PAY TO PLAY SNAG. CNBC. “A senior BlackRock Inc executive made a donation to an unsuccessful U.S. presidential candidate last year, an action that may prohibit the world’s largest asset manager from collecting some fees from a state government, a company regulatory filing showed.” WHAT ADS SAID. WP. “The batch of more than 3,000 Russian-bought […]
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DISCLAIMER POTENTIAL. WIRED. “The FECA disclaimers could easily live inside the upper right-hand-side dropdown menu that currently carries some ads targeting information (check it yourself), and would seamlessly integrate with the current product. Reporting of malicious political content could act in a similar manner to the recently added buttons that allow the reporting of fake […]
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GOOGLE RESISTANCE. NYT. “The politics for the companies in the United States began to change after the 2016 presidential election, when attention turned to the role social media sites play in shaping public opinion.” WHAT ABOUT RIDERS? BNA. “The spending package’s riders include a provision to lift or ease the IRS’s longstanding ban on […]