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August 24, 2018, 9:25 PM

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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard:
T-Mobile says hackers stole encrypted passwords of ~2M customers; researchers say passwords may have only been hashed with a weak algorithm that can be cracked  —  T-Mobile disclosed an “incident" in which hackers accessed “some” customers' personal information—but no financial data or passwords.
Dan Tynan / The Guardian:
Amazon confirms “FC Ambassador” program with at least 16 fulfillment center employees actively responding to tweets that criticize working conditions  —  Army of fulfillment center employees jump to company's defense online when it faces a barrage of bad press
Kevin Collier / BuzzFeed News:
Leaked email: representatives of the top US tech companies are meeting in SF today to discuss their tactics in preparation for the 2018 midterm elections  —  Representatives from a host of the biggest US tech companies, including Facebook and Twitter, have scheduled a private meeting for Friday …
Jacqueline Howard / CNN:
Study: IRA-backed trolls flooded social media to amplify online debates about vaccines, often linking messages around vaccines to racial or class disparities  —  - Russian trolls and Twitter bots amplified online vaccine debates between 2014 and 2017, a new study suggests
Casey Newton / The Interface:
NYT article linking Facebook use to hate crimes in Germany was deservedly and widely criticized, but no access to Facebook data makes further research difficult  —  On Tuesday, The New York Times' investigation of a study into how Facebook promoted anti-refugee violence in Germany galvanized discussion …
Abrar Al-Heeti / CNET:
The House Energy and Commerce Committee says Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will testify before it on Wednesday, September 5  —  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Sept. 5, the committee confirmed Friday.  —  “CONFIRMED: Twitter CEO @jack Dorsey …
CNBC:
Instagram is testing a Facebook-like opt-in feature to group student users by college communities, with access to class-based lists  —  - Instagram is starting to test a college community feature that would help current students find other students through class-based lists.
More: The Verge and AxiosThanks:@mattrosoff
Shirin Ghaffary / Recode:
Airbnb sues New York City over the law, passed in July, that requires it to share hosts' names and addresses with city's enforcement agency on a monthly basis  —  NYC estimates as many as two-thirds of Airbnb listings there are illegal.  —  Airbnb is taking New York City to court.
More: Fortune and CNET

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