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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Interviews with 12 former Facebook content moderators from Tampa, three on the record, where working conditions are appalling and many experience PTSD — At Facebook's worst-performing content moderation site in North America, one contractor has died, and others say they fear for their lives
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Quibi says it has booked more than $100M in ad sales with launch partners including Google, P&G, Pepsi, Walmart, and Anheuser-Busch, ahead of April 2020 debut — Quibi, the ambitious short-form video venture from Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman, has sold $100 million …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Five NY1 anchorwomen sue the network for age and gender discrimination, alleging a systematic effort to force them off the air in favor of younger hosts — Five anchorwomen at NY1, one of the country's most prominent local news channels, sued the network on Wednesday over age and gender discrimination …
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The Guardian:
UN report: Mohammed bin Salman should be investigated for the extrajudicial murder of Jamal Khashoggi for which there is “credible evidence” he is liable — Mohammed bin Salman should be investigated over journalist's murder, says report — The crown prince of Saudi Arabia …
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Rob Copeland / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: YouTube considering far-reaching changes to protect kids, including moving all children's content to the YouTube Kids app and turning off autoplay — Executives consider shifting children's content to a separate app, removing auto-play feature in an effort to protect young viewers
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BuzzFeed News:
Marcus Epstein, a former contributor to VDare with other white nationalist ties, has been writing opinion pieces for WSJ, National Review, The Hill, and others — A former Republican operative notorious for his connections to white nationalists has established himself as an opinion contributor …
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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
How The Washington Post, NBC News, and The Dallas Morning News are using TikTok to share news stories, or at least start participating in memes — “When I was a beat reporter, I used to look at national news and say: How can I localize this? I feel like this is the other way around …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
In a first, only one outlet, MSNBC, is allowed to provide live coverage of the South Carolina Democratic Convention; Fox, C-SPAN, CNN are barred — In a first, only one TV outlet — MSNBC — will be allowed to deliver live coverage of Saturday's South Carolina Democratic Convention …
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Mathew Katz / Digital Trends:
Kim Kardashian deepfake was blocked on YouTube for violating copyright, showing a simple path for companies and famous people to take down fakes on the platform — YouTube took down an incredibly realistic — and fake — video purporting to show Kim Kardashian West discussing a shadowy organization called …
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Alison Griswold / Quartz:
Quartz hired three workers on freelance marketplace Fiverr for $5-$15 to write about Fiverr's IPO; results were expectedly poor and partially plagiarized — Fiverr, an Israel-based startup, is a sort of white-collar TaskRabbit—a freelance platform for services like digital marketing …
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
BuzzFeed News is part of a union wave at digital media outlets that has resulted in an estimated 2,000 new members for the News Guild and WGA East — Expertise in the language of the internet is part of what has made BuzzFeed a digital giant. Now members of the website's news staff are using …
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Geneva Sands / CNN:
Katharine Gorka is expected to be named press secretary of Customs and Border Protection; previous press secretary left in March — Washington (CNN)Katharine Gorka, a political appointee at the Department of Homeland Security who has stirred controversy for her views on terrorism and her role …
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