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14 September 2016 / SF News / Eve Batey

Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Twitter's Fake News Fight


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  • Men arrested in Sacramento-area slaying of two girls from 1973. [Associated Press]
  • Facebook and Twitter have joined an effort to snuff out fake news stories. [CNet]
  • Warriors superstar Steph Curry says he supports Colin Kaepernick’s National Anthem protest but he will stand during the anthem. [KRON 4]
  • District 11 Democratic Club endorses Jane Kim for State Senate and Kimberly Alvarenga for Supervisor. [Ingleside Light]
  • UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks took the rare action Tuesday of suspending a course after civil rights groups and others complained that its purpose was to indoctrinate students into a single political viewpoint. [SF Chronicle]
  • Twitter is launching a new app for live-streaming video on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Microsoft's Xbox One. [CNet]
  • Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff criticized tech founders for being "stingy" when it comes to opening their wallets to the communities they do business in. [CNet] [SF Business Times]
  • A controversial, frequently delayed housing project on Bryant Street was unanimously approved by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. [Mission Local]
  • Two people have been arrested on suspicion of a hate crime that occurred in Antioch last Wednesday. [ABC 7]
  • As San Francisco officials search for a police chief, voices compete to be heard. [KALW]
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