New Russian Law Gives Government Sweeping Power Over Internet The new law greatly expands Russia's grip on its citizens' Internet content. Rights groups are highly critical, and Internet experts say it could be difficult to actually implement. Merrit Kennedy
It's A Smartphone Life: More Than Half Of U.S. Children Now Have One A broad new national survey examines media use among children and teenagers and the very different ways young people are using their devices. Anya Kamenetz
News Brief: Russia Director Out At NSC, Twitter Bans Political Ads, PG&E A key witness in the impeachment inquiry is set to leave his top post on the National Security Council. Also, Twitter bans political ads and the latest on PG&E and wildfires in California. Franco Ordoñez
Twitter To Halt Political Ads, In Contrast To Facebook CEO Jack Dorsey announced that Twitter will stop running political ads, citing online ads' "significant risks to politics." Facebook has been criticized for allowing deceptive political ads. Shannon Bond
Facebook Pays $643,000 Fine For Role In Cambridge Analytica Scandal Facebook paid the fine to the U.K.'s data protection watchdog, but it also made no admission of liability. Paolo Zialcita
Facebook Takes Down Accounts Tied To Russian Businessman Behind 'Troll Factory' Facebook said the influence campaigns were tied to Yevgeny Prigozhin, an associate of Vladimir Putin who was indicted for running the troll factory that meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Shannon Bond
U.S. Campaign Ads Are Popping Up On Russian Propaganda YouTube Channels On YouTube, campaign ads have begun appearing on Russian propaganda channels. But it may be the algorithm, not collusion. Geoff Brumfiel
Facebook Rolls Out Its News Feature NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Ken Doctor, a media consultant and analyst, about the "News" feature Facebook launched this week for users on its mobile app.
Pentagon Awards $10 Billion Contract To Microsoft Over Front-Runner Amazon "We're surprised about this conclusion. AWS is the clear leader in cloud computing," an Amazon Web Services spokesperson told NPR. The contract is for 10 years. Meg Anderson
'SIM-Swap' Scams Expose Risks Of Using Phones For Secondary I.D. Security experts say our growing reliance on cell phones to help confirm our identity online is motivating "SIM-swap" scams to highjack our numbers. Martin Kaste