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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Experts discuss Trump's complaints of bias on Twitter and largely agree that lawmakers could try to force the platform to allow all speech but would likely fail — “Any action Trump might take against social media providers would be clearly and unambiguously unconstitutional."
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Daniel Funke / Poynter:
How Brazilian fact-checking project Aos Fatos used technology from British charity Full Fact to transcribe and fact-check a presidential debate in real time — Aos Fatos has a friend in Full Fact. — The Brazilian fact-checking project used technology from the latter during a presidential debate …
Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
Facebook says it was “too slow” to prevent the spread of “hate and misinformation” in Myanmar via its site — How controversy changed Facebook's mission — Facebook has banned 20 organizations and individuals in Myanmar, including a senior military commander …
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Facebook:
Facebook removes 18 Facebook accounts, one Instagram account, and 52 Facebook Pages, including that of military TV network, in response to Myanmar violence
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VentureBeat, Fast Company, New York Times, TechCrunch, Engadget, Business Insider, @jerometaylor, @shibanimahtani, The Guardian and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
David Beard / Poynter:
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark donates $1M to Mother Jones magazine to finance reporting around misinformation and fake news, more — The Poynter Institute's Morning Mediawire breaks down and delivers the most important stories you need to start your day. Delivered to your inbox every morning before work.
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@mathewi and @flynnwaslike
Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
NewsGuard, which rates the trustworthiness of news sites, releases Chrome and Edge plug-ins to show detailed ratings, partners with libraries to educate readers — SAY YOU'RE SCROLLING through Facebook, see an article that seems a little hinky, and flag it.
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@issielapowsky, @corb_the_lesser, BleepingComputer, @jbenton, Nieman Lab and Axios
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Profile of Kimberly Guilfoyle, once wife of San Francisco's liberal mayor and long time Fox News host, who now dates Trump Jr. and vice-chairs a super PAC — In the summer of 2004, the new mayor and first lady of San Francisco were photographed for an eight-page spread in Harper's Bazaar.
Discussion:
New York Times and TVNewser
Ben Collins / NBC News:
Reddit mods have notified Reddit employees since July 2017 of an Iranian disinformation operation on the site to no response; Reddit now says it's investigating — More than a year before the announcement from Facebook and Twitter, a group of moderators on Reddit noticed a peculiar pattern of submissions.
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@oneunderscore__, @jasonmbrodsky, @farsightsecinc and Engadget
BBC:
Myanmar court delays ruling against two Reuters journalists accused of violating state secrets act while investigating violence against Rohingyas to Sept 3 — A court in Myanmar has delayed its ruling on two Reuters journalists accused of violating a state secrets act while investigating violence against Rohingyas.
Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
How women, including Campbell Brown and Alex Hardiman, are commanding Facebook's efforts to foster more legitimate news reporting — At Facebook, where men outnumber women almost two to one, the future of news is female. — Alex Hardiman speaks softly. Leading a team meeting …
Discussion:
The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Brian Barrett / Wired:
How StoryBots, with 150 songs, 500M views, a Netflix series, and an educational arm grew out of a viral 2004 satirical political video — ON A LATE June day in 2012, Gregg and Evan Spiridellis uploaded five videos to YouTube. Each featured a quintet of monochromatic cartoon robots, catchy songs, and an educational slant.
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
News site Big League Politics pulled a negative story about Senate candidate Kelli Ward; BLP owner's other companies provided services to the Ward campaign — A popular right-wing news outlet has removed a story from its website that was critical of a U.S. Senate candidate whose campaign is paying the site's owner.
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