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Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook won't remove Trump's post on Minnesota protests to “enable as much expression as possible”, says it doesn't violate its policies — “We should enable as much discussion as possible,” Zuckerberg says in a post — Facebook will not remove … | Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Leaked posts show Facebook's decision not to remove Trump's threat of violence is roiling employees, some of whom are calling on execs to reconsider the stance — “If we fail the test case here, history will not judge us kindly” — Facebook's decision not to take action against recent posts … | Ina Fried / Axios: |
Twitter determines two tweets about protesters from Trump and White House violate its rules on glorifying violence; users must click to see the labeled tweets — Twitter said Friday morning that a tweet from President Trump in which he threatened shooting in response to civil unrest in Minneapolis violated the company's rules.| Peter Kafka / Vox: |
Executives at big tech companies have publicly stayed silent on Trump's social media executive order, with many executives thinking it's really aimed at Twitter — Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office before signing an executive order that's supposed to regulate social media, on May 28.| Margaret Harding McGill / Axios: |
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Google says it is delaying the Android 11 beta release and virtual launch event that was scheduled for June 3, but the final release is still on track for Q3 — Google this evening announced that it's delaying next week's Android 11: The Beta Launch Show. The company on Twitter says … | Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Sony says it is on track to launch PlayStation 5 this year and has begun manufacturing the console, announces a games-focused event on June 4 — Latest PlayStation console expected to launch globally in the final quarter of 2020 — Sony's PlayStation 5 is “on track” … | Parimal Satyal / Neustadt.fr: |
A look at the small and independent web, why it's different from the sites that dominate web traffic today, and why it's worth exploring — Most websites today are built like commercial products by professionals and marketers, optimised to draw the largest audience, generate engagement and ‘convert’.| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
Third-party Amazon sellers are marking products as “collectible” to get around price gouging rules; sellers say the loophole was rarely used before the pandemic — For sale on Amazon: thousand-dollar ‘collectible’ dumbbells and hot tubs — Amazon has suspended thousands … | Bryce Covert / Wired: |
A behind-the-scenes account of how Kickstarter workers came together to become the first white-collar technology workforce to unionize in US history — The point wasn't so much about pay issues, but to give workers more say over what they produce—reflecting a trend of internal protest across the tech industry.| Chris Stokel-Walker / Increment: |
A look at the rise of React, an open-source JavaScript library for building user interfaces, which is led by a small team of full-time developers at Facebook — On the social, cultural, and technological impacts of the increasingly ubiquitous frontend framework.| Bloomberg: |
Analysis of Layoffs.fyi data: tech companies have cut over 40,000 jobs during the pandemic, led by the travel and transportation sector with 14,250 layoffs — Layoffs have slammed tech companies both large and small since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in mid-March.| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Waymo to return its fleet to service in Bay Area starting June 8th delivering packages for two non-profits, thus sidestepping “shelter-in-place” regulations — The AV company is the latest to discover that doing deliveries can help sidestep restrictions on nonessential travel| NBC News: |
Facebook says it banned anti-vaccination news site Natural News for using content farms from Macedonia and the Philippines, not for the content it posted — One of the largest publishers of coronavirus disinformation on Facebook has been banned from the platform for using content farms …
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