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• The Guardian view on Twitter’s blue ticks: a conflict of interest | Editorial

  16-11-2017 20:14 via theguardian.com
  Social media companies must accept that their duties to democracy rival their commercial incentivesIn the early days of the digital revolution, it seemed the old hierarchies might be eliminated. The lone blogger could challenge the media giant. The idealism did not last long. Old corporates learned how to exploit the new market; new tech companies acquired huge empires, with their own hierarchies. People with more “friends” and “followers” have more impact. More significa
  
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• Katharine Viner: in turbulent times, we need good journalism more than ever

  16-11-2017 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Solving challenges around trust, diversity and press freedom are key to safeguarding democracy, says Guardian and Observer editor-in-chief• The long read: A mission for journalism in a time of crisis Facebook has become the most powerful publisher in history by replacing editors with algorithms and has divided public debate in a way that challenges democracy, Katharine Viner, the editor-in-chief of the Guardian, has said.In a wide-ranging speech that addressed the tumultuous challenges faci
  
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• A mission for journalism in a time of crisis

  16-11-2017 20:00 via theguardian.com
  In a turbulent era, the media must define its values and principles, writes Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner• ‘We need good journalism more than ever’‘No former period, in the history of our Country, has been marked by the agitation of questions of a more important character than those which are now claiming the attention of the public.” So began the announcement, nearly 200 years ago, of a brand-new newspaper to be published in Manchester, England, which pro
  
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• Facebook 'must share information' on Russian interference in UK

  16-11-2017 18:44 via theguardian.com
  Social network is urged to reveal what it knows as expert says it is unlikely Russian professional trolls only used TwitterFacebook is under pressure from academics and parliamentarians to reveal what it knows about Russian attempts to manipulate British politics, as research efforts flounder against the company’s locked-down social network.“Facebook has been very silent on this,” said the Liberal Democrat Brexit spokesperson Tom Brake. He said representatives of all major soci
  
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• Richard Spencer and others lose Twitter verified status under new guidelines

  16-11-2017 01:33 via theguardian.com
  Company announces new rules for blue-checkmarked verified accounts following criticism over status of Charlottesville rally organizer Jason KesslerTwitter announced new guidelines for verified accounts on Wednesday, one week after the company was harshly criticized for granting the coveted blue checkmark to Jason Kessler, the organizer of the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville in August. “We are conducting an initial review of verified accounts and will remove verification f
  
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