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[Thread] Twitter says Trump's account will be locked for 12 hours following removal of recent tweets, and further violations will result in permanent suspension — As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, D.C., we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy. https://help.twitter.com/...
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As a mob of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol building, Facebook and Twitter allowed Trump to cheer them on using their platforms — As rioters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday, President Donald Trump clung to his last vestiges of power: his social media accounts.
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| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Facebook will remove content supporting violence at the Capitol, including photos and videos of the event, require admin review for group posts, more — After removing a video in which President Trump praised a violent group of his supporters who broke into the U.S. Capitol building …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Facebook and Instagram have banned President Trump from posting for the next 24 hours citing two policy violations — The company follows Twitter in restricting Trump's presence — Facebook has blocked President Trump from posting on the site for 24 hours, the company said Wednesday evening.
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| BuzzFeed News: |
The Trump supporters who rioted in the US Capitol on Wednesday had been openly planning online for weeks, including on mainstream and niche social media sites — The supporters of President Donald Trump who rioted in the US Capitol building on Wednesday had been openly planning for weeks … | Casey Newton / The Verge: |
The time has come for Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to deplatform Trump, whose continued presence is accelerating the erosion of US democracy — As you no doubt already know, today, President Trump incited his followers to storm the US Capitol, where they disrupted the constitutionally …
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| Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News: |
Some Facebook employees say internal forum admins froze comments on at least three threads in which employees discussed removing Trump from the site — Facebook employees were appalled by President Donald Trump's encouragement of his supporters as they stormed the US Capitol building …
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Facebook and YouTube have removed a video of Trump addressing supporters; Facebook says it risked adding to violence, YouTube says it violated election rules — YouTube also removed it, but Twitter left it up — As rioters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday, Facebook removed a video …
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
After labeling some Trump tweets due to “risk of violence”, Twitter removed three Trump tweets, including the video to his supporters — Twitter has suspended Donald Trump and locked the president out of his account for the next 12 hours, after warning that his tweets posed a “risk of violence.”| New York Times: |
Sources: US intel agencies are investigating JetBrains as possible entry point for SolarWinds hackers; JetBrains isn't aware of any investigation or compromise — Russian hackers may have piggybacked on a tool developed by JetBrains, which is based in the Czech Republic …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
SuperData report: the US game industry grew 12% YoY to $139.9B in 2020, as console games rose 28% YoY to $19.7B, but growth is projected to slow to 2% in 2021 — The game industry grew 12% to $139.9 billion in 2020 from $120.1 billion in 2019 as many industries shrank during the pandemic … | Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Hopin, which develops software for hosting digital events, acquires livestreaming startup StreamYard for $250M — This morning Hopin, a quickly-growing startup that sells a technology platform for hosting digital events, announced that it has acquired StreamYard.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Nissan confirms that source code of its North America mobile apps and internal tools was leaked online after the company misconfigured one of its Git servers — Nissan was allegedly running a Bitbucket Git server with the default credentials of admin/admin.| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Roblox announces a $520M financing round led by Altimeter Capital and Dragoneer at a $29.5B valuation, says it plans to go public soon via direct listing — - Robolox raised $520 million at a $29.5 billion valuation in a financing round led by Altimeter Capital and Dragoneer Investment Group.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Lacework, which develops automated containerized workload defense, intrusion detection, and compliance tools, raises $525M Series D at a $1B+ valuation — Lacework, a four-year-old developer of automated containerized workload defense, intrusion detection, and compliance solutions …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Glia, an omnichannel customer service software that supports text, phone calls, video chat, and more, raises $78M Series C led by Insight Partners — Customer service startup Glia today announced it raised $78 million. The funds will be used to expand departments across its organization …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
French startup Pennylane, which provides an accounting service that combines automated processes with human accountants, raises €15M — French startup Pennylane has raised $18.4 million (€15 million) for its accounting service that combines automated processes with human accountants.
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