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8:15 AM ET, October 29, 2018

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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.”
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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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 …
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 …
Desmond Butler / Associated Press:
As a grad student, alleged Russian agent Maria Butina worked on an assignment on the cyberdefenses of non-profits championing press freedom and human rights  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A year before federal prosecutors accused Maria Butina of operating as a secret agent for the Russian government …
Andrew Gruen / Nieman Lab:
Study: of 8 nonprofit news orgs, 3 saw 20%+ decline in Facebook referrals, 2 went slightly down, 2 slightly up, and 1 up 40%+ after January's News Feed changes  —  On January 11, in the midst of a deepening crisis of public trust for the company, Facebook's Adam Mosseri (now head of Instagram) …
Discussion: Shorenstein Center
Rheana Murray / TODAY.com:
NBC announces Megyn Kelly Today will not return; the 9am hour will be hosted by other Today's co-anchors  —  NBC News made the announcement Friday.  —  NBC News has announced it is ending Megyn Kelly TODAY.  —  “Megyn Kelly TODAY is not returning.  Next week, the 9am hour will be hosted …
Ofcom:
Ofcom BBC report: despite wide reach and audience satisfaction, it must work on transparency, appeal to 16-34 year olds, and maintain representative programming  —  This is Ofcom's first Annual Report on the BBC, covering April 2017 to March 2018.  The Royal Charter requires Ofcom to publish …
Bloomberg:
Inside Indonesia's “war room”, a government-run hub with 70 engineers monitoring online news and social media for fake news, ahead of April 2019 elections  —  By By Tassia Sipahutar and By Karlis Salna  — President Widodo being targeted by false claims, minister says
 
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Naomi Nix / Bloomberg:
Following Trump's complaint about Twitter removing many people from his account, Twitter explains how its fake account removal policies make the service better
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Imax closes its New York City VR center, bringing VR center closures to three; company says it won't spend on VR projects in 2019
Facebook:
Facebook says it has removed 82 Pages, groups, and accounts for coordinated inauthentic behavior that originated in Iran and targeted people in the US and UK
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Vice News partners with Spotify to distribute its first podcast, a bilingual show called Chapo about the Mexican cartel leader, starting November 1
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