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Judge hands CNN victory in its bid to restore Jim Acosta’s White House press pass
Judge Timothy Kelly ruled in favor of CNN and reporter Jim Acosta in a dispute with President Donald Trump, ordering the White House to temporarily restore the press credentials that the Trump administration had taken away from Acosta.
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith: It’s a ‘great idea’ to make it harder for ‘liberal folks’ to vote (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 11/16/2018 - 06:30Op-ed: White nationalists have tried to weaponize free speech. Here’s why it’s still worth defending. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 11/16/2018 - 06:30Facebook says it removed a flood of hate speech, terrorist propaganda and fake accounts from its site
Facebook said it had removed more than a billion fake accounts and taken action against millions of posts, photos and other forms of content that violated its prohibition against hate speech, terrorist propaganda and child exploitation, the latest
Analysis: Will the most diverse Congress make Capitol Hill more diverse? (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 11/15/2018 - 11:49
As his aides pressure foreign regimes on press freedoms, President Trump focuses on punishing reporters
The Trump administration spoke out forcefully against efforts by China and Myanmar to punish news reporters and political dissidents.
Editorial -- One issue where there could be bipartisan action in Congress: Digital privacy (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 11/15/2018 - 06:23House Republicans elect Rep Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as party leader (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 11/14/2018 - 14:48Amazon is now at the center of a debate over public safety versus privacy
A New Hampshire judge’s attempt to compel Amazon to share recordings from an Echo device at the scene of an alleged double murder is putting a fine point on law enforcement’s growing demand for data from Internet of Things devices.