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6:05 PM ET, June 15, 2017

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook requests input on hard questions about censorship, such as removing false news, and plans to begin explaining how it's addressing each question  —  How should Facebook decide what's allowed on its social network, and how to balance safety and truth with diverse opinions and cultural norms?
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Monika Bickert / Facebook:
Facebook details its process to fight terrorism: AI including image matching, increased human intervention to flag posts and remove accounts, partnerships, more  —  By Monika Bickert, Director of Global Policy Management, and Brian Fishman, Counterterrorism Policy Manager
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Filings: Spotify reaches 140M MAUs as 2016 revenue grew over 50% YoY to $3.3B, with a net loss of $601M; firm agrees to pay big labels $2B+ over next two years  —  The streaming service posted revenue of $3.3 billion last year; it has promised big checks in exchange for better rates.
Gregory Wallace / CNN:
CNN files lawsuit against FBI seeking Comey's memos about his talks with Trump, accusing the agency of violating the federal FOI Act  —  Washington (CNN)In federal court Thursday, CNN filed a lawsuit seeking to force the FBI to turn over former director James Comey's memos documenting his conversations with President Donald Trump.
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
A month after the death of Mexican journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas, a group of publications and organizations are campaigning for journalists' protection  —  “It is a problem that is affecting fundamental human rights of all Mexicans — the right to freedom of expression, the rights to access information."
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Federal appeals court removes temporary stay that could have complicated Sinclair Broadcast's acquisition of Tribune Media  —  The federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. has removed a temporary regulatory hurdle to Sinclair Broadcast Group's $3.9 billion acquisition of Tribune Media.
Kristine Lu / Pew Research Center:
Pew: 85% of US adults get news on their phones, up from 54% in 2013, with 25% of growth over past year coming from people 65 and older  —  Mobile devices have rapidly become one of the most common ways for Americans to get news, and the sharpest growth in the past year has been among Americans ages 50 …
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Hamilton Nolan / Fusion:
Village Voice proposes updating union rules to slash child care and benefits to parents, eliminate severance pay, more  —  When Peter Barbey, a member of one of America's 50 richest families, bought the Village Voice in 2015, hopes were high for a financial and cultural revival of the legendary paper.
Janet Reitman / Rolling Stone:
Interview with Rachel Maddow on Trump, her show and deal with MSNBC, Roger Ailes, trust in media, working in TV, and unplugging  —  How America's wonkiest anchor cut through the chaos of the Trump administration and became the most trusted name in news  —  Rachel Maddow sprints onto the set …
Discussion: HuffPost
Ian Morris / Forbes:
Report: Netflix has 50.85M subscribers, surpassing major US cable networks' 48.61M for the first time; cable subs down 4M in the five years Netflix's doubled  —  Netflix has, for the first time, surpassed cable in total subscribers according to Leichtman Research.
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Bloomberg Businessweek unveils redesign and launches paywall, offering readers four free articles a month, with digital access costing $50-$60/year  —  Bloomberg Businessweek is introducing a two-tiered membership model starting today, joining other publishers that are trying …
 
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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Changing course, Netflix says it'll “never outgrow” fight for net neutrality, after CEO Hastings said company was big enough that issue didn't pose a big risk
Justin McCurry / The Guardian:
UN special rapporteur on freedom of expression accuses Japan of eroding media freedoms, stifling public debate of issues like the Fukushima meltdown
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Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Report: full-time Dow Jones female employees earn on average less than 85% of their male counterparts
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Ars Technica:
Profile of Shiva Ayyadurai, who says he invented email and is running as a Republican in 2018 senatorial election, amid his libel lawsuit against Techdirt
 

 
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

George Steer / Financial Times:
Nvidia closed down 10% on Friday, falling the most since March 2020 and losing more than $200B of its market value, as investors pull back from AI bets

Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Telegram partners with Tether to let the messaging app's ~900M users send USDT to each other through The Open Network blockchain
 
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