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Facebook requests input on hard questions about censorship, such as removing false news, and plans to begin explaining how it's addressing each question — How should Facebook decide what's allowed on its social network, and how to balance safety and truth with diverse opinions and cultural norms?
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Facebook details its process to fight terrorism: AI including image matching, increased human intervention to flag posts and remove accounts, partnerships, more — By Monika Bickert, Director of Global Policy Management, and Brian Fishman, Counterterrorism Policy Manager
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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Sources: Slack is raising $500M at a $5B post-money valuation, leading to acquisition interest from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Salesforce — The business communications company has gotten acquisition offers in the past from Microsoft and others — Slack, the popular business communications company …
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Sources: Amazon expressed interest in acquiring Slack, in a deal that would value the company at $9B+ — Chatroom company's value said to be at least $9 billion — Microsoft boosted competition with Teams chat platform — Corporate chatroom startup Slack Technologies Inc …
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| Megan Murphy / Bloomberg: |
Interview with Tim Cook on HomePod, AR, enterprise strategy, manufacturing products in the US, Donald Trump, US tax code, and more — Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple Inc., was interviewed in San Jose, California, on June 5 by Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Megan Murphy.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter redesigns its app across mobile, desktop, and the web to include round profile icons, consistent typography, and more — In an effort to better cater to newcomers, Twitter once again is redesigning its app across mobile, desktop and the web. The revamp isn't a radical departure …
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Passenger raped by Uber driver in India sues Uber, Kalanick, others in US federal court for defamation, more after it emerges they obtained her medical info — SAN FRANCISCO — A woman who was raped by her Uber driver in India filed a lawsuit against the ride-hailing company and three current …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Changing course, Netflix says it'll “never outgrow” fight for net neutrality, after CEO Hastings said company was big enough that issue didn't pose a big risk — Even thought its CEO said otherwise — After a few months of wishy-washy statements on net neutrality indicating …
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| Emily Jackson / Financial Post: |
Canada's telecom regulator CRTC orders all new devices be unlocked, bans unlocking fees, effective Dec. 1 — Wireless providers will no longer be allowed to sell locked mobile devices or charge Canadians to unlock their phones for use on rival's networks, according to new rules that will erase millions in annual revenue for carriers.| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Filings: Spotify reaches 140M MAUs as 2016 revenue grew over 50% YoY to $3.3B, with a net loss of $601M; firm agrees to pay big labels $2B+ over next two years — The streaming service posted revenue of $3.3 billion last year; it has promised big checks in exchange for better rates.
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Tweets: @spotify, @alexhern, @pkafka, and @gerberkawasaki
| Ian Morris / Forbes: |
Report: Netflix has 50.85M subscribers, surpassing major US cable networks' 48.61M for the first time; cable subs down 4M in the five years Netflix's doubled — Netflix has, for the first time, surpassed cable in total subscribers according to Leichtman Research.| Noel Randewich / Reuters: |
Snap closes at $17, a 4.9% drop from opening price, as it sinks to its IPO price amid investor concerns about future growth and profit — Shares of Snap Inc dropped 4.9 percent on Thursday to its initial public offering price, highlighting investors' loss of confidence in the social media company …
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