Mediagazer: Facebook begins letting Group admins test a feature that charges members $4.99 to $29.99 per month for access to exclusive sub-groups (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

9:55 AM ET, June 21, 2018

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Jack Morse / Mashable:

Facebook blocks news about policy at a detention center for immigrant children from being boosted with an ad buy, under the cover of “political ads” policy — Having missed the boat completely on fake news, Facebook appears to now be dropping the hammer on the real stuff.

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook begins letting Group admins test a feature that charges members $4.99 to $29.99 per month for access to exclusive sub-groups — Facebook is starting to let Group admins charge $4.99 to $29.99 per month for access to special sub-Groups full of exclusive posts.

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

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Nilagia McCoy / Shorenstein Center:

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Jon Levine / The Wrap:

Univision issues statement calling on Democrats and Republicans to end practice of separating children from their parents at the US-Mexico border — Univision strongly criticized the Trump administration's policy of separating the families of undocumented migrants at the U.S. border.

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Tessa Lyons / Facebook:

Facebook announces updates in effort to fight false news: using more machine learning, expanding fact-checking partnerships, using Claim Review framework, more — Over the last year and half, we have been committed to fighting false news through a combination of technology and human review …

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Lindsay Weinberg / Hollywood Reporter:

Indoor fitness brand SoulCycle hires Vox Media's Angela Bowers, Glamour's Laurel Pinson, and Mashable's Gregory Gittrich to launch a media division — The indoor fitness brand has tapped talent from Vox Media, Glamour and Mashable to lead the strategy. — Attention athletic gurus …

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