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Visa joins MasterCard, AmEx in ending use for Backpage sex ads

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By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) – Visa Inc said on Wednesday it is joining MasterCard Inc and American Express Co in barring its credit cards from being used to pay for ads on Backpage.com following a request from a Chicago sheriff who said the site is used by sex traffickers. Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart said that “escort” ads on Backpage.com and similar classified advertising sites make up the foundation of a sex-trafficking industry that preys on the young and vulnerable. Earlier this week, he asked both Visa and MasterCard to cut off any association with the Backpage.com “adult” section.

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China adopts new security law to make networks, systems ‘controllable’

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By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) – China's legislature adopted a sweeping national security law on Wednesday that covers everything from territorial sovereignty to measures to tighten cyber security, a move likely to rile foreign businesses. A core component of the law, passed by the standing committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), is to make all key network infrastructure and information systems “secure and controllable”

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MasterCard stops allowing charges for Backpage.com sex ads

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By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) – MasterCard said on Tuesday that its credit cards can no longer be used to pay for ads on the Backpage.com website, following a request from a Chicago law enforcement official who said the site is used by sex traffickers. Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart said that so-called “escort” ads on Backpage.com and similar sites make up the foundation of the sex trafficking industry, which preys on the young and vulnerable. “Backpage has significantly lowered the barrier to entry for would-be traffickers,” said Dart, adding he will reveal details of a larger initiative against Backpage at a news conference on Wednesday

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Wimbledon top grand slam for social media: survey

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By Michael Roddy LONDON, (Reuters) – Wimbledon is the top grand slam championship for attracting social media-savvy tennis fans, with more followers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram than any of the other three, a survey released on Wednesday said. The tournament’s 4.1 million followers on the social media websites put Wimbledon on top, with the French Open second on 3.7 million and the U.S.

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Convicted Baltimore murderer in ‘Serial’ podcast seeks hearing

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(Reuters) – A lawyer for a Baltimore man whose conviction for murder was called into question by the 2014 “Serial” podcast asked a court on Tuesday to reopen proceedings so an alibi witness can testify for him.

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Apple conspired to fix e-book prices: U.S. appeals court

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By Nate Raymond and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a judge's ruling that Apple Inc had conspired with five publishers to increase e-book prices, in a win for the U.S. Justice Department

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Obama touts overtime pay proposal as ‘fair’ on Twitter

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama touted his new proposal to increase the number of workers eligible for overtime pay on Monday, saying on Twitter “a hard day's work deserves a fair day's pay.” The Department of Labor proposal would make nearly 5 million more workers eligible for overtime pay, a move that could face legal challenges. (Reporting By Julia Edwards; Editing by Bill Trott)

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Amazon launches one-hour delivery service in London

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(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc launched its one-hour order delivery service, Prime Now, for some areas of London on Tuesday, about six months after introducing the service in the United States. Amazon Prime members can have orders worth 20 pounds ($31.43) or more delivered in one hour for a fee of 6.99 pounds, the company said on its UK website on Tuesday.

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UAE man jailed for tweets critical of high court: newspaper

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A man in the United Arab Emirates was sentenced to three years in jail on Monday for Twitter posts allegedly insulting the Gulf country’s Supreme Court, a local newspaper reported. Nasser al-Faresi, 27, allegedly called the proceedings of a 2012 sedition trial a “judicial farce” and insulted the UAE’s president and Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, according to The National.