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Russian Tech Exec Sues Buzzfeed for Publishing Unverified Trump Dossier

A Russian technology executive has sued BuzzFeed and its editor Ben Smith for publishing the unverified Trump dossier, calling it “perhaps one of the most reckless and irresponsible moments in modern ‘journalism.'” Within hours of the lawsuit’s filing, BuzzFeed blacked out the name of Aleksej Gubarev in the dossier on its site and apologized. “We have redacted Mr. Gubarev’s name from the published dossier, and apologize for including it,” BuzzFeed spokesman Matt Mittenthal told CNNMoney. Aleksej Gubarev is the CEO of XBT, a company that hosts websites and runs thousands of computer servers worldwide. The lawsuit claims …