Echobox Weekly Digest: Ad blocking, Twitter abuse and fake ads

Thirteen of the week’s most interesting stories on artificial intelligence, journalism and social media, curated by the team behind the world’s first AI that understands the meaning of content. This week: Ad blocking, Twitter’s botched anti-abuse feature and fake ads.

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Artificial intelligence

Actors, teachers, therapists - is anyone’s job safe from AI?

Do humans have to become cyborgs to stay relevant?

Journalism

Ad blocking is now a chronic but manageable condition

How The Economist turns social visitors into subscribers

News UK has had to change how it hires digital talent

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Facebook

Facebook says it will open up for independent ad audit

Top Italian official says Facebook must fight hate speech

Twitter

Twitter plans to trim down its ads products

Twitter is shoving more video in your timeline

Twitter just launched, and killed, a new abuse fix in 2 hours

Social media

The Washington Post launches on Snapchat Discover

Posts still declining on Facebook, but engagement is rising

Why Trump's face keeps showing up on content ads

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