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As Web3 takes proliferate, it's worth noting there are two distinct “is Web3 bullshit?” questions: an open-ended technical question, and whether it will “win” — And is that even the right question? … Is web3 bullshit? The hazy vision of new decentralized internet …
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Twitter says it mistakenly suspended 12 accounts after “coordinated and malicious reports” targeted researchers and journalists, and will review its new policy — Far-right activists had urged their followers to use a new company rule to target anti-extremism researchers and journalists
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An anti-fascist researcher says Twitter suspended her account after someone reported a 2019 tweet of hers following Twitter's updated Private Information Policy — Researchers fear the new ban on posts sharing people's private information will be ‘emboldening to the fascists’ eager to keep their identities concealed.
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Profile of Twitch streamer Tyler Steinkamp, including the loneliness and rage that comes with streaming game battles and real-world moments for 50 hours a week — NEW LONDON, Mo. — Just before midnight, six hours into his 10-hour Twitch live stream, Tyler Steinkamp's rage begins to erupt.
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Profile of eGirl Capital, a VC firm run by 12 anonymous cartoon characters and two “doxxed” individuals, that has invested up to $10M in crypto projects — When, earlier this year, executives at an Ethereum project called Arbitrum joined a business call with a buzzy new investment firm …
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| Alexandra S. Levine / Politico: |
Clearview AI is set to win a US patent for facial recognition technology that the company says is the first to cover a “search engine for faces” — The government is moving to award a lucrative patent for a “search engine for faces,” a technology that has members of Congress and privacy advocates up in arms.
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| Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: |
Spotify removed the work of hundreds of comedians, including John Mulaney and Kevin Hart, amid a fight with royalty administration agency Spoken Giants — A push for royalty payments on comedic material sidelines work of Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish and hundreds of others| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta says it is testing a Split Payments feature for Messenger in the US that lets users share the cost of bills and expenses — Facebook Messenger announced today that it's starting to test out a new “Split Payments” feature that introduces a way for users to share the cost of bills and expenses through the app.
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Profile of Roblox CEO David Baszucki, aka “builderman” on Roblox, who sees his company playing a significant role in the metaverse — In March his online gaming company went public with a $40 billion market valuation. — A parent's first glance at kids playing Roblox can be bewildering.
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| Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News: |
How online activists helped close BOO, an MLM scheme that sold $110 bags of dirt as alternative medicine on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok during the pandemic — The social media posts started in May: photos and videos of smiling people, mostly women, drinking Mason jars of black liquid … | Swathi Moorthy / Moneycontrol: |
Users and experts reveal Clubhouse's content moderation struggles in India, amid a deluge of 18+ rooms, adult content, and harassment and bullying — Moneycontrol pieced this story from conversations with nearly a dozen people who are users, creators, psychologists, industry experts, and civil society organisations.
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| Kelly Pau / Vox: |
Spotify Wrapped's cultural significance reveals how algorithms influence our self-conception and how we in turn perform for Spotify's construction of ourselves — Spotify spies on us, and we kinda love it. — When Spotify Wrapped came out in 2017, it hit my group chats like breaking news.
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