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Source: Dorsey has weighed in on Twitter's content decisions, overruling staff to keep Alex Jones and reinstate Richard Spencer's account; Twitter refutes story — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has personally weighed in on high-profile decisions, frustrating some employees
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
British P2P lending startup Funding Circle announces plans to IPO on the London Stock Exchange and raise about $387.4M — - The peer-to-peer lender is looking to raise about £300 million ($387.4 million) from the initial public offering (IPO). — Heartland A/S, the private holding company …
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| Nic Fildes / Financial Times: |
BT, TalkTalk, BBC, Sky, ITV, and Channel 4 call for UK government to introduce independent regulatory oversight of the content carried over social networks — The heads of Britain's largest media and telecoms companies have called for the government to introduce independent regulatory oversight …
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Tweets: @neil_neilzone, @beatabiel, and @dvatw
| Rebecca Hill / The Register: |
Communiqué from Five Eyes nations tells tech industry to make accommodations on encryption, or legislative or enforcement actions may be taken for lawful access — Five Eyes to tech: We have ways of making you comply — The Five Eyes nations have told the tech industry …
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The Verge, Australian Department …, CNET, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, iTnews, Engadget, CSO, AppleInsider, TechCo, Patently Apple, Silicon Republic, and ZDNet
Tweets: @riskybusiness, @chadloder, @larrysalibra, @4thanon, @stshank, and @alexstamos
| Benjamin Plackett / Engadget: |
Ten Reddit moderators talk about the abuse they receive, including death and rape threats, burnout under pressure, and how Reddit fails to tackle the issues — This article was produced in partnership with Point, a YouTube channel for investigative journalism.
Tweets: @skrishna, @chrizap, @_jaymcgregor, @thegallowboob, and @m4tt
| New York Times: |
In lawsuits against Israeli hacking tools maker NSO Group, which claims to not spy with its tools, court docs allegedly show it snooping on calls to close sales — The rulers of the United Arab Emirates had been using Israeli spyware for more than a year, secretly turning the smartphones … | David Canellis / The Next Web: |
Seattle-based exchange Bittrex delists Bitcoin Gold, as the fallout continues from a 51% attack on the cryptocurrency in May that netted attackers millions — The threat of attack is very real for upstart cryptocurrency projects. Bitcoin Gold, a popular hard fork of Bitcoin …
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| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Naked Labs' body scanner review: 3D body maps are great and circumference estimates are accurate, but body fat % differs greatly from hydrostatic test results — Naked Labs' body scanner does a great job creating a 3-D model of your nearly naked body, but just how far are you willing to let technology go?
Tweets: @joannastern
| Shan Li / Wall Street Journal: |
Chinese regulators have not approved a single new game since March, say they will limit the number of games to be released per year, will try to reduce playtime — Regulators haven't approved the sale of new titles since March — BEIJING—China will limit videogame releases and set … | Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
YC founder Paul Graham dispenses new advice in interview: why college-age founders are too young, how competition only killed 1 out of 1,900 YC startups, more — Yesterday, as part of some of its newest programming for startup founders, the startup incubator Y Combinator posted a new interview …
Tweets: @angeladuckw, @aparanjape, and @garrytan
| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Used car site Vroom, which laid off ~30% staff and halted Dallas and Indiana operations in March, is raising $70M and has already secured $30M, SEC filing shows — Despite cutting a big portion of its staff in March, Vroom is back pitching investors. Yesterday, the site for buying … | Wall Street Journal: |
JD.com founder and CEO Richard Liu arrested in Minnesota on a sexual misconduct allegation, released without bail; police say investigation is ongoing — E-commerce company JD.com says CEO Liu Qiangdong was released after what it says was a false accusation; Minneapolis Police say the case remains open
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Tweets: @gabewildau and @nytimes
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