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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Twitter says it will remove tweets and accounts promoting their presence on Facebook, Mastodon, more; Musk says that the policy will be like a “no spam rule” — Twitter will no longer allow users to promote their presence on certain social platforms, including Facebook, Instagram …
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Mastodon: @jmiers230@techpolicy.social, @sandofsky@mastodon.social, @film_girl@mastodon.social, @louisgray@mastodon.social, @micahflee@infosec.exchange, @ashton@journa.host, @joshuatopolsky@mastodon …, @parkermolloy@masto.ai, @xor@tech.intersects.art, @wongmjane@macaw.social, @parkermolloy@masto.ai, @AnnemarieBridy@mastodon …, @overcastfm@mastodon.social, @ummjackson@mastodon.social, @SwiftOnSecurity@infosec …, @Pwnallthethings …, @emptywheel@mastodon.social, @b_fung@masto.ai, @schwa@mastodon.social, @sandofsky@mastodon.social, @joshtpm@journa.host, @BGrueskin@journa.host, @Daniel_Rubino@mastodon.cloud, @donieosullivan@mastodon.ie, @acosta@mstdn.social, @Pwnallthethings …, @Pwnallthethings …, @matt@toot.mattedwards.org, @seanthegeek@infosec.exchange, @brosandprose@mstdn.social, @mattkenworthy@mastodon.social, @mattblaze@federate.social, @caseynewton@mastodon.social, @arossp@mastodon.social, @paulg@mas.to, @malwaretech@infosec.exchange, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @jpanzer@mastodon.social, @parkermolloy@masto.ai, @louisgray@mastodon.social, @esther@strangeobject.space, @mmasnick@mastodon.social, @marcoarment@mastodon.social, @fj@mastodon.social, @psd@mastodon.social, @rabble@mastodon.social, @stevetex@mastodon.social, @kennwhite@mastodon.social, and @lauren@mastodon …
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| @twittersafety: |
After Musk said that major new policies will go to a vote, @TwitterSafety posts a poll on whether accounts primarily promoting other platforms should be allowed — Should we have a policy preventing the creation of or use of existing accounts for the main purpose of advertising other social media platforms?
Mastodon: @juddlegum@journa.host and @lauren@mastodon …
| Molly White / @molly0xfff: |
Twitter has deleted @TwitterSafety's tweets and a webpage detailing its new policy to prevent accounts from promoting other social media platforms — policy page and tweets announcing it are now gone. archive links for posterity: thread: https://web.archive.org/... policy page: https://web.archive.org/... https://twitter.com/...| Washington Post: |
Elon Musk says polls will decide major policies at Twitter and then launches a poll that asks “Should I step down as head of Twitter?”; “Yes” is leading by 10%+ — After a new policy prompted a backlash, Twitter CEO Elon Musk said future policies would be determined by polls.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is working on a Mac Pro with an M2 Ultra but cancelled the M2 “Extreme” with double the compute power; the Mac Pro could be produced in Vietnam — The new high-end Mac Pro with Apple silicon is behind schedule, and you can blame changes to the company's chip and manufacturing plans.
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Tweets: @thisistechtoday, @markgurman, @markgurman, @tariqkrim, and @markgurman
| Jasper Ward / Reuters: |
Source: Sam Bankman-Fried plans to reverse his decision to contest extradition to the US; legal experts say any trial is likely more than a year away — Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to appear in court in the Bahamas on Monday to reverse his decision to contest extradition … | New York Times: |
A profile of ex-FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame, a big GOP donor who emerged as a central player in the FTX scandal after flagging fraud to regulators — The co-chief executive of an FTX unit who told regulators about wrongdoing at the exchange was a big Republican donor. He also bought restaurants.
Tweets: @julieroginsky and @kenvogel
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Google launches client-side encryption for Gmail in beta and lets Workspace administrators sign up until January 20, coming to Gmail for Android and iOS later — Google has launched a beta of its client-side encryption for Gmail, letting businesses apply to test out the feature meant to make …
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Tweets: @telanganatoday, @pixeldetracking, and @matthew_d_green
| Bryce Elder / Financial Times: |
Douyin has become China's fourth biggest e-commerce company by GMV, as short videos prove ideal bait for long ads by delivering higher purchase conversion rates — Understanding the appeal of adverts for adverts — Once again, very serious people are talking very seriously about the geopolitical threat posed by dance skits.
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| Alex Cranz / The Verge: |
Netflix, HBO Max, and other streaming services scale back on experimental content that caters to smaller audiences, amid rising costs and increased competition — For a few years, there was a boon of content, and we were all wonderfully spoiled. And now that's over. — It's over.
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| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
A look at Backstage, Spotify's open-source developer platform used at Netflix, LinkedIn, Epic, Roku, Box, and 200+ others, which the company seeks to monetize — Backstage is used by developers at Netflix, American Airlines and hundreds of other companies — With nearly a third … | Amy Harmon / New York Times: |
A profile of iNaturalist, a not-for-profit social network with an ML algorithm to help users identify 70K plants and animals, driving cooperation and consensus — A not-for-profit initiative of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society, iNaturalist says it aims …
Tweets: @kingjen, @ucdavisccs, @nytscience, @femoraleshells, @berkeleyischool, @amy_harmon, and @echinoblog
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