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July 28, 2018, 8:05 PM

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Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica:
A deep look at Mueller's mid-July indictment of Russia's GRU officers and how they hacked the Clinton campaign, the DNC, and DCCC before the 2016 election  —  Latest Mueller indictment offers excruciating details to confirm known election pwnage.  —  In a press briefing just two weeks ago …
Sean Hollister / CNET:
In response to ACLU's Rekognition test, Amazon says it's reasonable for government to weigh in on how law enforcement uses the tech to match face pics to people  —  When Amazon's controversial facial recognition system mistakenly matched 28 members of Congress with criminal mugshots, it caused quite a stir.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Twitter says it will begin suspending commenting rights of users who repeatedly post abusive comments on Periscope live streams starting August 10  —  As part of Twitter's attempted crackdown on abusive behavior across its network, the company announced on Friday afternoon a new policy facing …
Zach Dorfman / Politico:
Sushovan Sircarvakasha Sachdev / The Quint:
Indian government committee publishes draft data protection law that recommends a data protection authority, right to be forgotten, data localization, and more  —  The Justice BN Srikrishna committee has submitted its report on data protection to IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
Chloe Aiello / CNBC:
New York State Public Service Commission votes to revoke approval of the 2016 Charter/TWC merger, saying company failed to meet broadband buildout obligations  —  - The New York State Public Service Commission voted on Friday to revoke its approval of the 2016 merger agreement between Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable.
Wall Street Journal:
In a bid to outsmart Amazon's product-ranking system, some sellers are turning to click farms, reviewers-for-hire, and even paying off Amazon workers for info  —  The digital giant battles click farms, reviewers-for-hire and other scams as merchants try to outsmart its product-ranking system.

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