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Russia's Federal Security Service says it detained WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich over suspicion of “espionage in the interests of the American government” — Russia's Federal Security Service said it detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in Yekaterinburg on spying allegations …
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BuzzFeed quietly started publishing fully AI-generated SEO-driven travel posts by non-editorial staff on March 14; a spokesperson calls the posts an experiment — Earlier this year, when BuzzFeed announced plans to start publishing AI-assisted content, its CEO Jonah Peretti promised the tech would be held to a high standard.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: to comply with EU privacy rulings, Meta will let users opt out of some highly personalized ads, using an online form that Meta will review and approve — Facebook, Instagram parent hopes plans to alter a privacy approach that would limit the impact from EU orders — Facebook's Top Posts Were Trash.
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Sources: Meta is considering a company-wide political ads ban in Europe, concerned its platforms will be unable to comply with forthcoming online campaign laws — Facebook parent concerned how it will police social networks in wake of new EU regulations — Meta executives are discussing …
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Skyler Swisher / Orlando Sentinel:
Board members handpicked by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee Disney World's district say Disney set up covenants blocking the new board's power for decades — LAKE BUENA VISTA — Gov. Ron DeSantis' handpicked board overseeing Disney World's government services is gearing …
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The New York Times says it isn't planning to pay for Twitter verification and, as a rule, won't reimburse reporters for verification of personal accounts — New: The New York Times says it is not planning to pay for Twitter verification: “We aren't planning to pay the monthly fee for verification of our institutional Twitter accounts,” a spokesperson tells me.
Washington Post:
Rupert Murdoch has a history of settling cases, having paid out ~$700M in the last 13 years, but sources say talks with Dominion in late 2022 broke down quickly — The two sides met privately but could not reach agreement on the $1.6 billion defamation claim.
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Amanda Terkel / NBC News:
Newly released Dominion court presentation slides show Fox News aired 2020 election conspiracies despite its fact-checking “Brain Room” deciding they were false
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Sewell Chan / The Texas Tribune:
The Texas Observer's publisher says the 68-year-old outlet will keep publishing after staff crowdfund $300K+ and the board votes unanimously to rescind layoffs — The crusading liberal magazine had planned to lay off its staff after its nonprofit board voted to shut down. But it reversed course on Wednesday.
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Bloomberg:
Pathmatics: the top 10 advertisers on Twitter spent just $7.6M on ads in the past two months, down 89% from the $71M spent from September to October 2022 — In the weeks after Elon Musk acquired Twitter Inc., hundreds of advertisers paused spending on the platform, wary of the changes …
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Paul Sandle / Reuters:
UK draft legislation stipulates on-demand services of the BBC, ITV, and other public service broadcasters be easy to find on smart TVs and set-top boxes — On-demand services from Britain's BBC, ITV (ITV.L) and other public service broadcasters must remain easy to find on smart TVs and set-top boxes …
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Microsoft is exploring expanding ads in Bing Chat and sharing the ad revenue with partners whose content contributed to the chat response — It was inevitable, but Microsoft has confirmed that more ads are coming to Bing's AI-powered chatbot. Microsoft corporate vice president Yusuf Mehdi …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ABC News shrinks its executive team, cutting the jobs of multiple senior staffers; source: the news unit is expected to cut around 50 positions in total — ABC News will shrink the size of its executive team in the wake of layoffs ordered by its corporate parent, Walt Disney Co.
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