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October 25, 2021, 7:45 AM

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Ben Smith / New York Times:
How Frances Haugen maximized the impact of her leaked Facebook documents, rolling them out to WSJ and then broadening the circle to a large group of outlets  —  In a time of mega-leaks, journalists' sources have become power players.  Frances Haugen, the former Facebook executive …
New York Times:
Internal docs detail Facebook's struggles with violence-inciting content in India, including failure to designate some politically-connected groups as dangerous  —  Internal documents show a struggle with misinformation, hate speech and celebrations of violence in the country, the company's biggest market.
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Clare Duffy / CNN:
Leaked docs show Facebook has known it has a problem related to human trafficking content for people working inside private homes, but still hasn't fixed it  —  New York (CNN Business)EMBARGOED FOR MONDAY 10/25 7 AM ET  —  Facebook has for years struggled to crack down on content related …
Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Citizen Lab: the iPhone of Ben Hubbard, an American reporter for NYT, was hacked in 2020 and 2021, likely by Saudi Arabia using NSO's Pegasus; NSO denies claim  —  Invasive hacking software sold to countries to fight terrorism is easily abused.  Researchers say my phone was hacked twice, probably by Saudi Arabia.
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Tesla rolls back its FSD beta from version 10.3, which improved many items like brake light and turn signal detection, to 10.2 after “seeing some issues”  —  Elon Musk didn't specify what issues the company found  —  Tesla's decision to test its “Full Self Driving” …
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Internal docs show how Facebook discussed hiding the Like button to alleviate stress and anxiety, but users interacted and shared fewer posts  —  Likes and shares made the social media site what it is.  Now, company documents show, it's struggling to deal with their effects.
Michael Shields / Reuters:
ProtonMail's parent company wins a Swiss court appeal confirming email services are not considered telcos and thus not subject to data retention requirements  —  Geneva-based Proton AG, the company behind ProtonMail and ProtonVPN, has won an appeal regarding its treatment under Swiss law …
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:
Brazil-based insurance startup Justos, which aims to collect users' data through phones to determine rates, raises a $35.8M Series A led by Ribbit  —  Justos, a startup that says it will be the first insurance company in Brazil to use data when determining rates, has raised a $35.8 million Series …

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