Mediagazer: Facebook now has a “partly false information” label on the video of Joe Biden posted by White House staff and shared by Trump, following fact checkers' input (Jessica Bursztynsky/CNBC)

1:05 AM ET, March 10, 2020

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Twitter applied its “manipulated media” label for the first time, after a clipped video of Joe Biden was tweeted by a White House official, retweeted by Trump — It's the first time the social network has enforced a new policy to fight doctored videos and photos

Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:
Facebook now has a “partly false information” label on the video of Joe Biden posted by White House staff and shared by Trump, following fact checkers' input

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Zack Sharf / IndieWire:

John Oliver calls out Disney's Indian streaming service Hotstar for cutting anti-Disney jokes from his HBO talk show, following the Modi episode controversy — John Oliver spent a portion of his March 8 episode of “Last Week Tonight” slamming the Disney-owned streaming platform Hotstar …

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

FuboTV adds NHL Network to its Extra and Sports Plus packages; over the next few weeks it will also add MLB Network to both packages — Internet streaming pay-TV provider FuboTV will now offer the networks of all four U.S. professional sports leagues with the addition of those for Major League Baseball and the NHL.

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