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    • Some Australian telcos have blocked access to 4chan, 8chan, Voat, Zerohedge, and video hosting platform Liveleak for continuing to host Christchurch footage (AAP)

    AAP: Some Australian telcos have blocked access to 4chan, 8chan, Voat, Zerohedge, and video hosting platform Liveleak for continuing to host Christchurch footage  —  Several websites including 4chan have been blocked by major Australian telcos for continuing to host footage of the Christchurch terrorist attack. Some Australian telcos have blocked access to 4chan, 8chan, Voat,

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    • Google says it will start asking Android users in Europe to choose their preferred web browser and search apps in response to EU Commission antitrust concerns (Kent Walker/The Keyword)

    Kent Walker / The Keyword: Google says it will start asking Android users in Europe to choose their preferred web browser and search apps in response to EU Commission antitrust concerns  —  For nearly a decade, we’ve been in discussions with the European Commission about the way some of our products work. Google says it

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    • Facebook announces that it would stop allowing ad targeting to race, gender, and age groups in the housing, jobs, or credit categories by the end of the year (New York Times)

    New York Times: Facebook announces that it would stop allowing ad targeting to race, gender, and age groups in the housing, jobs, or credit categories by the end of the year  —  After years of criticism, Facebook announced on Tuesday that it would stop allowing advertisers in key categories to show … Facebook announces that

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    • Apple says it will support three media literacy programs in the US and Europe that aim to combat fake news and train young people to seek reliable news sources (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)

    Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: Apple says it will support three media literacy programs in the US and Europe that aim to combat fake news and train young people to seek reliable news sources  —  Just days before Apple’s big March 25th event where it will unveil a new subscription news service, the company has revealed

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    • Interview with Google VPs Phil Harrison and Majd Bakar on Stadia's infrastructure, its controller, how it integrates with YouTube, games as links, and more (Richard Leadbetter/Eurogamer.net)

    Richard Leadbetter / Eurogamer.net: Interview with Google VPs Phil Harrison and Majd Bakar on Stadia’s infrastructure, its controller, how it integrates with YouTube, games as links, and more  —  Streaming has proved to be one of the most disruptive technologies to hit the media landscape in the last decade. Interview with Google VPs Phil Harrison

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    • Google Stadia hands-on: controller response is the best from a cloud system to date, though with some latency, and the feel of the controller is Xbox-like (Richard Leadbetter/Eurogamer.net)

    Richard Leadbetter / Eurogamer.net: Google Stadia hands-on: controller response is the best from a cloud system to date, though with some latency, and the feel of the controller is Xbox-like  —  We’ve talked elsewhere in our Google Stadia coverage about the fact that it’s not a console, it’s what Google calls a ‘cloud native’ system

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    • Bully Pulpit Interactive: from Dec. 30, 2018 through Mar. 10, Trump's campaign spent $3.5M on Facebook ads and $1M on Google, nearly double the Democratic field (Sara Fischer/Axios)

    Sara Fischer / Axios: Bully Pulpit Interactive: from Dec. 30, 2018 through Mar. 10, Trump’s campaign spent $3.5M on Facebook ads and $1M on Google, nearly double the Democratic field  —  While Democrats’ campaign launches have sucked up national attention, President Trump’s re-election campaign has quietly spent nearly twice … Bully Pulpit Interactive: from Dec.

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    • House Homeland Security Committee chair seeks briefings from the CEOs of Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube on their responses to the Christchurch attack (Lauren Feiner/CNBC)

    Lauren Feiner / CNBC: House Homeland Security Committee chair seeks briefings from the CEOs of Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube on their responses to the Christchurch attack  —  – House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson wrote to the CEOs of Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft requesting … House Homeland Security Committee chair seeks briefings from

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