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April 26, 2021, 7:20 AM

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New York Times:
India's government says it ordered Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to take down dozens of posts critical of its handling of the pandemic; companies complied  —  Aimed at Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, the move sets up a clash over free speech amid a widening political and public health crisis.
Aroon Deep / MediaNama:
New York Times:
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Dan Kaminsky, the celebrated security researcher widely known for his work on discovering crucial DNS security flaws and Sony Rootkit infections, has died at 42  —  The celebrated security researcher, Dan Kaminsky, widely known for his work on discovering crucial DNS security flaws …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Facebook says it has a policy letting any person initiate a takedown of a post containing an image of their residence, regardless of the post's newsworthiness  —  The New York Post has complained that Facebook is blocking and downplaying its stories.  But the platform doesn't pay any special deference to journalists.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Documentary short Colette, co-produced by EA and Oculus Studios for VR game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, wins an Oscar, a first for the videogame industry  —  Facebook just won its first Oscar.  —  “Colette,” from the social giant's Oculus VR group and EA's Respawn Entertainment …
Joanna Ossinger / Bloomberg:
Survey finds direct correlation between the percentage of someone's net worth invested in crypto and negative impacts to their personal relationships  —  - A greater portion of assets in crypto makes issues more likely  — Big gains or losses of money can have an effect: analyst
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Dan Taylor / Tech.eu:
Turkish second-hand shopping site Trendyol receives an additional investment of $330M from Alibaba, which now holds an 86.5% stake in the company  —  Turkish e-commerce platform Trendyol has received an additional $330 million investment from existing partner Alibaba in a capital increase.
More: Reuters
Rick Prelinger / Wired:
NFTs could incentivize underfunded public and private museums and archives to tokenize their holdings and become less accessible to non-commercial users  —  Non-fungible tokens and artificial intelligence make tracing the origins of a digital object more fragile.  What are the world's archivists to do?

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