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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Source: CNN president Chris Licht proposed that staffers use “Trump election lie” or “election lies” instead of “the big lie” for Trump's false election claims — New CNN president Chris Licht discouraged staff from using “the big lie” …
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Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
Researchers say Big Tech's political ad bans are a charade and likely had minimal impact on curbing misinformation while hurting smaller advocacy groups — Say ExxonMobil wanted to run an ad on Twitter about how natural gas is actually totally climate-friendly.
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@evan_greer, @chasemohney, @rti_digital, @carnage4life, @tatendacheryl, @jigolden, @stephaniewdc, @issielapowsky, @issielapowsky and @protocol, more at Techmeme »
Reuters:
Sources: the US increased its funding of three VPN companies by almost half since February, through VOA parent agency USAGM, to support a surge in Russian users — The U.S. government has pushed new, increased funding into three technology companies since the start of the Ukraine conflict …
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Russia's War on Democracy and @gladstein, more at Techmeme »
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Seth Rich's parents say their trust in people has been shattered, after Fox News, Lou Dobbs, Sean Hannity, and more weaponized conspiracies about his death — The fatal shooting of a young Democratic Party aide named Seth Rich early in the morning of July 10, 2016, brought incalculable loss to his parents.
Kelsey Sutton / Marketing Brew:
How American Airlines and Delta run their in-flight “streaming services”, curate content, manage licensing, and help streamers attract future subscribers — Airlines are giving them a place to win over new viewers. — Ekrem Dimbiloglu spends his days helping decide what people watch …
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@kelseymsutton and @kerrymflynn
Reuters:
A Turkish court jails 16 Kurdish journalists and media workers pending trial for allegedly spreading terrorist propaganda — A Turkish court imprisoned pending trial 16 Kurdish journalists and media workers who were arrested after being detained last week accused of spreading terrorist propaganda …
CNN:
Japan passes an amendment making “online insults” punishable by up to a year in prison, after the suicide of a reality TV star who had faced social media abuse — Tokyo (CNN)Japan's parliament on Monday passed legislation making “online insults” punishable by imprisonment amid …
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Input, NBC News, The Register, Hollywood Reporter, Reclaim The Net, Boing Boing, New York Post and Insider, more at Techmeme »
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Study: local Facebook groups that some describe as “toxic” and “racist” have supplanted local newspapers as the default source of information in UK news deserts — Report says people often find online groups more informative than underfunded traditional media
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@rolandmcs, @iancarterim, @hannahhiles, @harrytaylr, @emilywilsonuk, @paulwiggins, @richardosley, @echonickg, @groundhopper23, @sophiasleigh, @dbanksy and @arvindhickman
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
2022 Digital News Report: the number of people who say they avoid the news has increased in 46 countries since 2017, doubling in Brazil to 54% and the UK to 46% — The pandemic brought a bump in news consumption that now seems to be fading away, Oxford's Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism …
Bloomberg:
Spotify CEO tells staff the company plans to slow hiring by 25%; Spotify added 2,000+ staff from 2019 to 2021, bringing its headcount to 6,617; stock is up 7%+ — Spotify Technology SA will slow hiring growth by 25%, the latest sign of how fears of a recession are weighing on the economy.
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@kamaron and Billboard, more at Techmeme »
Chandelis Duster / CNN:
Activists and journalists unveil a street sign for Jamal Khashoggi Way, located outside of Washington's Saudi embassy, a month before Biden's Saudi Arabia visit — (CNN)A portion of a Washington, DC, street will memorialize murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi …
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Washingtonian, The Hill, Associated Press, @thefreedomi, @levinejonathan, @iskandrah, @middleeasteye, @saqibislam, @mccarrennews, @chandelis, New York Post and DAWN
Reuters:
Reports: two suspects confess to killing and dismembering UK journalist Dom Phillips and his traveling partner, Bruno Pereira, after they went missing in Brazil — Two suspects have confessed to killing and dismembering British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira …
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