Mediagazer: Leaked docs detail reputation management company Eliminalia's tactics to remove public-interest info from the internet, like via fake sites and copyright claims (Phineas Rueckert/Forbidden Stories)

5:10 AM ET, February 21, 2023

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Phineas Rueckert / Forbidden Stories:

Leaked docs detail reputation management company Eliminalia's tactics to remove public-interest info from the internet, like via fake sites and copyright claims — Leaked documents obtained by Forbidden Stories reveal the inner world of Eliminalia, a Spanish reputation management company.

Discussion: Washington Post, @brooklynmarie, @washingtonpost, @sandra_cuffe, @rawtraveltv, @phineasjfr and @phineasjfr

Jason Garcia / Nieman Lab:

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CNN says Don Lemon will return on Feb. 22; Chris Licht says in a memo that the anchor “has agreed to participate in formal training” over his sexist comments — CNN's chairman, Chris Licht, said in a Monday night memo that the anchor “has agreed to participate in formal training” …

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Jack Mirkinson / The Nation:

The New York Times' anti-trans coverage parallels its notorious failings over gay rights and AIDS under Abe Rosenthal, who led the newspaper from 1969 to 1986 — The paper's anti-trans coverage parallels its failings over gay rights and AIDS. But the Times appears determined not to learn from its own history.

Issac J. Bailey / Nieman Reports:
The New York Times' response to criticism of its trans coverage reduced serious journalists to radical activists, a route too many outlets take when challenged

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Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post:

A preview of Gonzalez v. Google SCOTUS case and a look at the Israeli nonprofit Shurat HaDin that is arguing the case against Google at the February 21 hearing — Are tech companies liable when their algorithms recommend terrorist content? The Court's answer could upend the way the internet works.

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NBC News:
Biden and some GOP senators have formed a loose alliance in asking SCOTUS to change Section 230 protections when hearing Gonzalez v. Google on February 21

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Marisa Dellatto / Forbes:

New Mexico prosecutors drop firearm enhancement charges against Alec Baldwin and Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, removing the chance of a five-year sentence — Prosecutors who charged Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter over the shooting death of Halyna Hutchins on the set …

Dánae Vílchez / Committee to Protect Journalists:

Q&A with Nicaragua's La Prensa publisher Juan Lorenzo Holmann, incarcerated in August 2021 and unexpectedly released and deported to the US on February 9, 2023 — Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro was on the verge of sleep in his Nicaraguan jail cell when he was issued civilian clothes …

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Hayden Vernon / The Guardian:

Puffin hired sensitivity readers to rewrite language the book publisher deems offensive, removing words like “fat” and “ugly” from Roald Dahl's children's books — Augustus Gloop now ‘enormous’ instead of ‘fat’, Mrs Twit no longer ‘ugly’ and Oompa Loompas are gender neutral

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:

TikTok launches a revamped Creativity Program in beta, saying the creator fund is designed to generate higher revenue and unlock more opportunities for creators — TikTok announced today that it's launching the beta version of a revamped creator fund called the “Creativity Program.”

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Agence France-Presse:

The Dainik Dinkal, the only newspaper of Bangladesh's main opposition party, shuts down after the country's press council upheld a government suspension order — Campaigners fear media crackdown under PM Sheikh Hasina after suspension order upheld — The only newspaper of Bangladesh's …

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