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The owner of the Daily Mail, DGMT, buys the i newspaper and website for £49.6M from JPI Media, leaving The Scotsman and Yorkshire Post as JPI's biggest titles — The owner of the Daily Mail, DGMT, has bought the i newspaper and website for £49.6m from JPI Media.
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Singapore orders Facebook to correct a post by an Australian user, as part of a new “fake news” law; Facebook faces a fine of up to $365K if it does not comply — Singapore has ordered Facebook to correct a post by a user in Australia, marking the first time it has tried …
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In test of Singapore's “fake news” law, blogger says he won't comply with order to correct a Facebook post, which could lead to a ~$14K fine or one year in jail — SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A blogger said on Thursday he would not comply with a Singapore government order to correct …
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BBC asks the UK Conservative party to take down a Facebook ad that uses edited footage of its news reporters and presenters — The BBC has complained to the Conservatives about a Facebook advert that uses edited footage of its news reporters and presenters.
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Press Gazette and The Guardian


After Channel 4 replaced Boris Johnson with an ice sculpture during climate debate, source says Conservative government will review its broadcasting license — A Conservative source told BuzzFeed News that if they win the coming election they will reassess the channel's public service broadcasting licence.
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Mother Jones CEO says NYT shouldn't lead partisan resistance, but if the paper's chief executive won't stand against authoritarianism, it is failing its mission — Over the past month or so, the New York Times' executive editor, Dean Baquet, has been giving a handful of interviews about the role …
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@coreypein, @motherjones, @noonanjo and @lpolgreen


Sources: amid a CFIUS investigation, ByteDance is separating TikTok from its Chinese operations and providing assurances US user data is inaccessible to China — NEW YORK/WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - ByteDance has stepped up efforts to separate its social media app TikTok …
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TikTok says it blocked device of US teen who posted Uighur video due to bin Laden pic she posted from another account, says video was briefly removed in error — The video app said it would review its policies after a 17-year-old in New Jersey who discussed Chinese detention camps was locked out of her account.
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Business Insider, @f_kaltheuner, TechCrunch, USA Today, The Wrap, BBC, The Hill and The Verge

China's new rules, effective Jan. 1, require videos created using AI or VR tech to be clearly marked, make distribution of deepfakes a possible criminal offense — BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese regulators have announced new rules governing video and audio content online …
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Guardian Media Group appoints Anna Bateson as interim CEO; Bateson has been in charge of reader revenues at the company — David Pemsel has resigned as chief executive of the Premier League, two months before he was due to take up the role. — The 51-year-old has stood down after allegations appeared …
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A recent fracas between Binance and The Block shows crypto needs more independent journalists investigating the industry despite the community's media hostility — This is the web version of The Ledger, Fortune's weekly newsletter covering financial technology and cryptocurrency.


Hong Kong man files Ofcom complaint against Chinese state broadcaster CGTN, claiming it aired a forced confession in UK, as Ofcom probes CGTN over HK coverage — A former employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong who claimed he was tortured by mainland Chinese police says he has filed …
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