Mediagazer: Twitter CEO addresses claims about some Republican leaders not appearing in search auto-suggestions, points to a thread that offers explanation and vows changes (Jon Levine/The Wrap)

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Twitter CEO addresses claims about some Republican leaders not appearing in search auto-suggestions, points to a thread that offers explanation and vows changes — Twitter has hit back against accusations of shadow banning prominent Republicans on Wednesday, with founder and CEO Jack Dorsey insisting …

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Donald Trump criticizes Twitter for “shadow banning” prominent Republicans, says he will look into this “discriminatory and illegal practice” — - Tweet comes as social media increasingly targeted by GOP — Twitter says it doesn't rank user behaviors based on politics

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Steve Dent / Engadget:

Spotify adds 8M paid subscribers in Q2, up 40% YoY, for a total of 83M subscribers and 180M MAUs, with revenue of €1.27B, up 26% YoY, and operating loss of €90M — For its second ever earnings report, Spotify said it now has 83 million paid subscribers, up 8 million …

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Andrew Liptak / The Verge:

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Stewart Clarke / Variety:

Sky reports a 5% increase YoY in annual revenue to £13.6B with a presence in 23M households; CEO promises 25% increase in programming spending — Sky has turned in strong numbers in its last full-year results before it is taken over by either Comcast or 21st Century Fox.

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Kate Lamb / The Guardian:

Inside Indonesia's “buzzer teams”, filled with political supporters and students who post thousands of times a day to create religious and political divides — ‘Buzzer teams’ are a growing part of politics, helping to churn up religious and racial divides

Dawn C. Chmielewski / Deadline:

Herb Scannell, CEO of Latino-focused Mitú, and founder Beatriz Acevedo step down amid layoffs of about a third of the staff — Mitú, the digital media company with ambitions to project a Latino point of view across multiple platforms, laid off about one-third of its staff yesterday …

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