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Andrew Liptak / The Verge:
After Pittsburgh shooting, Gab has been suspended by PayPal, Stripe, and hosting provider Joyent; Microsoft had terminated Azure agreement with Gab last month — Stripe and cloud host Joyent have indicated that they will suspend Gab's accounts — Hours after Paypal confirmed …
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Sam Byford / The Verge:
Gab.com takes its service offline after GoDaddy informed the company they had violated terms of service and had 24 hours to move the domain to another provider — Gab, the controversial social network with a far-right following, has pulled its website offline after domain provider GoDaddy gave it 24 hours to move to another service.
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
How Gab, the social network where the Pittsburgh shooting suspect aired his hatred in full, became a platform of choice for neo-Nazis and other extremists — Early Saturday, moments before the police say he barged into a Pittsburgh synagogue and opened fire, Robert Bowers's anti-Semitic rage finally boiled …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Suspicious package sent to CNN looks similar to pipe bombs mailed last week; Jeff Zucker says the network's mail is now being screened at an off-site facility — (CNN)For the third time in a week, a suspicious package has been addressed to CNN. This time, on Monday morning …
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Fox Business condemns rhetoric of Chris Farrell, who referred to the “Soros-occupied State Department” on Lou Dobbs' show, says it won't book Farrell in future — Fox Business Network will no longer book a guest who blamed the latest migrant caravan on the “Soros-occupied State Department.”
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Despite calls to tone down his rhetoric, Trump renewed his attack on the press on Monday, calling them “the true enemy of the people” — President Trump lashed out anew Monday at the news media, calling it “the true Enemy of the People,” and he again blamed what he called …
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Noreen Malone / The Cut:
A look at how theSkimm, the daily newsletter for millennial women, went from a small two-woman operation to being delivered to 7M readers a day — In early September, the whole staff of the Skimm, a current-events newsletter aimed at millennial women, gathered on gray couches for an all-hands meeting.
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Molly de Aguiar:
A look back at 15 months of projects supported by News Integrity Initiative, including work on civic dialogue, building trust, and fighting disinformation — Notes from 15 Months of Leading the News Integrity Initiative — In one of the many notebooks I filled since joining the News Integrity Initiative …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Voter suppression is one of the most important stories being missed by broadcast news networks obsessed with covering Trump and breaking news — With the midterm elections a week away, and tensions building daily, a bipartisan rallying cry grows louder: People must get out and vote.
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ Global Impunity Index: Somalia, Syria, and Iraq have the worst records for prosecution of journalist murderers; Philippines and Mexico top unsolved cases — CPJ's 2018 Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and their killers go free
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Associated Press:
Twitter apologizes for failing to take down threatening tweet sent to pundit Rochelle Ritchie by Cesar Sayoc after she appeared on Fox News — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on pipe bombs sent to prominent critics of President Donald Trump (all times local):
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Vincenzo La Torre / South China Morning Post:
Condé Nast International is launching Vogue in Hong Kong in spring 2019, the 26th international edition of the magazine; Desiree Au named as publisher — - Publisher says it is attracted by Hong Kong's highly educated, sophisticated readership, and scale of the city's luxury business
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