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Twitter suspends journalists including the New York Times' 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 joined a Twitter Space hosted by a BuzzFeed News tech reporter discussing the latest bans, but left after journalists 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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| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Twitter disables Spaces, after Elon Musk abruptly left a Spaces chat with journalists suspended from the site; Musk says the company is “fixing a legacy bug” — Twitter has apparently pulled its Spaces group audio feature, at least temporarily, after Elon Musk joined …
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| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter suspends Mastodon's account and bans Mastodon links, calling them “harmful” and “malware”, after Mastodon tweeted a jet tracking account on its service — 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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Tweets: @vitalikbuterin, @repdonbeyer, @danluu, @b_fung, @oneunderscore__, @zoink, @asteris, @jake_k, @repdonbeyer, @cwarzel, @bendobrown, @mikaelthalen, @anonymousnn3, @adambienkov, @carnage4life, @maxkennerly, @rstephens, @emptywheel, @oneunderscore__, @markos, @ruskin147, @jason_kint, @bfriedmandc, @pwnallthethings, @nycsouthpaw, @dougjballoon, @gabrielsnyder, @astroehlein, @crecenteb, and @samgustin
| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
Twitter Trust and Safety VP Ella Irwin says the company manually reviewed “any and all accounts” that violated its new privacy policy by linking to ElonJet — Twitter Inc's head of trust and safety told Reuters the company manually reviewed “any and all accounts” … | Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
Mazars, the auditor that worked on proof-of-reserves reports for Binance, Crypto.com, and others, pauses work with crypto clients and deletes Binance's report — Mazars has deleted Binance's proof-of-reserves assessment, which found its bitcoin reserves were overcollateralized.
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| Amir Shevat / TechCrunch: |
Former product head of Twitter's developer platform details the plans, like custom timelines, that Twitter abandoned post-acquisition, breaking 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 retaining local talent that handles key functions and recruiting 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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| Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal: |
Private equity firm Advent plans to acquire Maxar, which operates 90 satellites that collect 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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Singapore-based crypto trading and lending service Amber Group raised a $300M Series C led by Fenbushi, at less than its $3B valuation from February 2022 — 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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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, citing an ADL study on rising extremism in online gaming — - “We are writing to better understand the processes you have in place to handle player reports of harassment and extremism encounters … | Kaya Yurieff / The Information: |
Howl, which runs a marketplace facilitating cooperation between creators and retailers, raised a $27M Series A led by Highland Capital Partners — As our Creator Economy Database shows, influencer marketing is a crowded field. The two-year old startup Howl hopes to stand out by focusing … Sponsor Posts
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