Aug 9 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the
Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and
does not vouch for their accuracy.
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation is soliciting
proposals from outside vendors for a contract to pull vast
quantities of public data from Facebook Inc FB.O , Twitter Inc
TWTR.N and other social media "to proactively identify and
reactively monitor threats to the United States and its
interests." https://on.wsj.com/2YwpX1g
- Facebook Inc FB.O is offering news outlets millions of
dollars for the rights to put their content in a news section
that the company hopes to launch later this year, according to
people familiar with the matter. https://on.wsj.com/2Yv7zps
- Broadcom Inc AVGO.O struck a $10.7 billion deal to buy
Symantec Corp's SYMC.O enterprise security business, as it
steps up efforts to expand beyond chip making. https://on.wsj.com/2YDwiYX
-U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign and other prominent
Republican groups said they are temporarily freezing spending on
Twitter Inc TWTR.N after the social-media platform locked the
account belonging to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's
campaign. https://on.wsj.com/2MQmzrc
- Police in the Philippines said they had opened an
investigation into 8chan, an online message board whose American
owner lives in the country, following allegations that the
site's no-exceptions embrace of free speech has made it a
platform for far-right ideologies linked to several mass
shootings. https://on.wsj.com/2YDwd7B
- U.S. President Donald Trump ousted the nation's No. 2
intelligence official, Sue Gordon, after his allies urged her
removal to block her ascension to acting director of national
intelligence, according to people familiar with the matter. https://on.wsj.com/2MQmHaa