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Facebook says, after an FBI tip, it took down several pages and accounts pushing a fake left-wing news outlet made by people linked to Russian troll group IRA — Some of Russia's most infamous internet trolls have launched a news website that hired real-life journalism freelancers …
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Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Facebook updates its terms of service globally, effective Oct. 1, allowing it to block content amid proposed Australian law that would force it to pay for news — - Change will give Facebook powers to remove or block content — Mark Zuckerberg has long publicly championed free speech
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Australian Competition and Consumer Commission:
ACCC calls Facebook's “threat” to prevent sharing of news on its services in Australia ill-timed and misconceived — Facebook's threat today to prevent any sharing of news on its services in Australia is ill-timed and misconceived. — The draft media bargaining code aims …
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New York Times:
Facebook warns it will block Australian users and news organizations from sharing news stories on Facebook and Instagram if the ACCC's proposal passes — The move, a response to pressure to pay publishers when their stories are posted on the social network, could add to internet silos springing up around the world.
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Black Kenosha News journalist quits the paper over a since-changed headline that highlighted a threat made by one of several speakers at a peaceful rally — Daniel Thompson, an editor at The Kenosha News, resigned over a headline that highlighted a speaker who made a threat during a peaceful protest.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: AT&T's exploring a sale of Xandr, its digital advertising unit, after acquiring one of its biggest components, ad exchange AppNexus, in 2018 for ~$1.6B — The telecom giant had hoped to use its scale and AppNexus deal to build up an advertising business
New York Times:
NPD BookScan: 1,200+ titles about Trump have come out since 2016 vs. 500 about Obama in his first term as partisan books surge alongside media polarization — White House memoirs, journalistic exposés, full-throated defenses of the president: Publishers are producing books …
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Alison Weissbrot / AdExchanger:
Ad tech startup InfoSum, which lets companies match customer data in a privacy-compliant way, raises $15M and names Xandr's Brian Lesser CEO — InfoSum, a UK-based data platform that allows companies to match data in a privacy compliant-way, has raised $15 million and appointed Brian Lesser …
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James Hibberd / EW.com:
Dozens of past episodes of Joe Rogan's podcast with controversial guests including Alex Jones and Stefan Molyneux are missing from his new channel on Spotify — Joe Rogan made his debut on Spotify on Tuesday, but apparently not all of his podcast episodes made the cut.
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Kerry Flynn / CNN:
The “stick to sports” mandate at ESPN and some rivals has largely faded away, and coverage has increased of athletes who have joined Black Lives Matter protests — New York (CNN Business)In the three years since ESPN denounced then-staffer Jemele Hill's tweets …
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Source: YouTube TV to add NFL Network to its base tier and allow subscribers to add on other sports channels, including NFL RedZone and Fox Soccer Plus — YouTube TV will add the NFL Network and a handful of other sports channels in September, according to a source.
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American Prospect:
Media access to incarcerated people is being further curtailed during the pandemic, as some prisons restrict phone interviews under the guise of public health — Journalists are having trouble contacting sources, and inmates who speak on the record face retaliation.
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