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Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Facebook's shift to more private sharing will make misinformation harder to track and raises questions about the company's liability for its diffusion — On Wednesday, in what seemed like a major shift, Mark Zuckerberg wrote that he wants to reorient Facebook around private, encrypted …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Fox News is a shameless propaganda outfit that chips away at core values, and mainstream journalists who fail to recognize the problem are being willfully blind — Chris Wallace is an exceptional interviewer, and Shepard Smith and Bret Baier are reality-based news anchors.
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Foreign Policy:
Sources: Finnish journalist Jessikka Aro's International Women of Courage Award was rescinded by the State Department because she frequently criticized Trump — Jessikka Aro was to receive a “Women of Courage” prize. Then officials read her Twitter feed.
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Facebook:
Facebook will curb vaccine misinformation by reducing the ranking of anti-vaccine Pages and groups, halting recommendations for those pages, rejecting ads, more — We are working to tackle vaccine misinformation on Facebook by reducing its distribution and providing people with authoritative information on the topic.
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BuzzFeed News:
DHS' inspector general is probing whether officials violated policies by creating a list of journalists and activists to be questioned at the southern border — WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general is investigating whether immigration officials violated policies …
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NBC 7 San Diego:
Leaked documents show the US government is closely monitoring journalists and immigration advocates tied to the 2018 migrant caravan
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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
UK minister for culture and digital, Jeremy Wright, calls on YouTube to reconsider continuing to give far-right activist Tommy Robinson a platform — The continued presence of a U.K. far-right activist on YouTube's platform has been raised by the deputy leader of the official opposition …
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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
Disney CEO Bob Iger says streaming service Disney+ will include the entire Disney film library soon after launch this year, essentially ending Disney's “vault” — Exclusivity and availability is a tremendous advantage — Disney+, the company's upcoming streaming service …
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Sydney Johnson / EdSurge:
Turnitin, a developer of AI software that checks for plagiarism, will be acquired by media conglomerate Advance Publications, reportedly for nearly $1.75B — A company best known (and sometimes rebuked) for its plagiarism checker has just received one of the biggest checks in the education technology industry.
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Chronicle of Higher Education, @educationpalmer, Turnitin and Wall Street Journal
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
In six days, the Murdoch-owned NY Post published 24 articles about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; one source credits high-level orders, another credits tabloid focus — The New York Post's relentless coverage of the freshman congresswoman from the Bronx has some in the newsroom speculating that the old man is taking the reins.
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@joepompeo, @vanityfair, @gerryfsmith and @brianstelter
Richard Leiby / Washington Post:
The Washington Post petitions a federal court to open sealed and redacted records, including 800+ pages of exhibits, in the criminal case against Paul Manafort — Objecting to an abundance of sealed and redacted records in the criminal case against Paul Manafort, the president's former campaign chairman …
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Variety:
Spotify, Google, Pandora, and Amazon have filed to appeal a copyright ruling that increases payouts to songwriters by 44%; sources: Apple not planning to appeal — Amazon is filing a separate appeal against the ruling, which would increase writer rates by nearly 50%.
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Steven Greenhouse / Columbia Journalism Review:
Five blue-collar American workers from across the Rust Belt reflect on eroding faith in the media, as newspapers cut back on the labor beat — Five union members from across the Rust Belt reflect on eroding faith in the media — After the 2016 election, there was a sense of panic in many newsrooms …
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