetti out as parent company Univision becomes more involved and considers cuts — Gizmodo Media Group's top executive is exiting the company—a sign that parent Univision plans to get more directly involved with its flagship digital media property as it weighs deep cuts.

Discussion: The Wrap, New York Post, scribd.com, @mitrakalita, Adweek, @oneunderscore__, @ashleyfeinberg, @nash076, @maxwelltani, @coreypein, Talking Biz News, @barry, @justinjm1 and @maxwelltani

Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed:

Vietnamese human rights groups, independent journalists question if Facebook is helping suppress dissent by removing content flagged by state-sponsored trolls — The open letter from human rights activists and independent media groups in Vietnam criticizing Mark Zuckerberg comes ahead …

Discussion: Reuters and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »

Tom Warren / The Verge:

High-profile accounts and popular music videos on YouTube have been hacked and defaced, and the most-viewed video of all time, “Despacito”, has disappeared — Lots of popular music videos have been defaced — YouTube appears to have fallen victim to hackers today …

Discussion: The Guardian, Engadget, Gizmodo, Fast Company, @davelucas, @karthikb351 and The FADER, more at Techmeme »

Richard Nieva / CNET:

Twenty child advocacy and privacy groups ask FTC to investigate whether YouTube violates COPPA, a federal law designed to protect kids' online privacy — Consumer and privacy groups say the Google-owned video site is violating online child privacy laws. — YouTube is in hot water again …

Discussion: Naked Security, The Daily Beast and TechCrunch

Associated Press:

Report: four Chinese news apps temporarily removed from Android store after regulators' orders to tighten control of information, apps still available on iOS — Four popular Chinese news apps have been temporarily removed from the Android store in China following an order from regulators …

Discussion: globaltimes.cn and Nikkei

Pew Research Center:

Pew: the 500 most-active suspected bot Twitter accounts are responsible for 22% of links from prominent news and media sites that are shared on Twitter — An estimated two-thirds of tweeted links to popular websites are posted by automated accounts - not human beings

Discussion: MediaNama, @pewinternet, Nieman Lab, Engadget, MediaPost, TechCrunch, The New York Observer, Adweek, VentureBeat and Fast Company, more at Techmeme »

Newsmax:

Newsmax Media Inc. names former Fox News Executive VP of News Michael Clemente CEO for Newsmax Broadcasting, which airs the Newsmax TV channel — Newsmax Media Inc., has named television executive Michael Clemente as its Chief Executive Officer for its subsidiary Newsmax Broadcasting, which airs the Newsmax TV channel.

Discussion: The Hill, Associated Press, The Wrap, @existentialfish, TVNewser and Mediaite

The Intercept:

Court files, including video and ~2,000 pages of docs, show how the Assad regime allegedly tracked and killed Marie Colvin for reporting on war crimes in Syria — It is a horrifying artifact of our digital era: a jumpy 18-minute-and-49-second cellphone video of a Skype call.

Discussion: @mollycrabapple, @rj_gallagher and @areidross

Owen Bowcott / The Guardian:
Family of Sunday Times' Marie Colvin file claim alleging Assad regime killed her, making it the first war-crimes related case against Syrian govt to reach court

Discussion: Kuwait Times, The Daily Beast, New York Times, Newsweek, Washington Post, The Independent and Al Jazeera English

John Byrne / Alternet:

Owners of Raw Story acquire AlterNet for an undisclosed amount — It's part of a long-planned transition that will ensure the stability and future of the AlterNet brand, and allow AlterNet's former parent to return to focusing on what they do best - producing the amazing and insightful news and commentary you expect every day.

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