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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Twitter and Facebook's ban on Trump is not censorship, and demanding clear rules for social media moderation is “stupid” because the context is always changing — When I started writing this post, it was about Facebook's decision to suspend Trump's account indefinitely …
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MIT Technology Review, Gizmodo, and The Mozilla Blog
Tweets: @leojtravis10, @sanjiva, @kashhill, @evan_greer, @fbnewsroom, @joshua__frank, @techreview, @mozilla, @alex_gibson, @iainthomson, @kyleorl, @charlesarthur, @nfergus, @_rappy, @clairlemon, @jilliancyork, @aditis90, @karmel80, @digiphile, @amynordrum, @basiasosnowska, @raminskibba, @petersuderman, @aamer_rahman, @dangillmor, @caseynewton, @nikicheong, @gem_ray, @mariannedh, @tallama, @notnickfish, @eff, @benthompson, and @lmatsakis
| The Verge: |
Twitter says it has permanently suspended Trump's @realDonaldTrump account “due to the risk of further incitement of violence” — The president's preferred megaphone is gone — Twitter permanently banned President Donald Trump Friday days after a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol leaving four dead.
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Axios, Bloomberg, The Verge, CNBC, BuzzFeed News, Politico, Business Insider, New York Times, and Slate
Tweets: @twittersafety, @donaldjtrumpjr, @karateskool, @microsoft, @anneapplebaum, @twittersafety, @yashar, @sarahnemerson, @alexstamos, @sachabaroncohen, @mtracey, @lindseygrahamsc, @hillaryclinton, @mattnavarra, @faination, @barronjohn1946, @jasonmillerindc, @benedictevans, @amlwhere, @noupside, @sacca, @zeynep, @snitchery, @gaberivera, @film_girl, @alexstamos, @asharangappa_, @aynrandpaulryan, @dave_brown24, @mcfaul, @sen_joemanchin, @jonathanvswan, @kasparov63, @davidsacks, @christopherjm, @selectedwisdom, @marklittlenews, @oneunderscore__, @bobbybigwheel, @scottros, @axios, @alexgaskarth, @levie, @alexstamos, @thedweck, @ugarles, @slpng_giants, @troyhunt, @jamesrbuk, @ashleyfeinberg, @repwilson, @ashleyfeinberg, @lsanger, @charlesarthur, @elienyc, @kareemrifai, @chrislhayes, @qhardy, @ditzkoff, @albertmacgloan, @mitalisaran, @kellymakena, @gabedelahaye, @markellislive, @davidclinchnews, @steve_vladeck, @joyannreid, @bobmurphyecon, @glcarlstrom, @jpbrammer, @navalny, @twittersafety, @levie, @kellymakena, @antoniogm, @sarafischer, @karaswisher, @rmac18, @b_fung, @clueheywood, @kurtwagner8, @scalzi, @jonahdispatch, @cjane87, @mattblaze, @daphnehk, @teamtrump, @austen, @sachabaroncohen, @twittersafety, @k8em0, @mikeisaac, @actually_tina, @mikeisaac, @rmac18, @m_feeney, @m_feeney, @staceyplaskett, @danprimack, @davidbegnaud, @briantylercohen, @thedweck, @bobbybigwheel, @clarajeffery, @conor64, @levie, @thestalwart, @minal_hasan, @pixelguff, @scottmonty, @profgalloway, @iamwandasykes, @mjs_dc, @parkermolloy, @joshconstine, @eliothiggins, @shaneharris, @pwnallthethings, @jennifer, @gravelinstitute, @waltmossberg, @pierce, @pierce, @donie, @shannonpareil, @fboversight, @hunterwalk, @gcluley, @alexrkonrad, @susan_hennessey, @pareene, @popehat, @willoremus, @danprimack, @briannawu, @mmasnick, @jason, and @geoffreyfowler
| Twitter: |
Twitter describes how it decided to suspend Trump's account, specifying how two tweets were in violation of its Glorification of Violence Policy — After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received …
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New York Times, New York Times, Wired, Washington Post, Protocol, USA Today, Security Affairs, Bitcoin News, OneZero , Engadget, GeekWire, Inc42 Media, New York Post, and Reuters
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
High-stakes calls at Facebook or Twitter, corporate autocracies masquerading as mini-democracies, are just gut decisions made under extreme duress by their CEOs — The ability of a handful of people to control our public discourse has never been more obvious.
