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After Channel 4 replaced Boris Johnson with an ice sculpture during climate debate, source says Conservative government will review its broadcasting license — A Conservative source told BuzzFeed News that if they win the coming election they will reassess the channel's public service broadcasting licence.
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Reuters:
Sources: amid a CFIUS investigation, ByteDance is separating TikTok from its Chinese operations and providing assurances US user data is inaccessible to China — NEW YORK/WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - ByteDance has stepped up efforts to separate its social media app TikTok …
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Raymond Zhong / New York Times:
TikTok says it blocked device of US teen who posted Uighur video due to bin Laden pic she posted from another account, says video was briefly removed in error — The video app said it would review its policies after a 17-year-old in New Jersey who discussed Chinese detention camps was locked out of her account.
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@ocweekly:
Alt-weekly OC Weekly, distributed in Orange County, California, is shutting down after 24 years — Adios Motherfuckers! Today, the day before Thanksgiving, our owner Duncan McIntosh Company has decided to shut us down. For the last quarter century, we've tried to bring good stories to Orange County. It's been fun, but now we're done. pic.twitter.com/Y51ynOHbgp
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John Geddie / Reuters:
In test of Singapore's “fake news” law, blogger says he won't comply with order to correct a Facebook post, which could lead to a ~$14K fine or one year in jail — SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A blogger said on Thursday he would not comply with a Singapore government order to correct …
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David Z. Morris / Fortune:
A recent fracas between Binance and The Block shows crypto needs more independent journalists investigating the industry despite the community's media hostility — This is the web version of The Ledger, Fortune's weekly newsletter covering financial technology and cryptocurrency.
Monika Bauerlein / Mother Jones:
Mother Jones CEO says NYT shouldn't lead partisan resistance, but if the paper's chief executive won't stand against authoritarianism, it is failing its mission — Over the past month or so, the New York Times' executive editor, Dean Baquet, has been giving a handful of interviews about the role …
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Patricia Nilsson / Financial Times:
Hong Kong man files Ofcom complaint against Chinese state broadcaster CGTN, claiming it aired a forced confession in UK, as Ofcom probes CGTN over HK coverage — A former employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong who claimed he was tortured by mainland Chinese police says he has filed …
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James Pearson / Reuters:
Source: confession of man charged in murder case of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia details how it was carried out and that killers were paid $150K — HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has jailed three more people for anti-government posts on social media platform Facebook deemed to defame …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Sources: Breitbart's Middle East bureau chief Aaron Klein has been advising Israeli PM Netanyahu on his campaign against the decision to indict him — Breitbart News Middle East bureau chief Aaron Klein has been advising Benjamin Netanyahu while the Israeli prime minister is preparing …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Twitter confirms it is testing threaded conversations features from its prototype twttr app on Twitter.com, ahead of the official rollout next year — Twttr, the prototype app Twitter launched earlier this year, has been testing new ways to display conversations, including through the use of threaded replies and other visual cues.
J. Clara Chan / The Wrap:
Vox Media's Curbed is shutting down its DC, Seattle, New Orleans, and Philadelphia sites; editors say sites cease publishing today — Vox Media's Curbed is shutting down its city sites for Washington, D.C., Seattle, New Orleans and Philadelphia, a company spokesperson told TheWrap on Wednesday.
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