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Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
The Axios coverage of Trump's plan to get rid of US birthright citizenship was a perverse, obsequious mix of bleak news and promotion of an Axios series on HBO — You wouldn't trust a music critic who's buddies with the band, nor should you trust a tech reporter who hoots and hollers whenever Tim Cook takes the stage.
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Mark Zuckerberg has been summoned to appear before an “international grand committee” of Canadian and UK MPs to discuss fake news on November 27 — Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has been called to appear before an “international grand committee” on “fake news” …
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@damiancollins, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and Fast Company, more at Techmeme »
VICE News:
Reporters tried to buy fake Facebook ads on behalf of all 100 US senators and Facebook approved all of them, following other high profile fake ad approvals — One of Facebook's major efforts to add transparency to political advertisements is a required “Paid for by” disclosure at the top …
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Shona Ghosh / Business Insider:
Business Insider was able to run two ads on Facebook, previously used by the UK Leave campaign, which were listed as being “paid for” by Cambridge Analytica — - Business Insider ran two fake ads listed as “paid for by” the defunct political consultancy Cambridge Analytica …
Pew Research Center:
Pew: adults under 30 in eight Western European countries less likely to trust news media than adults 50 and up, twice as likely to get news online than from TV — Across eight Western European countries, adults ages 18 to 29 are about twice as likely to get news online than from TV.
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Nieman Lab, @pewresearch and @niemanlab
Washington Post:
Jamal Khashoggi was killed four weeks ago, the result of a direct order from Crown Prince MBS who Trump is trying to protect; Congress must not permit this — JAMAL KHASHOGGI walked in to the Saudi Consulate four weeks ago on Tuesday to obtain a simple document allowing him to marry.
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@danbalz and @jacksondiehl
Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
Waitrose Food magazine Editor William Sitwell has resigned following his comments to a freelance journalist about killing vegans — The upmarket food publication announced William Sitwell was “stepping down” after a BuzzFeed News story about the comments earlier this week.
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Press Gazette and The Guardian
Rob Price / INSIDER:
Facebook says it is banning the Proud Boys and co-founder Gavin McInnes from Facebook and Instagram after a violent attack on protesters in NY in early October — - Facebook is banning accounts and groups associated with The Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group linked to political violence in the US.
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The Daily Beast, Engadget, @robaeprice, @robaeprice and ThinkProgress, more at Techmeme »
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BuzzFeed News:
Twitter's new dedicated page for the US midterms, meant to provide commentary and analysis, quickly surfaced tweets from conspiracy theorists, bots, and others — Twitter launched an events page for the upcoming US midterm elections on Tuesday. And already it is surfacing tweets …
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@jack, @rmac18, @rmac18, @redcrew, @rmac18, TechCrunch, The Hill and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Wayne Heilman / Gazette:
Digital First Media is laying off 107 people, mostly in finance, at its Colorado Springs service center, shifting work to Genpact Ltd., an outsourcer — Digital First Media, owner of The Denver Post and nearly 100 other newspapers nationwide, will lay off 107 employees at its Colorado Springs service center …
Andrew Wyrich / The Daily Dot:
Right-wing activist Laura Loomer suspended from Twitter for violating its rules until next week, after the midterm elections — Right-wing activist Laura Loomer has reportedly been suspended from Twitter. — In a post on her Facebook page, Loomer said the social media site had suspended …
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Big League Politics and Laura Loomer
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
A look at a three-part Australian Broadcasting Corporation documentary and an associated 29K-member Facebook group focused on solving a 1996 kidnapping case — “We couldn't get the plans, but through the audience we managed to do it. I feel like screaming, hurray, how awesome."
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@niemanlab, @jayrosen_nyu and @niemanlab
Reuters:
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 buys eharmony, report says at $85M valuation, two years after buying majority stake in dating agency Parship — FRANKFURT/MUNICH (Reuters) - Germany's ProSiebenSat.1 Media said on Monday it had bought U.S. online dating site eharmony, in the first significant deal since …
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