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8:20 AM ET, August 27, 2018

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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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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  —  The ethnic violence in Myanmar has been truly horrific.  Earlier this month, we shared an update on the steps we're taking to prevent …
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.
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
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 …
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.
Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Sources: sports commentator Jemele Hill is leaving ESPN on September 1 after the network agreed to buy out her contract  —  Search
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.
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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Matt Binder / Mashable:
YouTube will roll out the ability to enable non-skippable ads, up to a maximum length of 20 seconds, to all creators in its Partner Program starting next week
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Chartbeat study: only a third of 159 publishers that adopted Google's AMP in 2017 saw clear statistical evidence of a traffic increase
Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:
How ordinary teens are making money posting sponsored content on Instagram for as little as $10, but lack of regulation or parental oversight raises concerns
Jacqueline Howard / CNN:
Study: IRA-backed trolls flooded social media to amplify online debates about vaccines, often linking messages around vaccines to racial or class disparities
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BuzzFeed China bureau chief Megha Rajagopalan, who has been in the country since 2012, says China's Foreign Ministry declined to issue her a new journalist visa
Tanya Dua / INSIDER:
Sources: LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong is in talks to join the Donerail Group which is in talks to acquire Tronc
Discussion: Business Insider
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A look at the harm from a spike in newsprint costs driven by Trump tariffs; the US International Trade Commission will consider the tariffs on Tuesday
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Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
Hearst has ended its Snapchat daily digital magazine, Sweet, but will repurpose the brand with a new show; some staff members have been cut
 

 
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
CCDH: before the election, Elon Musk made 87 X posts that were debunked by fact-checkers, hitting 2B+ views; his political posts had 17.1B views since July 2024

Bloomberg:
Sources: Canadian authorities arrest Alexander “Connor” Moucka, who is allegedly behind the June and July 2024 hacks of up to 165 Snowflake users including AT&T

Juli Clover / MacRumors:
iOS 18.2's second developer beta shows a “daily limit” for free access to “advanced” ChatGPT via Siri and an option to upgrade to ChatGPT Plus in Settings
 
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