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Facebook says it's hired a digital forensics firm to conduct an audit of Cambridge Analytica, which is complying, to help ascertain if leaked data still exists — We have hired a digital forensics firm, Stroz Friedberg, to conduct a comprehensive audit of Cambridge Analytica.
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Major tech platforms like Facebook become vulnerable to unethical practices by third parties because they do not proactively support ethical research — Give researchers more access to data, not less. — In a 2013 paper, psychologist Michal Kosinski and collaborators from University …
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Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
Profile of Christopher Wylie, the former Cambridge Analytica employee who is now blowing the whistle on his ex-employer's data harvesting practices
Profile of Christopher Wylie, the former Cambridge Analytica employee who is now blowing the whistle on his ex-employer's data harvesting practices
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Washington Post:
Two former FTC officials say Facebook may have violated 2011 privacy consent decree as US and UK politicians demand more information from Zuckerberg personally
Two former FTC officials say Facebook may have violated 2011 privacy consent decree as US and UK politicians demand more information from Zuckerberg personally
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Caroline Linton / CBS News:
Facebook says it won't lift account suspension for Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Chris Wylie because of his admitted ToS violations
Facebook says it won't lift account suspension for Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Chris Wylie because of his admitted ToS violations
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eMarketer:
eMarketer estimates Google and Facebook will capture 56.8% of US digital ad investment in 2018, down from 58.5% last year, as Amazon and Snapchat grow quickly — Google and Facebook may control the bulk of the US digital ad market, but their competitors are starting to eat …
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Profile of Hope Hicks, the press-shy communications director and perhaps the one person Trump trusts, as she prepares to leave a White House in chaos — The departure of the Trump whisperer has left the White House in even deeper chaos. Which surely pleases some outsiders angling to get back in.
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Nicola Slawson / The Guardian:
Tennis champion Martina Navratilova says the BBC paid her just £15K for Wimbledon commentator role but paid fellow pundit John McEnroe £150K - £200K — Tennis champion says fellow pundit John McEnroe earns at least £150,000, while she is paid £15,000
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Robert Feder:
Tronc Chairman Michael Ferro announces his retirement; he will be replaced by Tronc CEO Justin Dearborn — In an unexpected move, Michael Ferro announced his retirement Monday as chairman of tronc, parent company of the Chicago Tribune and newspapers in nine other cities.
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Facebook announces new subscription feature, allowing users to subscribe to creators for $5/month, says it will go live next month with 10 creators in US and UK — Facebook will soon let you subscribe to your favorite creator for $5 a month. — Facebook wants to attract more video creators …
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Source: Trump wanted aides to sign NDAs extending beyond presidency in possibly unconstitutional move, may have contravened First Amendment rights — Back in April 2016, when the notion of Donald Trump in the White House still seemed fanciful, The Post's Robert Costa and Bob Woodward sat down with Trump …
Avi Asher-Schapiro / Committee to Protect Journalists:
As demand for coverage of white supremacists rises, young journalists and freelancers are particularly unprepared for threats, some turn to self-censorship — Michael Edison Hayden was one of the first foreign journalists on the ground after the Nepalese earthquake in 2015— the “ground was still shaking” when he arrived, he said.
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meredith to lay off 200-300 staffers as soon as this week, primarily affecting Time Inc.'s New York employees, to reduce duplicative corporate staffing — Layoffs at Meredith expected to mostly affect Time Inc. corporate employees — Meredith Corp. MDP -0.46% …
UCANews:
Sources: Cambodia's The Phnom Penh Post faces closure after $3.9M tax penalty, follows reports of crackdown ahead of July election, The Cambodia Daily's closure — Media clampdown not seen in Cambodia since the early 1970s continues as another newspaper hits trouble
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK's Daily Telegraph opens bureau in Silicon Valley with a team of five and plans to have nine journalists based in London covering technology — The Telegraph is massively expanding its technology coverage as it aims to become the leading UK publisher of technology journalism, creating 12 new jobs.