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President Trump uses tweets on Russian ad spending from Facebook ads VP Rob Goldman to call reporters covering election interference the “Fake News Media” — President Trump approvingly passed along comments from Facebook ads VP Rob Goldman on Saturday, using Goldman's remarks …
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Russians used US VPNs, matching stolen photo IDs and SSNs, fake PayPal accounts to prevent Facebook and Twitter from spotting illicit influence on 2016 election — How do you stop a troll with an entire fake identity? — The Russian troll farm has been hit with its first major indictment.| Mike Calia / CNBC: |
US indicts 13 Russian nationals and 3 Russian entities, including Internet Research Agency, in Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 elections — The special counsel's office said Friday that a federal grand jury indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Twitter says Twitter for Mac will no longer be available for download starting today, will end support for it in 30 days — The company will no longer support the client after 30 days — Twitter's erratic support for its dedicated desktop Mac application is coming to an end … | Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: |
Behind Singularity University's pivot towards executive seminars and conferences after dealing with allegations of assault and fraud, as it raises $32M Series B — It's lost Google funding and dealt with allegations of assault and fraud. — The pitch was simple: Forget accredited graduate schools … | Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed: |
Twitter says it needs a scalable policy on authenticity of content after journalist suffers harassment due to viral screenshots of fake tweets from her account — In the wake of the Florida high school shooting Wednesday, Twitter users began spreading doctored tweets targeting Miami Herald reporter Alex Harris.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Scammers are using Zelle, a p2p payments service, to defraud online buyers who trusted the service because it is backed by US banks — Scammers have taken to Zelle, the Venmo alternative backed by U.S. banks, to defraud consumers who believe the service includes the same protections they've come to expect from PayPal.| Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: |
National Labor Relations Board memo: statements in James Damore's memo were “so harmful, discriminatory, and disruptive” that Google had a right to fire him — Engineer claimed tech giant violated his labor law rights — U.S. lawyer said ‘discriminatory statements’ aren't protected
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Amazon is expanding its business-to-business marketplace, Amazon Business, into the medical supply industry, plotting to become major supplier to US hospitals — The market for medical supplies is one of a growing number of businesses the online retail giant has set in its sights …
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| Jen Wieczner / Fortune: |
Hackers stole an estimated $50M+ over 3 years by buying Google Search ads, sending users to fake domains that looked like popular Bitcoin wallet Blockchain.info — For years, hackers have robbed Bitcoin investors, emptying their cryptocurrency wallets without fear of being caught thanks to the relative anonymity of the blockchain.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Facebook apologizes for 2FA-related SMS notifications spam and auto-posting replies on the user's profile, says fix rolling out in coming days — The company also plans disable a feature that automatically posts SMS replies as status updates — Facebook this evening clarified … | Klint Finley / Wired: |
Google says 42% of sites notified made preemptive changes ahead of Chrome ad blocker launch; fewer than 1% of most popular sites violate suggested ad guidelines — YOU MIGHT SEE fewer ads on the web from now on. But you probably won't. — On Thursday, Google Chrome … Sponsor Posts
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