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6:30 AM ET, March 15, 2024

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Washington Post:
The TikTok bill likely will spur a battle over the First Amendment and national security if it becomes law; TikTok's CEO vows to use the company's legal rights  —  The forced-sale measure has reinvigorated a debate over speech, national security and government power.
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Small-business owners and activists who rely on TikTok say the US House measure forcing a sale or ban would damage their livelihoods and harm their communities  —  Small-business owners, community advocates and educators spoke out Wednesday after the House overwhelmingly approved a measure to ban the popular app
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
American Library Association report says book challenges reached a record high on 4,240 in 2023, up from 2,571 in 2022  —  Book challenges around the country reached the highest levels ever recorded by a library organization.  —  After several years of rising book bans …
Steven Monacelli / Nieman Lab:
Advantage Informatics, which has a contract with Gannett to provide “advertorial content”, has deep ties to “pink slime” sites from Brian Timpone's Metric Media  —  An executive from a company associated with Metric Media was hired to teach journalism, but the story doesn't end there.
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Memo: The Wall Street Journal names Elena Cherney as senior editor, leading the Standards and Ethics team and championing press freedom and free speech  —  Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker sent out the following on Thursday:  —  Dear all,  —  I am delighted to announce …
Discussion: @katie_robertson
Steve Knopper / Billboard:
Universal Music changed Pandora royalty payments from a 50% split via SoundExchange to often-smaller splits paid directly by UMG, hurting newer artists' revenue  —  The company is the only major label so far to change accounting for Pandora royalties since it introduced on-demand streaming.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Pornhub blocks access to users in Texas, after a federal appeals court upheld a Texas law last week requiring porn sites to institute age-verification measures  —  Pornhub and other affiliated adult websites have blocked access to users in Texas, amid a legal battle with the Lone Star State's attorney general …
 
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Wes Davis / The Verge:
Meta will be “forced” to remove news from its platforms in Illinois if the state passes a bill requiring Meta, Google, and others to pay local news outlets
Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal:
Meta plans to shut down CrowdTangle in August 2024, to be replaced by Meta Content Library for academic and nonprofit researchers, but not most news outlets
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg:
Amazon says “a tiny fraction” of sellers paid for ads for products users couldn't buy and pledges a fix; Amazon offered a $15K refund to a seller seeking $300K
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