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Malak Saleh / Engadget:
Meta is working to extend its fact-checking to Threads in early 2024; ratings currently only appear on Threads content with matching Facebook or Instagram posts — The program will roll out next year, according to executives. — Threads is going to make an effort to moderate more of the user-generated content on the platform.
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Luke Bouma / Cord Cutters News:
WBD's ad-free tier of Max is now available via a $15.99 subscription through YouTube's Primetime Channels in the US and includes access to CNN Max — Today, Warner Bros. Discovery and YouTube announced that the ad-free tier of Max is now available on Primetime Channels in the U.S. With this news …
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Axel Springer signs a multiyear deal with OpenAI, which plans to offer ChatGPT news summaries and use Politico, Business Insider, and others to train AI models — Generative-AI company reaches multiyear pact with owner of Politico, Business Insider and major European properties
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with The Guardian Head of Audio Nicole Jackson on the outlet's daily news podcast Today in Focus, competition, newsroom collaboration, and more — The importance of “really good planning” and always having a fallback option. — The Guardian's daily news podcast Today in Focus …
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Q&A with Committee to Protect Journalists President Jodie Ginsberg on why the Israel-Hamas war has been so dangerous for the press, the Ukraine war, and more — The president of the Committee to Protect Journalists explains why Israel's military campaign has led to an unprecedented number …
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Agence France-Presse, Reporters Without Borders, @trevoremetcalfe and Next TV
John Eggerton / Next TV:
The FCC votes for considering a rule that would end early termination fees for TV subscriptions; cable operators say the rules would hurt their competitiveness — Providers call move illegal rate regulation that hurts competition with unregulated streamers
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CNN, Accountable US, The Desk, CNBC, Tv Technology, @alex@masto.digittante.com, Cord Cutters News and Public Knowledge
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Twitch now allows some previously prohibited sexual content, including “deliberately highlighted breasts, buttocks or pelvic region”, with a sexual themes label — Twitch is updating the way it responds to sexual content. As part of the change, the streaming platform will now allow …
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Engadget, Dexerto, TechCrunch, Dexerto, Dexerto, Dexerto, @arilovetv, Variety, @faaairlydecent, @infernoomni, @madkurious, @alexia_moi_voss, Dot Esports, @keyokku, TweakTown, The Messenger and @twitch, more at Techmeme »
Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: sparked by Spotify's complaint in 2019, the EU may fine Apple in 2024 and plans to ban its anti-steering App Store rules used on music streaming rivals — - EU to ban allegedly abusive App Store rules for music rivals — Antitrust decision due early 2024 and could come with fines
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AppleInsider, Engadget, MacRumors, Macworld, @teroterotero, Cord Cutters News, Reuters, The Messenger, 9to5Mac, Digital Music News and The Information, more at Techmeme »
Andrew Deck / Rest of World:
How the US rise of Japanese news aggregator SmartNews, valued at $2B in 2021, came to a halt in 2023, leading to the departure of CEO Ken Suzuki in November — Former SmartNews employees point to failed product launches and far-right obsession of former CEO.
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@restofworld@threads.net and @restofworld
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
A profile of Nandini Jammi, a co-founder of Check My Ads, a nonprofit using social media to call out companies whose ads appear on far-right creators' websites — Nandini Jammi is fighting to defund right-wing influencers like Alex Jones — When Elon Musk reinstated far-right influencer …
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@nandoodles, Nandini Jammi on LinkedIn and @davemorgannyc
Gene Meyer / Eugene L. Meyer:
A Washington Post alumnus who took a 2003 buyout shares rumors that 2023 cuts will end all local columns and that half the education reporters are leaving — John Kelly — my friend, neighbor, and former editor on the Weekend section of The Washington Post -is taking a buyout.
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
A look at a small circle of video meme-makers, who flood social media and have effectively served as a shadow online ad agency for Donald Trump's 2024 campaign — A team of meme-makers has been flooding social media with pro-Trump posts riddled with sexist and racist tropes. Donald Trump is cheering them on.
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