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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
President Trump used 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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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook's focus on Groups, and the tools to build and promote them, can be easily exploited by bad actors like Russia, Mueller indictment shows — It's tribes all the way down — A year ago this past Friday, Mark Zuckerberg published a lengthy post titled “Building a Global Community.”
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| Dustin Volz / Reuters: |
Facebook says it will mail postcards to would-be buyers of election-related ads mentioning federal candidates, will have codes to verify identity and location — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc will start using postcards sent by U.S. mail later this year to verify the identities … | Mike Calia / CNBC: |
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| Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / ProPublica: |
| Chris Dixon: |
How decentralized cryptonetworks, with better incentives for developers, can win against centralized platforms like Google in the next era of the internet — The first two eras of the internet — During the first era of the internet—from the 1980s through the early 2000s … | Erin Griffith / Wired: |
How aspiring tech hub cities are trying to foster tech and startup ecosystems that are different from Silicon Valley's “move fast and break things” ethos — DO NOT LET their names fool you. The silicon places—Silicon Slopes, Silicon Prairie, Silicon Beach, Silicon Peach …
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| Kate Conger / Gizmodo: |
Former Meetup employees describe how competition from Facebook, the WeWork acquisition, and a mandatory arbitration agreement weakened the culture at Meetup — Meetup was supposed to be different. — While much of the tech industry struggled to create inclusive work environments …
Tweets: @vboykis, @stormyafternoon, @joshconstine, @kateconger, @melaniehannah, and @tnewmstweet
| Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: |
A look at changes in SF's short-term rental market, including a drop in listings and average price, as registration deadline for Airbnb and other hosts passes — SF short-term rentals transformed as Airbnb, others make peace with city. Stricter rules stop homes from becoming hotels.
Tweets: @cbloggy, @whimsley, and @sfchronicle
| Ralph Atkins / Financial Times: |
Swiss financial supervisor publishes guidelines meant to support the ICO market by clarifying when anti-money laundering and securities laws apply to them — Switzerland's financial supervisor has bucked the trend of global regulators cracking down on cryptocurrencies by announcing guidelines …
| Maiya Keidan / Reuters: |
Number of crypto hedge funds doubled to 226 in the last 4 months and is up from 37 at the start of 2017; assets under management reached between $3.5B and $5B — Maiya Keidan, Jemima Kelly — LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge funds focused on trading cryptocurrencies have struggled to eke out returns … | Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
Uncommon.co launches its AI-powered platform that matches submitted resumes to employer job descriptions and announces $18M Series A round — Traditional models of recruiting are a mess. At companies like Google, quite literally millions of people apply for open roles … Thanks:@vscpr
| Maria Bustillos / Columbia Journalism Review: |
The Internet Archive and others look at blockchain tech to create tamper-proof archives resistant to meddling from governments and billionaires with agendas — When an online news outlet goes out of business, its archives can disappear as well. The new battle over journalism's digital legacy.
Tweets: @gijn, @pressfreedom, @niemanlab, @gabrielsnyder, @cjr, and @mariabustillos
| Tanya Dua / Business Insider: |
Ad retargeting firm Criteo reported Q4 revenue of $674M, up 19% YoY, despite Apple's roll out of Intelligent Tracking Prevention, says it is ready for EU's GDPR — - French ad tech company Criteo took everyone by surprise when it crushed its 2017 fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday.Sponsor Posts
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