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Twitter suspends several journalists, including the NYT's Ryan Mac and CNN's Donie O'Sullivan; Elon Musk says the “same doxxing rules apply to journalists” — Twitter suspended several high-profile journalists Thursday evening who have been covering the company and Elon Musk.
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| Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News: |
Elon Musk briefly showed up to a Twitter Space hosted by a BuzzFeed News reporter discussing the latest bans, but left after reporters asked him questions — The embattled Twitter CEO briefly appeared in the Twitter Space hosted by BuzzFeed News tech reporter Katie Notopoulos.
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| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter suspends Mastodon's account and prevents links to Mastodon servers from being tweeted or added to profile bios, calling them “harmful” and “malware” — A day after Twitter crafted a new policy to explain its decision to ban an account that tracks Elon Musk's private jet, the fallout continues.
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BBC, The Verge, Techdirt, @postmodern@infosec.exchange, @Richard_Littler …, Rolling Stone, @mmccue@mastodon.social, The Hill, Reuters, @AriCohn@masto.ai, @danyork@mastodon.social, @qjurecic@mastodon.social, @nova@hachyderm.io, @TheBradBlog@journa.host, @atomicpoet@mastodon.social, @jensimmons@front-end.social, @walkerbragman@journa.host, @DamienWise@aus.social, @Gargron@mastodon.social, Newser, TechSpot, One Degree, @atomicpoet@mastodon.social, @natematias@social.coop, @malwaretech@infosec.exchange, @jeff@newsie.social, @thewolflawyer@mastodon.social, @profcarroll@federate.social, and @Pwnallthethings …
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| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Twitter disables Spaces, after Elon Musk abruptly left a group conversation with suspended journalists; Musk says Twitter is fixing a “legacy bug” — Twitter has apparently pulled its Spaces group audio feature, at least temporarily, after Elon Musk joined a group conversation …
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Tweets: @elonmusk, @matthewbevan, @jemimajoanna, @msolurin, @hshaban, @gergelyorosz, @semaforben, @katienotopoulos, @marcowenjones, and @sirmaejor
| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
Twitter's head of trust and safety Ella Irwin says the company manually reviewed “any and all accounts” that violated its new policy by posting links to ElonJet — Twitter Inc's head of trust and safety told Reuters the company manually reviewed “any and all accounts” …
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| Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
Binance says Mazars, the auditing firm that worked on proof-of-reserves reports for Binance, Crypto.com, and others, has paused work for all crypto clients — Mazars has deleted Binance's proof-of-reserves assessment, which found its bitcoin reserves were overcollateralized.| Amir Shevat / TechCrunch: |
Former product head of Twitter's developer platform details the plans, like custom timelines, that Twitter abandoned post-acquisition, eroding developer trust — Twitter is where the world shares its opinions and aspirations; it's where brands, celebrities, and politicians interact with people, live and in the open.
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| Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: TikTok's efforts to cut ties with Beijing-based ByteDance have stumbled over hiring and retaining talent, as some key staff remain based in China — Short-video app is trying to reduce ties with ByteDance but is still hiring staff in China for key functions
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| Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: |
Singapore-based crypto trading platform Amber Group raised a $300M Series C led by Fenbushi Capital US, at less than its February valuation of $3B — Embattled crypto firm Amber Group has raised $300 million mainly for customers who lost money on the platform's products due to FTX's implosion …
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CoinDesk, Blockworks, Finextra, The Block, Cryptopolitan, Cointelegraph, Crypto Daily, Cryptonews, DealStreetAsia, crypto.news, Tech in Asia, CryptoSlate, Coinspeaker, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @ambergroup_io, @wublockchain, @ayko2718, @felixohartmann, and @cryptoexpert101
| Stephen Totilo / Axios: |
US lawmakers press top game companies about how they assess and mitigate risks of extremist behavior, after an ADL study finds extremism rising in online gaming — - “We are writing to better understand the processes you have in place to handle player reports of harassment and extremism encounters … | Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal: |
PE firm Advent agrees to buy Maxar, which operates a constellation of satellites that collects images used by Google Maps and others, for $6.4B, including debt — Including debt, the transaction is worth $6.4 billion — Advent International agreed to buy Maxar Technologies Inc. MAXR 122.47%increase …
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