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Murdoch’s News Group admits benefiting from hacking of army officer's emails - The Guardian

This is a dramatic new revelation in the saga of criminality in Murdoch’s media empire - Labour Press
Tom Watson, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport,commenting on News Group’s admission of computer hacking, said:
“This is a dramatic new revelation in the saga of criminality in Murdoch’s media empire. Despite being asked about the use of private detectives by the News of the World at a parliamentary committee in 2011 it’s taken a five year civil case for the company to admit to further illegal behaviour.

“We can now add computer hacking to the long list of criminal activities undertaken by Murdoch’s operatives. We know from experience of phone hacking that there won’t just be a single victim. So my question to Rupert Murdoch and his subordinates is this: Who else was hacked?
Trump explains why he’s different than Harvey Weinstein - Think Progress

How Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr., Avoided a Criminal Indictment - The New Yorker

How Russia’s Facebook ads inflamed America’s social tensions - Think Progress
Fake Russian accounts didn't just push Trump or batter Clinton — they preyed on deeply-rooted cultural tensions between Americans
Inside North Korea, and Feeling the Drums of War - Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times

As U.S. Retreats From World Organizations, China Steps in to Fill the Void - Foreign Policy
Beijing is trying to repurpose abandoned international agencies like UNESCO to serve its strategic interests — such as controlling the internet.

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