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Twitter stock fell 7%+ in first trading since permanently banning Trump; one analyst says Twitter could be inviting regulation by making editorial decisions — - Platform confirmed move in blog post after Capitol violence — Ban shows Twitter is making editorial decisions, says analyst
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Germany's Merkel calls Twitter banning Trump “problematic”, arguing speech moderation should happen by law, not corporate decision, a sentiment echoed by France — - Chancellor Merkel calls Trump's ban on Twitter ‘problematic’ — France's Beaune says private actors shouldn't have such power
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| Peter W. Singer / Defense One: |
After years of dodging the issue, Twitter and others finally seem to acknowledge that social media is not just a communication space but a conflict space — Platform companies have finally come to grips with their roles as owners of battlefields. — COMMENTARY - INFOWAR - DOMESTIC EXTREMISM - WHITE HOUSE| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Stripe will no longer process payments for Trump's campaign website and fundraising efforts, after violations of policies against encouraging violence — Financial-technology company's move follows last week's riot at the Capitol — Stripe Inc. will no longer process payments … | Jillian C. York: |
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| Dell Cameron / Gizmodo: |
A researcher says she archived 99.9% of posts on Parler, many with users' location data, as Apple, Google, and Amazon took the service offline — In the wake of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by scores of President Trump's supporters, a lone researcher began an effort to catalogue …
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| Bruce Haring / Deadline: |
Parler CEO says the company has been dropped by “every vendor from text message services to email providers to our lawyers”, which could end the business — Parler CEO Mark Matze said today that his company have been dropped by virtually all of their business alliances after Amazon …
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| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
Facebook says it's freezing all contributions from its PAC through at least Q1 as it reviews its political spending, joining other companies including Microsoft — Facebook is halting political spending for at least the first quarter of 2021 following last week's deadly attack on the Capitol.
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Tweets: @dinabass, @epro, @johnpaczkowski, @carlquintanilla, @richlightshed, and @adamserwer
| Jessica Guynn / USA Today: |
Facebook hires Roy L. Austin, Jr., a renowned civil rights attorney and advocate, to establish a new civil rights organization inside Facebook — Civil rights attorney Roy L. Austin, Jr., who focused on policing in the Obama administration, first at the Justice Department and then at the White House …
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Tweets: @nick_clegg, @digitalsista, @cat_zakrzewski, and @kimmaicutler
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
LG says Google Stadia and Nvidia's GeForce Now are coming to its latest TVs in the second half of 2021 — Game streaming comes natively to the TV screen — LG has announced that it's bringing two of the leading cloud gaming services, Google Stadia and Nvidia's GeForce Now, to its newest TVs later this year.
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Tweets: @martinlindell and @anshelsag
| Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon, Walmart, and others are using AI to decide whether it makes economic sense to skip returns and let customers keep the products, which is often cheaper — In some cases, it's cheaper for the retailers to refund the purchase price and let customers keep or donate the products| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
Tim Berners-Lee's Inrupt, which helps people control their data, has raised ~$20M to date and is piloting projects with UK's National Health Service and others — Tim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data. He has technology and a start-up pursuing that goal.
Tweets: @nytimesbusiness, @gilestremlett, @tprstly, @snazzyazzy, @donelson52, @mikemongo, and @rschon
| Wilson Rothman / Wall Street Journal: |
As CES kicks off, a look at how the mammoth trade show pivoted to a virtual event this year with ~1,900 exhibitors participating, far shy of 2020's 4,500 — This week's show will be held online—and exhibitors and attendees aren't quite sure what to expect — CES, the world's largest tech show, is quite something to behold.
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CNET, CNN, Ars Technica, TechSpot, Washington Post, What Hi-Fi?, Wired, The Verge, CNET, and TechRadar
Tweets: @joannastern and @bdsams
| Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Intercontinental Exchange says its crypto venture Bakkt will go public via a SPAC merger at a $2.1B valuation — ICE's Bakkt crypto venture plans to roll out an app for trading and making payments with digital assets — Intercontinental Exchange Inc., or ICE, will take its cryptocurrency venture public …
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Business Wire, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, Crowdfund Insider, Finbold, Crypto Briefing, CoinGeek, and The Block. Tweets: @arturo_p_a
| Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: |
Airbnb, often forgotten in the Section 230 debate, has relied on the law to avoid responsibility for some listings and is lobbying to reshape it — Home-rental site is caught up in political push to change internet shield even as its efforts to use law haven't always worked
Tweets: @saraheneedleman and @jkosseff
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