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Sources: Trump is planning to sign an executive order Thursday that could threaten punishment for Facebook, Google, and Twitter over content moderation — The president is expected to sign the order on Thursday. — President Trump is preparing to sign an executive order Thursday …
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| Yael Halon / Fox News: |
Zuckerberg on Twitter fact-checking Trump: private companies, especially platform companies, shouldn't be the arbiter of truth — Mark Zuckerberg on Twitter fact-checking Trump: Private companies shouldn't be the arbiter of truth — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has called out Twitter … | Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News: |
After Twitter labeled Trump's tweets, his campaign and Fox News target Twitter's Site Integrity lead Yoel Roth; Twitter says Roth works on manipulation and bots — “It's unfortunate to see individual employees targeted for company decisions — Right-wing media and Trump supporters …
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| Bloomberg: |
After Twitter adds a label to his misleading tweets, Trump says Republicans will “strongly regulate” social media platforms or “close them down” — - Attack comes after Twitter fact-checked, labeled Trump tweet — Tech companies have faced criticism from conservatives of bias
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
In a first, Twitter adds a “Get the facts” label to two Trump tweets with false claims about mail-in voting, which links to a Twitter Moment refuting his claims — The action comes after years of criticism that social media companies have allowed the president to push misinformation unchecked
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple confirms it has acquired Ontario-based Inductiv, which develops AI to automate identifying and correcting errors in data — - Inductiv engineering team joined iPhone maker in recent weeks — Apple has acquired over a dozen AI-related companies for Siri
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Tweets: @backlon, @markgurman, @moltz, and @reneritchie
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google's Threat Analysis Group says it saw new activity from some Indian “hack-for-hire” firms in Q1 2020, which spoofed WHO Gmail accounts for spearfishing — Google also discloses seven coordinated political influence campaigns that took place on its platforms during Q1 2020.
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Arizona AG sues Google for allegedly collecting Android user location data even when users had turned digital tracking off — Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich sued Google on Wednesday, alleging the tech giant violated its users' privacy by collecting information about their whereabouts …
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| Theodore Schleifer / Vox: |
Overview of major efforts by Reid Hoffman, Eric Schmidt, Dustin Moskovitz, and Laurene Powell Jobs to boost Joe Biden's chances in the upcoming election — Reid Hoffman, Eric Schmidt, Dustin Moskovitz, and Laurene Powell Jobs, Silicon Valley's new power set, are instrumental … | Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Apple's acquisition of Fraggle Rock's past TV seasons ahead of a reboot on TV+ signals a strategy shift for the service that had relied on original content — Apple isn't echoing Netflix's strategy, but it's certainly doing something new — Apple is acquiring Fraggle Rock's past TV seasons ahead …
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| Ginny Marvin / Marketing Land: |
Google says Discovery ads, which are eligible to serve across YouTube Home and Watch Next feeds, Gmail, and the Discover feed, are now available globally — Discovery campaigns are available to all advertisers globally. — Google introduced two big image-driven ad tests at its Google Marketing Live event last year.
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Nvidia says that, moving forward, users will only be able to play games on GeForce Now from publishers who have opted into the service, currently around 200 — When NVIDIA launched GeForce Now earlier this year, the streaming service ran into trouble with publishers like Activision Blizzard and Bethesda.| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft adds a standalone app for its Cortana virtual assistant to Windows 10, launching without support for Alexa queries — Microsoft AI assistant Cortana is getting a dedicated app today for Windows 10 PCs. Unlike Cortana in the Start menu or pinned to the taskbar …
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Windows Blog, Windows Blog, Laptop Mag, Windows Central, XDA Developers, Microsoft 365 Blog, Softpedia News, BGR, SlashGear, OnMSFT.com, The Verge, and PCWorld
Tweets: @epro and @withinrafael
| Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post: |
Profile of Charli D'Amelio, a 16-year-old from Connecticut who's become TikTok's biggest star after joining in 2019, thanks to a fun and relatable persona — The young people of Ohio weren't physically distancing, and Gov. Mike DeWine needed to do something. — “Young people think they're pretty invincible.
Tweets: @raevotta, @travismandrews, @davejorgenson, and @davejorgenson
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