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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| 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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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Following Trump's ban on Facebook and Twitter, alternative social apps and private messengers top the app stores, including Signal, Telegram, MeWe, and CloutHub — Alternative social media apps including MeWe, CloutHub and other privacy-focused rivals to big tech, are topping …
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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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| 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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| 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.| Evelyn Douek / Lawfare: |
Facebook should refer its decision to indefinitely block Trump to its Oversight Board, even though the board typically reviews individual pieces of content — While Congress works out what form of accountability it will impose on President Trump for inciting insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week …
Tweets: @mosseri, @cat_zakrzewski, @benyt, @evelyndouek, and @jonward11
| 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| About Facebook: |
Facebook says it is now removing content containing the phrase “stop the steal”, under Facebook and Instagram's Coordinating Harm policy — We began preparing for Inauguration Day last year. But our planning took on new urgency after last week's violence in Washington, D.C. … | Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal: |
As tensions rise, China has found a subtle way to make life difficult for US tech companies: slowing down regulatory approval for acquisitions and other deals — Slow approval from Beijing is dragging out big technology deals, costing American companies time and money — Patience may be a virtue.
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| 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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