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Russia moves to designate Meta as an “extremist organization”; source says WhatsApp won't be affected as it is a means of communication — Russian prosecutors have asked a court to ban Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook and Instagram as “extremist,” Interfax reported, the latest move in a growing crackdown on social networks.
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| Nick Clegg / @nickclegg: |
Responding to reports that Russia may designate Meta an extremist org, Meta says it will allow calls for violence against Russian soldiers only in Ukraine — Responding to reports that the Russian government is considering designating Meta as an extremist organization for its policies in support of speech: https://twitter.com/...
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Roskomnadzor says it is banning Instagram in Russia from March 14 because Meta now allows posts “calling for violence against Russian citizens” — First Facebook, now Instagram — One week after placing a ban on Facebook in Russia, the country's communications agency Roskomnadzor announced it will ban Instagram, too.
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| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
Biden administration is working with Gen Z For Change, a nonprofit advocacy group, to brief top TikTok stars about the war in Ukraine — On Thursday afternoon, 30 top TikTok stars gathered on a Zoom call to receive key information about the war unfolding in Ukraine.
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| David Gilbert / VICE: |
Investigation finds a campaign coordinated in a secret Telegram channel to pay Russian TikTok influencers to post videos pushing pro-Kremlin narratives — An investigation by VICE News uncovered a coordinated campaign to pay Russian TikTok influencers to post videos pushing pro-Kremlin narratives.
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Media Manipulation Casebook. Tweets: @josephfcox, @emilydreyfuss, @learmonth, @daithaigilbert, and @jason_koebler
| Financial Times: |
EU and the UK open an antitrust probe into Google and Meta's Jedi Blue deal on online ads; EU is also probing whether Google acted without Meta's knowledge — Europe's competition chief Margrethe Vestager tells FT that ‘Jedi Blue’ deal represents ‘giant problem’ in industry
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: new MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro, both with M2, coming this year; Apple has M2 Pro, Max, and Ultra in the works, the latter being a 24-core CPU — It has been almost two years since Apple announced the transition from Intel Macs to Apple Silicon, and while there's still …
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| Osato Avan-Nomayo / The Block: |
UK's Financial Conduct Authority gives notice to crypto ATM operators to shut down their machines or face penalties since they are unlicensed — The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has contacted crypto ATM operators to shut down their machines or face penalties since they are unlicensed.
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| Reuters: |
Sources: TikTok is nearing a deal for Oracle to store US users' data and ringfence it from ByteDance, hoping to address US national security concerns — TikTok is nearing a deal for Oracle Corp (ORCL.N) to store its U.S. users' information without its Chinese parent ByteDance having access to it …
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple dismisses the findings of UK CMA's Interim Report on mobile ecosystems as based on “unsubstantiated allegations and hypothetical concerns” from its rivals — Apple has aggressively defended its ecosystem in a newly-published response to the UK's competition watchdog.
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| Axios: |
Apple, Google, Meta, PayPal, and others urge Texas governor to abandon an EO that equates gender-affirming healthcare for transgender children with child abuse — More than 60 companies, including some of the largest firms in tech and finance, are calling on Texas governor Greg Abbott …
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| Alexandra Alper / Reuters: |
Ingas and Cryoin, two Ukrainian companies that produce an estimated 45% to 54% of the world's semiconductor-grade neon, confirm they have halted operations — Ukraine's two leading suppliers of neon, which produce about half the world's supply of the key ingredient for making chips …
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Tweets: @mikeklassen and @jimpethokoukis
| Financial Times: |
After a peak of $248M in February, daily trading volumes of NFTs on OpenSea fell 80% to ~$50M in March; average price of a Bored Ape NFT fell 44% since Feb. 24 — Internet collectibles ranging from cartoon apes to artsy doodles have plunged in value as real-world conflict …
Tweets: @germanotes, @muradahmed, @jeffnolan, @_inpractise, @grady_booch, @josephmdurso, @adamsamson, @fd, @carnage4life, @smdiehl, @cnyari, and @jessefelder
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
YouTube says it is blocking access to YouTube channels associated with Russian state-funded media globally, expanding from across Europe — RT and Sputnik have been blocked in Europe for over a week — YouTube says that it will start completely blocking YouTube channels funded by the Russian government …
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| New York Times: |
Tech Transparency Project: between 2019-2021, Apple filed 215 trademark oppositions vs. an estimated 136 filed by Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Google combined — The company has opposed singer-songwriters, school districts and food blogs for trying to trademark names or logos featuring an apple — or a pear or pineapple.| The Economic Times: |
Byju's raises $800M, including $400M from CEO Byju Raveendran, sources say at a $22B valuation; sources say Byju's is exploring a SPAC IPO at a $40B valuation — The round, which comes ahead of its planned initial public offering (IPO), values the Bengaluru-based company at about $22 billion, people aware of the development told ET.
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