Subject: Daily Skimm: Nobody puts Baby in a corner
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Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 06:59:57 -0500 (EST)

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QUOTE O= THE DAY

"You are one of the very few" – A woman actually =ead the fine print of her insurance policy and won $10,000. Wait, is t=at what we've been missing this whole time?

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THE FUTURE IS PRIVATE

The Story

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a status updat=.

Sorry I wasn't paying attention, I was on Insta.<=h3>

Then this applies to you, too. Facebook – whi=h owns Instagram and WhatsApp – had a terrible, horrible, no good,=very bad 2018. Mainly because of privacy issues.

Roll the nostalgia video.

The year was 2017 and Zuckerberg was (maybe) dreaming=of becoming presi=ent. Then 2018 rolled around and...it came out that Cambridge Analytica used the platfo=m to access tens of millions of users' data without their knowledge. And t=at it's the go-to site for Russian and Iranian trolls. And that it was used to fuel =iolence in Myanmar. #DeleteFacebook wa= trending. Zuckerberg gave that testimony on Cap Hill. There was a data hack. And a bug. And some=phone monitoring. And some opposition research drama. And calls for Zuckerb=rg to testify abroad. Now we're here.

Here I was thinking my typo to my boss was bad...=/h3>

See, rest easy. Zuckerberg knows things went off the =ails. So his new plan is to revamp the company's products with the focus o= keeping your privacy in mind.

I'm gonna need specifics.

It will move away from its public 'sha=ing is caring' vibe to focus more on private, group chats – someth=ng Zuckerberg says is the direction people are trending toward. He also wa=ts to make sure those chats – like on WhatsApp, Messenger, or Inst='s DM – work seamlessly together and are private, secure, deletabl=, and safe. Think: messages that can disappear like Snapchat or stories. H= used the word 'encryption' a lot.

So...should I warn my mom to find somewhere new to sh=re her photos?

Maybe, maybe not. There'll apparently be the option t= archive them. In any case, this is a huge shift by a huge company. Zucker=erg says it will take a few years for it to overhaul its platforms. But cr=tics are skeptical that the platform that's become synonymous with privacy=problems can somehow remake itself as privacy's best friend. And flag that=there's still a US investigation into all this.

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About 2.7 billion people use Facebook and its service=. So changes like the one Zuckerberg mentioned could impact how roughly a =hird of the world communicates for years to come.

REPEAT AFTER ME...

What to say when you hear Huawei's suing the US gov

Tough day for the US. It just announced that its trade deficit hit a record high last year. Remind=r: the trade deficit is the difference between how much the US imports ver=us how much it exports. President Trump has been trying to close the gap b= getting more countries to buy from the US. But the new numbers show that =rump's policies haven't been working out as planned. Some reasons why coun=ries are buying fewer products with 'Made in the USA' stickers were beyond=his control – like a global economic slowdown. Others – li=e the new tax cuts, and the trade war with China – were not. Here'= what else DC is buzzing about: presidential debates. Yesterday, the Democ=atic National Committee said it won't let Fox News host any of its primary debates, citing a recen= New Yorker piece that =laims the outlet is anything but fair and balanced. Speaking of things on =able news' radar: Paul Manafort. Today, Trump's ex-campaign chairman is being sentenced for crimes like tax and bank fraud. He faces up t= 24 years in prison.

What to say when your co-worker starts acting cranky=E2��

K, you can go now. That's what Nicolás Maduro is=saying to a German am=assador. Venezuela's been dealing with a political crisis since earlie= this year, when Juan Guaidó invoked the constitution to replace Madu=o as president. But Maduro's not giving up his 'president' title. Dozens o= countries – including the US and Germany – have backed Gu=idó. Earlier this week, the German ambassador was part of a group of =iplomats who welcomed Guaidó back to the country. Now, Maduro's gov i= accusing the ambassador of meddling in Venezuela's business. He gave the =iplomat 48 hours to pack his bags. He's not the only person on Maduro's sh=t list. His admin is deporting a US journa=ist living in Caracas who was detained yesterday – a week after Un=vision anchor was detained. Meanwhile, the US is planning to re=oke the visas of 77 Venezuelans with ties to Maduro to keep pressuring=him to step down.

Skimm More: Get more of the background on how V=nezuela got into this political crisis.

Who people are talking about…

Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ). Yesterday, she revealed <= href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/16209565.2963673/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cu=25uLmNvbS8yMDE5LzAzLzA2L3BvbGl0aWNzL21hcnRoYS1tY3NhbGx5LXJhcGUtc2V4dWFsLWF=c2F1bHQtc3Vydml2b3IvaW5kZXguaHRtbA/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Be38bc46c" targ=t="_blank" style="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">she was raped while serving in the US Air Force. McSally was the first female fighter =ilot to fly in combat. Yesterday, during a Senate hearing on the problem o= sexual assault within the military, McSally spoke up to say that she too =as raped by a superior officer. She received praise across the aisle for s=eaking up. In other #MeToo news, Mario Batali. The celeb chef sold off his=shares in all of his restau=ants. This comes after the 2017 sexual misconduct allegations against =im. While a number of have been accused of sexual misconduct during =he #MeToo movement, Batali's reportedly the first to give up all of his re=taurants. Meanwhile, WarnerMedia is looking into allegations that Warner Bros CEO Kevin Tsujih=ra promoted a woman he was having sex with for acting roles. He denies wro=gdoing. Another man in the headlines: R Kelly. He's back in jail – b=t not because of the sexual abuse allegations. This time, it's about the m=re than $100,000 he hasn't paid in child support. Oh, but he's also the su=ject of another child sex investigation.

Who people are speaking up for…

Nasrin Sotoudeh. She's a prominent human rights lawye= in Iran. Yesterday, she was convicted after defending wome= who protested the country's rule on mandatory headscarves. Those rules ha=e been in effect since the 1979 Iranian Revolution. In recent years the ci=ilian government has tried to loosen the rules. But the religious hardline=s – including in the judiciary – are way more powerful in =ran, and they aren't down with the updates. Sotoudeh – an outspoke= critic of the judiciary – was arrested last year. Now she faces y=ars in prison for charges like "encouraging corruption and prostitution."<=p>

<=>Skim= More: Listen to our audio ep on the I=anian Revolution in our app.

What to say to your friend whose guilty pleasure is "=eopardy!"…

Thinking of you and Alex Trebek. Yesterday, the "Jeop=rdy!" host announced he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He admitted that the prognos=s isn't great, but said "I'm going to fight this, and I'm going to keep wo=king."

What to say when the news makes you long for 100 years of soli=ude…

We feel you. Let's end on a good note. NASA is launch=ng its first all-female spa=ewalk later this month. Now that's a way to close out Women's=History Month on a positive note.

Monday we talked about Venezuelan politics, Tuesday w= gave you context on the vaccination debate, and Wednesday we broke down t=e situation at the border, and...the rest is still unwritten. But whatever=happens, Skimm This is going to break it down and give yo= context on why it matters in about 10 mins at 5pm tonight.

remind you tonight when it drops.

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SKIMM'RS

Congrats to…Katey N (MA). She and her =igure skating team recently won the US Synchronized Skating Championships =nd qualified for the world champs competition in Finland next month. If th=t's not cool enough, they skate to music from "The Greatest Showman."

P=pping champagne for…Meredith F (MI). She founded the Neverthel=ss Film Festival in Ann Arbor, MI that's going down in July. It's run by w=men, and every film will have at least 50% female-identifying filmmakers i= leadership positions (think: director, producer, cinematographer).

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