Tweets: @shapshak, @jonchevreau, @mattl_jg, @terronk, @yashar, @benjedwards, @jeff_poor, @karaswisher, @allisonlcarter, and @kevinroose
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
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Business Insider. Tweets: @jewishworker, @yusufdfi, @toddbarry, @zhbuchanan, @lindseypelas, @jasonfebery, and @mcwm
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Parler becomes the number one app on Apple's App Store in the US; Gab claims it is seeing 10,000+ new users sign up every hour — Users are surging on small, conservative, social media platforms after President Donald Trump's ban from the world's largest social networks …
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Mediaite and Variety
Tweets: @mediaite, @getongab, @azeem, @jennydemilo, @rsgnl, @hushes, @brij, @dlberes, @danprimack, @karengeier, and @sammyandrews
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
A group of Amazon staffers, Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, calls on the company to stop providing AWS services to Parler — - A group of Amazon corporate employees is calling on the company to stop providing cloud services to Parler, a social media app popular with Trump supporters …
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Bloomberg
| Shawna Chen / Axios: |
Google suspends Parler from the Play Store over moderation and enforcement policies, citing an “ongoing and urgent public safety threat” — Google has pulled Parler, a social media app for conservatives and far-right extremists, from its app store following the company's role in the deadly U.S. Capitol siege this week.
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iPhone in Canada Blog, Business Insider, XDA Developers, and Ars Technica
| BuzzFeed News: |
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The Verge, New York Times, Input, CNN, Android Authority, Wall Street Journal, Mashable, Deadline, Slate, and Newser
Tweets: @slpng_giants, @karissabe, @briantylercohen, @antoniogm, @hacks4pancakes, @aoc, @daveyalba, @jonathanturley, @aoc, @dlberes, @nicoleperlroth, @jessedamiani, @krgpryal, @joncoopertweets, @nash076, @slpng_giants, @marcushjohnson, @wsj, @jacknicas, @broderick, @howardfineman, @yashar, @nxthompson, @realcandaceo, @realcandaceo, @malwarejake, @parscale, @breenewsome, @jamesrbuk, @alicehill, @chillmage, @tmprowell, @lnterraciallust, @evelyndouek, @jeffhorwitz, @danielpunkass, @alecstapp, @hacks4pancakes, @migueldeicaza, @carnage4life, @mgsiegler, @jamesrbuk, @rhappe, @karaswisher, @caseynewton, and @karaswisher
| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: |
A network of YouTube channels, which have not disclosed their connection to Epoch Times, has been propagating election disinformation since Election Day — A network of YouTube channels connected to the pro-Trump media outlet Epoch Times launched after Election Day as part of a disinformation campaign … | Thomas Fabbri / BBC: |
Sex workers say Pornhub's defunding by Visa, Mastercard, and Discover is putting their livelihoods at risk and will not solve the problem of illegal content — Credit card giants Visa, Mastercard and Discover have blocked all payments to Pornhub, after the adult site was accused of being …
Tweets: @therealsirips, @mylesjackman, and @gingerbanks1
| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
YouTube terminated Steve Bannon's War Room podcast channel and one associated channel on Friday, after receiving three strikes for violating YouTube's rules — YouTube on Friday said it banned the channel of Steve Bannon's popular War Room podcast, after it repeatedly violated the Google-owned platform's rules.| Evan Ackerman / IEEE Spectrum: |
Q&A with Aaron Saunders, VP at Boston Dynamics, on teaching robots to dance and how that informs the company's approach to robotics for commercial applications — A week ago, Boston Dynamics posted a video of Atlas, Spot, and Handle dancing to “Do You Love Me.”
Tweets: @aparanjape, @mouserelec, @kaeshour, @pranavab47, and @helengreiner
| Rest of World: |
A look at Zameen, a Pakistani online real estate marketplace, estimated to initiate 70% of all sale and rental transactions in the country — In 15 years, the company went from a bland classified ads site to hosting two-thirds of all real estate transactions. — • KARACHI, PAKISTAN
Tweets: @cengizyar, @nilchristopher, @sharpshoot, @restofworld, and @mutaherkhan
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