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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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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Russians used US VPNs, matching stolen photo IDs and SSNs, fake PayPal accounts to make it hard for Facebook, Twitter spot illicit influence of 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.| 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 … | 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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| 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.| 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.| 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 … | 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 … | Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / ProPublica: |
After FEC clarification in December that big political ads on Facebook require disclaimers, review of 300+ ads finds fewer than 40 complied with new rules — The Federal Election Commission said in December that big political ads on the social network need disclaimers.
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| 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 … | Adam Samson / Financial Times: |
Salon tests alternative to advertising by offering visitors who use ad-blocking tools an option that allows the site to mine Monero using readers' computers — Do you use an ad blocker? That's cool — just let us use your computer's processing power to mine cryptocurrencies.
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SEC filing: Telegram raised $850M for its TON Blockchain, development and maintenance of Telegram Messenger, more; Telegram is reportedly raising funds via ICO — It looks like Telegram's billion-dollar ICO has reached its first milestone after the chat app company raised an initial $850 million, according to a filing.
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