Top News:
David Meyer / Fortune:
Digital privacy activist Max Schrems files official GDPR complaints against Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram over forced consent — Europe's sweeping new data privacy regime came into effect this morning, and privacy activists are not wasting time in flexing their muscles.
Discussion:
The Verge, Adweek, AdExchanger, TechCrunch, Ad Age, Common Dreams, Fast Company and Digiday, more at Techmeme »
RELATED:
Adam Satariano / New York Times:
Chairwoman of European Data Protection Board criticizes blackout of EU visitors by some US media outlets: “Everyone has had plenty of time to prepare” — LONDON — American news outlets including The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times and The Arizona Daily Star abruptly blocked access …
BBC:
News sites for Lee Enterprises and Tronc properties, like the LA Times and the Chicago Tribune, restrict access to users in the EU as GDPR goes into effect — A number of high-profile US news websites are temporarily unavailable in Europe after new European Union rules on data protection came into effect.
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, Fortune, Mashable, Bloomberg, The Daily Caller, Gizmodo, Ghostery, The Wrap, Variety, Vanity Fair, @tw_seal, @upstreamism, @nytimes, @ow, CNET and The Guardian, more at Techmeme »
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Financial Times and New York Media suspend paid media spending on Facebook due to concerns that news articles could be labeled as issue ads under new policy — Facebook's new ad-labeling policy has come under fire from publishers who are concerned that their news articles will be treated …
Discussion:
CNNMoney
RELATED:
Rob Leathern / Facebook:
Facebook rolls out “Paid for by” disclosure labels on Facebook and Instagram for political ads in US, including issues ads that deal with 20 specific subjects
Discussion:
ProPublica, Digiday, The Ringer, Marketing Land, MediaNama, Slate, LJ infoDOCKET, Gizmodo, Adweek, The Guardian, @kerrymflynn, Ad Age, Bloomberg and @robleathern, more at Techmeme »
Anna Hensel / VentureBeat:
Facebook launches archive of political ads, containing ads for political candidates and issue ads starting in May 2018; ads kept in archive for seven years
Discussion:
CNN, AdExchanger and Fortune
Otillia Steadman / BuzzFeed:
Harvey Weinstein has turned himself in to the NYPD to face sexual assault allegations — He arrived at the NYPD's first precinct in downtown Manhattan on Friday. — Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has turned himself in to the NYPD to face sexual assault allegations.
Discussion:
New York Times, Mediaite, CNN, The New York Observer, CBS News, The Cut, New York Times, @eriqgardner, @buzzfeednews, Brian Perry, @cbcalerts, @markdistef, @emilyrpeck, @thepacketrat, @ap, Columbia Journalism Review, Hollywood Reporter, @tomnamako, Associated Press, CNN, @skynews and IndieWire
Joseph Cox / Motherboard:
Leaked training documents show how Facebook classifies hate speech groups, allowing praise for white nationalism and white separatism but not white supremacy — After a white supremacist killed a protester in Charlottesville in 2017, Facebook pushed to re-educate its moderators …
MySanAntonio.com:
San Antonio Express-News lays off 14 newsroom employees as Hearst consolidates; two employees also laid off in Austin bureau of Hearst-owned Houston Chronicle — The San Antonio Express-News laid off 14 newsroom employees Wednesday and Thursday as parent company Hearst Corp. coordinates …
Discussion:
@koltenparker, News, San Antonio Current, Poynter, @scohensea, @jeffstensland, The Desk, WOAI and KSAT-TV
Janko Rottgers / Variety:
Gracenote announces Sonic Style Wednesday, a dataset that classifies 90 million songs by recording style instead of artist genre using AI and ML — Nielsen-owned media data specialist Gracenote wants to help music services make better mixes with fewer outliers: The company announced …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: after outcry from some artists and employees, Spotify reconsidering its hateful content and conduct policy, plans to restore XXXTentacion to playlists — - Streaming service plans to restore XXXTentacion to playlists — Company had stopped promoting the artist, as well as R. Kelly
Discussion:
The FADER, Engadget, The A.V. Club, Gizmodo, The Verge, Your EDM, The Guardian, TechCrunch, Consequence of Sound and Variety, more at Techmeme »
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump gave Fox & Friends another interview this week, showing the pattern of favoring Fox News; last full news conference was February 2017 — President Trump made a remarkable comment in an interview Thursday morning, suggesting that NFL players who sought to protest during the national anthem …
Joel Simon / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at how Amal Clooney's high-profile relationships and strategy of exposing legal anomalies in past cases could help Reuters reporters on trial in Myanmar — At the end of May—more than six months after they were first arrested—Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo expect …
Discussion:
The Diplomat, @francis_wade and @kenroth
Farai Chideya / Columbia Journalism Review:
Only 4 of 15 major news outlets responded to a survey of political press corps makeup in 2016, indicating overall lack of transparency about newsroom diversity — President Lyndon Baines Johnson with some members of the Kerner Commission in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, DC, 1967.
Discussion:
@esmcintyre, @simonmoyasmith, @nhannahjones, @mharrisperry and The Root
Energy & Commodities Editor, Tokyo — 
Politics Reporter, TX — 
Consumer Brands Reporter, GA — 
Deputy Editor - Health Care, VA — 
Product Editor, CA — 
Indigenous Affairs Editor, Sydney — 
China Markets Correspondent, Shanghai — 
Bangor Reporter, ME — 
Commerce Editor - Health, Remote US — 
Sports Editor, MI — 
Deputy Politics Editor, CA — 
Alphaville Reporter, London — 
Trending News Reporter, NY — 
Weekend Editor, CA — 
Part-Time Reporter, AZ — 
Political Correspondent, NV — 
Sr. Reporter, Singapore — 
Evening Dep. Breaking News Ed., CA — 
Copy Editor - Miami HQ, FL — 
Senior Reporter, NM — 
Police & Courts Reporter, OH — 
Senior Editor - Ideas, Remote US — 
Morning News Producer, WA — 
Tech Correspondent, CA — 
Enterprise Journalist, WA — 
City Government Reporter, OR — 
TV & Pop Culture Critic, MA — 
Washington Correspondent, DC — 
Local Editor - Morris County, NJ — 
Service Journalism Reporter, PA — 
Senior Editor - NBA, Remote US — 
Immigration Reporter, CA — 
Senior IP Reporter, Remote TX — 
Reporter - National, Remote NY — 
