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Facebook says it will not fact-check ads by UK political parties and candidates running in December election, but will fact-check political groups like Leave.EU — Facebook's political ad policy under pressure — London and New York (CNN Business)A controversial policy allowing politicians …
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| Siva Vaidhyanathan / New York Times: |
Vetting political ads effectively and consistently at global scale is impossible; Congress should restrict ad targeting to the level of an electoral district — It's not about free speech. — Siva Vaidhyanathan is a professor of media studies at the University of Virginia.
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| Will Oremus / OneZero: |
Twitter's ban on political and issue ads will let companies advertise things like fossil fuel-based products but ban ads from activists advocating against them — The company's feel-good decision is already a mess. — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced on Wednesday that the company …
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Trump has integrated Twitter into the very fabric of his administration, and, via more than 11,000 tweets, has reshaped the presidency — With a single tweet last fall, Mr. Trump sent his administration into a tailspin. “I must, in the strongest of terms, ask Mexico to stop this onslaught …
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| Darla Mercado / CNBC: |
Brian Chesky says Airbnb will ban “party houses” after five people died in a shooting at a Halloween party in a California home rented through the service — - Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb, tweeted on Saturday that the company would bar “party houses” and step up its efforts against unauthorized parties.
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| Gaurav Shukla / NDTV Gadgets 360: |
Global smartphone shipments in Q3 grew 2% YoY according to Strategy Analytics, while Canalys estimates 1% increase, bucking a two-year downward trend — Samsung grabbed the top spot with over 78 million smartphone shipments in Q3 2019. — HIGHLIGHTS — Global smartphone shipments bucked … | Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Google to acquire Fitbit at $7.35 per share in cash, valuing the company at about $2.1B — - The acquisition pits Alphabet against fellow tech giant Apple in the wearable fitness tracking space. — Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks on stage during the annual Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2018.
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| Elizabeth Schulze / CNBC: |
Russia's “sovereign internet” law, which aims to enable disconnecting the country's internet from the rest of the world, went into effect on Friday — - The law tightens Moscow's control over the country's internet infrastructure and aims to provide a way for Russia to disconnect its networks from the rest of the world.
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| Alaric DeArment / MedCity News: |
St. Louis-based PierianDx, which provides a genomics SaaS platform for clinical labs to build personalized medicine programs, raises $27M Series B — The startup describes its software as providing clinical labs with more streamlined and accurate analysis, interpretation and reporting for accelerating personalized medicine programs.| Ed Niedermeyer / TechCrunch: |
A look at the hidden complexities of an autonomous taxi service, after taking a fully driverless ride, now being tested as part of Waymo One service in Phoenix — After more than a decade, Waymo's driverless ride-hailing service is open to customers — Ed Niedermeyer is an author, columnist and co-host of The Autonocast.| Swati Khandelwal / The Hacker News: |
Google releases patch for a Chrome zero-day vulnerability being used in the wild that allows hackers to escape sandbox protections via malicious websites — Attention readers, if you are using Chrome on your Windows, Mac, and Linux computers, you need to update your web browsing software immediately …
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Investment data management provider Confluence Technologies has acquired StatPro, a supplier of cloud-based portfolio analytics to asset managers, for $207M+ — Confluence Technologies, a Pittsburgh, PA-based provider of investment data management automation for regulatory … Sponsor Posts
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