Mediagazer: The US DOJ sues TikTok, saying it collected children's data without parents' permission, knowingly let users under the age of 13 create accounts, and more (New York Times)

2:05 PM ET, August 2, 2024

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New York Times:

The US DOJ sues TikTok, saying it collected children's data without parents' permission, knowingly let users under the age of 13 create accounts, and more — The Justice Department said that TikTok illegally collected children's data and knowingly allowed users under the age of 13 to create accounts.

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How three journalists used tools including the Wayback Machine, Airtable lists, Dropbox links, and scrapers to save their work, as news sites shut down — From loading up the Wayback Machine to meticulous AirTables to 72 hours of scraping, journalists are doing whatever they can to keep their clips when websites go dark.

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Axios:

NABJ President Ken Lemon says Trump's Q&A was delayed because he threatened not to take the stage if he was going to be fact-checked — - “[Trump's team] said, 'Well, can you not fact check? … - At the time, President Trump blamed the delay on audio problems.

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Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:

Vladimir Kara-Murza, one of the journalists released after being held by Russia, wrote some of his Pulitzer-winning WaPo columns from Moscow's detention center — The Russian journalist, author and opposition politician won a Pulitzer Prize for columns written at a Moscow detention center.

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Wall Street Journal:
A detailed timeline of Evan Gershkovich's arrest and release and the months of negotiations involving spy agencies, billionaires, politicians, and his mother

Variety:

About 500 actors and other SAG-AFTRA members picketed outside WB Games in Burbank over contract protections for workers amid the growth of AI — In a replay of last year's strike, hundreds of actors picketed Thursday outside WB Games in Burbank, demanding protection from artificial intelligence.

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

A US district court judge throws out a jury verdict ordering the NFL to pay $4.7B+ to Sunday Ticket subscribers, finding the verdict was unsupported by evidence — The NFL got a major call overturned: A federal judge Thursday threw out a jury's $4.7 billion award to subscribers …

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