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November 4, 2020, 3:30 PM
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Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Twitter placed sharing restrictions on Trump tweets alleging election theft while Facebook added labels warning election night results might not be final  —  Facebook warns tonight's results might not be final, Twitter limits spread  —  After a night in which President Donald Trump falsely claimed victory …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook and Instagram add large pop-ups atop feeds telling users that no presidential election winner has been declared, after Trump prematurely claims victory  —  Facebook and Instagram are running notifications in their respective apps informing U.S. users that the winner …
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, and other tech stocks rally with Nasdaq up 4.4%+ as vote counting continues across swing states  —  Update: The Nasdaq Composite is now up 4.45% and SaaS and cloud stocks up a simply massive 6.7%.  Whatever was driving the rally this morning appears to be still at it in the early afternoon.
Wall Street Journal:
Facebook clarifies its rules and says it will allow premature victory declarations in individual states but not for the presidential election  —  Facebook Inc. has clarified its rules and said it won't flag President Trump or any other individual who declares victory for a candidate in battleground states before votes are counted.
Ellen Huet / Bloomberg:
California sides with Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and others on Prop 22, exempting the companies from having to reclassify workers as employees  —  Gig economy giants including Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and DoorDash Inc. have won their effort to pass a hotly contested ballot measure …
The Information:
Two senior executives at Lyft, in charge of strategic initiatives and design, respectively, are leaving the firm on the eve of California's vote on Prop 22
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Massachusetts voters pass a right-to-repair expansion governing vehicle data, preventing manufacturers from locking out third parties  —  One election night issue that has appears to have an answer already is the passage of Question 1 in Massachusetts, which asked voters …
Ashley Gold / Axios:
FCC says T-Mobile will pay a $200M fine to settle claims Sprint was illegitimately drawing excess subsidies from the Lifeline phone program for low-income users  —  T-Mobile will pay a $200 million civil penalty to the U.S. Treasury to resolve an investigation into whether Sprint …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Comcast and Walmart to develop and distribute smart TVs together; TVs will run Comcast software and Walmart will promote them with a revenue split  —  Under the terms being discussed, the retail giant would promote TV sets running Comcast software and receive share of recurring revenue
Firat Kozok / Bloomberg:
Source: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok were each fined $1.2M by Turkey for failing to appoint a local representative as required by a new law  —  - YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok also fined $1.2 million  — Firms failed to appoint a local representative as required
Bloomberg:
Sources: China says Ant Group can't proceed with IPOs until it complies with new capital requirements and reapplies for licenses to operate nationwide  —  - Listing of Jack Ma's fintech giant was halted on Tuesday  — Ma criticized regulators for stifling innovation last month
New York Times:
Ant Group says its IPO has been suspended in both Shanghai and Hong Kong, after Chinese regulators summoned Jack Ma and other executives of the company

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From Mediagazer

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The US Treasury has denied credentials to specific reporters from The New York Times, WSJ, and Bloomberg for the G20 finance meeting in Asheville

Sam Levine / The Guardian:
DHS is using customs summonses, which need no judge's approval, to get journalists' records, even in cases where there is no connection to customs issues

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Howard Stern returns to SiriusXM with one live show a week, and will adapt his live SiriusXM show into a streamable episode for HBO Max

More News

Washington Post:
DHS and the FBI are investigating a robocall and text campaign warning US voters to “stay safe and stay home”
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
US Cyber Command and the NSA say they took actions against Iranian hackers in recent weeks to deter election interference, but did not specify actions taken

Earlier Picks

Eric Berger / Ars Technica:
NASA says AST & Science's plan to build a broadband network via a constellation of satellites carries an unusually high risk of causing an orbital collision
Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac:
Spotify begins rolling out support for streaming audio from its standalone Apple Watch app
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Snap now lets creators display their subscriber counts, the first time Snapchat has given users any public-facing metric of their audience or followers
BuzzFeed News:
Internal Facebook survey shows only 51% believe Facebook was having a positive impact in the world, down 23% from May and down 5.5% from last year
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