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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
The “Twitter Files” are a peek at moderation at scale and a win for transparency, despite failing to show systemic bias and the opaque way they were released  —  Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk, is feverishly promoting his “Twitter Files”: selected internal communications from the company …
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
With the “Twitter Files”, Elon Musk has become an egregious example of what he wanted to expose: managers leveraging their social platforms for partisan ends  —  But it is actually a tool of progressive power.  While you were hypnotized by viral memes, a cabal …
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Bari Weiss releases “Twitter Files Part Two”, sharing images of accounts that Twitter allegedly put on “blacklists” and screenshots of internal Slack messages
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Ireland's privacy watchdog “is engaging with Twitter” about the company giving data access to outsiders, after concerns the company could be violating the GDPR
Nick Turner / Bloomberg:
Elon Musk says Twitter is working on an update that will show users if they've been “shadowbanned”, the reason why, and how to appeal
Bloomberg:
Source: the US DOJ is preparing a potential fraud case against Sam Bankman-Fried and others, examining USD sent to the Bahamas around FTX's bankruptcy filing  —  US prosecutors, laying the groundwork for a potential fraud case against Sam Bankman-Fried and others involved in the collapse …
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
SBF says he will testify before a US House committee on December 13 but “respectfully declines” to appear before a Senate committee, which may issue a subpoena
Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology:
Worried about its reputation, Google is hesitant to release its capable bot LaMDA, but waiting too long could mean ceding the market to competitors like ChatGPT  —  The tech giant believes the future of search is conversational.  How did it let OpenAI's ChatGPT take the lead?  —  Google's had an awkward week.
New York Times:
The FTC faces hurdles in blocking Microsoft's Activision deal, as courts are skeptical of vertical merger challenges where two companies don't compete directly  —  Ms. Khan, the chair of the Federal Trade Commission, has staked an ambitious trustbusting agenda on a case that may be difficult to win.
Nitish Pahwa / Slate:
Three members of Twitter's Trust and Safety Council, including two who have been members since 2016, resign, alleging Twitter's new leadership had shut them out  —  Eirliani Abdul Rahman helped the platform stop youth sexual exploitation.  The new boss wasn't listening.
Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia:
Huawei licenses key 5G tech to Oppo, amid a US crackdown, and says it has patent cross-licensing deals with 20 companies, including extended deals with Samsung  —  Chinese tech giant keen to make the most of its trove of intellectual property  —  PHOENIX, U.S. — Huawei Technologies …
Nick Baker / CoinDesk:
Auditing firm Mazars says Crypto.com users' crypto assets are fully backed one-to-one, after vouching for a similar proof-of-reserves report from Binance
Jason Del Rey / Vox:
Layoffs and rescinded job offers are threatening Amazon's reputation in the tech job market, where it was already facing challenges, according to a June memo  —  A leaked memo shows Amazon was concerned with attracting and retaining top engineers earlier this year.
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Washington Post:
With Republicans set to take over the House in 2023, a look at the odds of passing the bipartisan American Data Privacy and Protection Act in a divided Congress  —  With Republicans poised to take over the House next year, a divided Congress looms.  The result could be two years of partisan strife and gridlock.

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Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place

SWI swissinfo.ch:
Swiss public broadcasters RTS and SRF plan to drastically reduce their communications on X, saying they aren't reaching their target audience on the platform

Reuters:
Al Jazeera source and Israeli official: police raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its de facto office, following a government shutdown order

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple and Ericsson reach a licensing agreement over “patented cellular standard-essential technologies” and more, ending a legal battle that started in 2015
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