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[Link] When confronted by his inaction on the Brereton reforms, Peter Dutton attempts to shoot the messenger

Read: 6/5/2022 www.theguardian.com

Peter Dutton attempted to shoot the messenger on Thursday, branding the Guardian a trashy publication and denying he had ever hung the chief of defence out to dry on the Brereton inquiry reforms.

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[Link] VPNs: Russia Forces Google to Delete Masses of Links Amid Ukraine Invasion

Read: 13/3/2022 torrentfreak.com

Russia's determination to control the minds of its citizens is proceeding full force. Since the invasion of Ukraine, Russian telecoms regulator Roscomnadzor has forced Google to delist tens of thousands of new URLs that link to VPN resources providing access to 'banned' content.

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[Link] Man wrongly identified as Cleo Smith accused reaches settlement with Seven Network

Read: 16/2/2022 www.theguardian.com

The man wrongly identified as Cleo Smith’s alleged kidnapper by the Seven Network has had a victory in the Western Australia supreme court, after suing the network for defamation.

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[Link] Court Orders WhatsApp To Block Groups Sharing Pirated Newspapers

Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com

India's largest newspaper publishing group has filed a complaint at the Delhi High Court against dozens of defendants said to have illegally offered its copyrighted publications via WhatsApp.

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[Link] Sky News claims Alan Jones’s misleading commentary balanced by covering daily Covid press conferences

Read: 19/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

Sky News sought to justify misleading Covid commentary then-host Alan Jones put to air, saying it was balanced by coverage of the daily Covid press conferences, according to a letter sent to the broadcasting regulator.

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[Link] Pro-vaccine Fox News host receives support from CNN anchor over death threats

Read: 1/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

The CNN anchor Jake Tapper reached across the political aisle on Friday to support Neil Cavuto, a Fox News host who received death threats after pleading for viewers to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

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[Link] Facebook Says Extremely Common Thing It Does Is Bad When Reporters Do It

Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com

In an attempt to get ahead of reporting that will seemingly make Facebook—already reeling from weeks of revelations from a whistleblower—somehow look even worse, the company has adopted an increasingly popular strategy among some corporations: posting through it.

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[Link] Ben Roberts-Smith’s backers at Seven commissioned secret report into war crime allegations, court hears

Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Ben Roberts-Smith’s TV station backers commissioned a secret report into war crimes allegations made against him by newspapers, the federal court has heard.

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[Link] CNN fires three employees who went into the office unvaccinated.

Read: 6/8/2021 www.nytimes.com

CNN said this year that employees would need to be vaccinated against the virus to return to its American offices.Credit...

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[Link] Noel Clarke quits his own production company following sexual misconduct allegations

Read: 6/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

Noel Clarke has left his production company, Unstoppable Film and TV, after allegations of bullying and sexual misconduct first reported in the Guardian in April.

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[Link] Lachlan Murdoch’s Nova boosts earnings with $10.6m JobKeeper payment

Read: 3/8/2021 www.smh.com.au

Lachlan Murdoch’s privately owned radio group, Nova Entertainment, boosted its earnings last year while receiving $10.6 million worth of JobKeeper payments. Nova reported a 28 per cent lift in net profit to $16.88 million despite revenue plunging to $161.

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[Link] Toomics Reports Its Own Website for Copyright Infringements

Read: 3/8/2021 torrentfreak.com

Popular webtoon subscription service Toomics is quite active on the anti-piracy front. Unfortunately, the Korean company is not very accurate as its takedown notices target perfectly legal content on Facebook, Amazon, Pinterest and Netflix.

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[Link] Stream-Ripping Can be Perfectly Legal, French Ministry of Culture Says