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Google announced news of how Chrome 86 blocks abusive push notifications. Google identifies them by subscribing to some push notifications. - @martinibuster ---via @sejournalhttps://j.st/4Okt 

So when Google announced Passage Indexing at the Search On 2020 event, there was a lot of confusion around it. We cleared the big one up, i.e. it's ranking, not indexing. - @rustybrick via--- @seroundtablehttps://j.st/4Oks 

Federal Appeals Court allows North Carolina mail-in ballots deadline extension. -- via @politicohttps://j.st/4Ojt 

According to the ACLU, lawyers are still struggling to find the parents of 545 children separated from them under the “zero-tolerance” policy. --- via @guardianhttps://j.st/4Ojs 

Facebook continues to expand Shopping capabilities and features across its platforms. - @GinnyMarvin via --@senginelandhttps://j.st/4OiT 

Google on Passage Indexing "This change doesn’t mean we’re indexing individual passages independently of pages. We’re still indexing pages and considering info about entire pages for ranking." - @rustybrick via-- @seroundtablehttps://j.st/4OiS 

Yesterday, Google sent out a bunch of notifications via Google Search Console to let some publishers know that they are missing out on Google Discover traffic. -@rustybrick -- via @seroundtablehttps://j.st/4OiR 

California Bar hopes to receive valid responses in a survey about cheating on the recent online exam. - @stacizaretsky --- via @atlbloghttps://j.st/4Oid 

Recently there's been a concerted effort by patent maximalists to try to shred a long line of Supreme Court rulings that finally limited just some of the destructive nature of patent trolling. - @mmasnick --- via @techdirthttps://j.st/4Oic 

Democrats claim that FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has turned the FCC into "a political appendage of President Trump's campaign" by aiding his battle against social media websites. - @jbrodkin --- via @arstechnicahttps://j.st/4Oib 

This @techdirt "Weaponized Farce" article pretty much sums up the Barr DOJ's antitrust actions and the new Google case -- by @KarlBodehttps://j.st/4Oi4 

Here is a new myth, that says Google requires 30-60 days for it to discover, index and then use new backlinks it finds for your web site. That is not true, Google can do all of that within minutes and hours. - @rustybrick --- via @seroundtablehttps://j.st/4OhL 

Google's John Mueller said "Being indexed first doesn't make a site the owner of the content. - @rustybrick via -- @seroundtablehttps://j.st/4OhK 

The Justice Department has issued its antitrust lawsuit against Google, confirming a report this morning from The Wall Street Journal. - @jshieber, @ingridlunden via @TechCrunchhttps://j.st/4OhM 

Google said last night that the indexing issues are essentially fully resolved outside of some edge cases. Google said 99% of the indexing issues were resolved as of Wednesday, October 14, 2020. -@rustybrick via -- @seroundtablehttps://j.st/4OhJ 

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether the Trump administration can divert $2.5 billion in military funds to pay for the border wall. --- via @ABAJournalhttps://j.st/4Ohe 

An old law no one had bothered to take off the books allowed officers to literally police speech. - @TimCushing --- via @techdirthttps://j.st/4Ohd 

Amazon employees gathered at Seattle HQ to demand that the company provide paid time off for voting between now and Election Day. --- via @geekwirehttps://j.st/4Ohc 

Deadlocked Supreme Court Allows Extra Time for Mail-In Voting in Pennsylvania --- via @nytimeshttps://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/10/19/us/trump-vs-biden …