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Archives: July 29, 2019

Laura Hazard OwenJuly 29, 2019

Full Fact has been fact-checking Facebook posts for six months. Here’s what they think needs to change

More scale, more transparency, and more help with health-related posts.

Vice may acquire Refinery29, bringing together two really different audiences and cultures

Eleanor DickinsonJuly 29, 2019

In Australia, a new women’s site is using a charitable pitch to try to break through

Started by former magazine editors, Primer blends editorial work and social impact for women: “I think it’s the perfect time to build a website for women that is a real community as well, where people feel that they’re making a real difference.”

Amanda D. LotzJuly 29, 2019

Putting a leash on Google and Facebook won’t do much to save the traditional news model

“Social media and search give advertisers better tools to target messages to more precise groups of potential consumers. It is a phenomenally better mousetrap.”