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Inside Twitter's Friday meeting where Jack Dorsey and executives discussed Infowars, what “dehumanizing speech” means, and a possible drafting of new policies — SAN FRANCISCO — With his arms folded, Jack Dorsey paced back and forth in a conference room at Twitter's headquarters on Friday afternoon.
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Twitter says it found 7 tweets by Infowars or Alex Jones that broke rules but accounts won't be suspended; 2 of the now-deleted tweets were made after Dec. 2017 — Twitter said Friday that the accounts belonging to far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his fringe media organization InfoWars would …
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Jeff Jarvis / The Atlantic:
Internet platforms are places of public conversations where society negotiates norms of acceptable behavior; Infowars bans show the process is starting to work — The essential value of the internet is conversation, not content—and journalists need to embrace it.
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Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News:
Twitter suspends several accounts associated with the right-wing group Proud Boys and founder Gavin McInnes for violating policy on violent extremist groups — Twitter suspended several accounts associated with the Proud Boys, a right-wing group present at last year's Unite The Right rally …
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Sources describe how Mark Zuckerberg arrived at the decision to take down Infowars, finally making his decision after Apple's removal of Infowars podcasts
Sources describe how Mark Zuckerberg arrived at the decision to take down Infowars, finally making his decision after Apple's removal of Infowars podcasts
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Bob Salsberg / BostonGlobe.com:
Boston Globe is organizing a nationwide response on Aug. 16 to denounce Trump's attacks against media, says 70 outlets agreed to publish editorials as of Friday — BOSTON (AP) — A Boston newspaper is proposing a coordinated editorial response from publications across the U.S …
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
The cable TV bundle was brought down by licensing reruns to Netflix, spending on sports rights, slimmer bundles, and lack of cooperation among media companies — Insiders know the cable bundle, after generating more than $1.8 trillion, has been murdered. They don't agree on the prime suspects.
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Michael H. Keller / New York Times:
A look at the fake YouTube views ecosystem where sites like Devumi.com and 500Views.com sell millions of bot-generated views and how YouTube is fighting it — Plays can be bought for pennies and delivered in bulk, inflating videos' popularity and creating an environment ripe for manipulation.
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Anthony Crupi / Ad Age:
Viacom licenses Vantage, its proprietary ad targeting tech, to Fox; CEO Bob Bakish says the company wants to ink deals with other publishers — The cable-network giant Viacom has inked a deal to license its proprietary data-fueled ad product, Viacom Vantage, to Fox.
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
A look at Zeit Online's My Country Talks initiative, which pairs up people with opposing views for in-person talks, as a dozen other outlets join the experiment — And apparently without incident! “The ultimate goal is a less polarized debate and a less polarized, more open, and plural public …
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler on his database of President Trump's false or misleading statements, which reached 4,229 records in August at 7.5/day — Glenn Kessler's database of presidential untruths will become a reference, a talisman. — WASHINGTON — Samuel Johnson has James Boswell.
George P. Slefo / Ad Age:
Spotify is running a test in Australia that lets users skip audio and video ads any time they want, says it may help company train its ad targeting algorithms — Spotify is hoping to deliver another blow at rival Pandora, all in an effort to dominate the fast growing, $1.6 billion market that is digital audio advertising.
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo:
Interview with Elle Reeve, a Vice News Tonight on HBO correspondent, on covering white supremacists before, during, and after last year's Charlottesville rally — The following is an excerpt from our project — Charlottesville: One Year Later. Yahoo News spoke to over a dozen people connected …
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