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| Will Oremus / Slate: |
Sources speculate on Twitter's reasons for tolerance of Alex Jones including political naiveté, not wanting to appear partisan, and waiting to ban on own terms — Jack Dorsey is, by his own admission, “left-leaning.” So it might seem perplexing that the Twitter CEO has spent … | Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney: |
Twitter says it found 7 tweets by Infowars or Alex Jones that broke rules but accounts won't be suspended; 2 of the now-deleted tweets were made after Dec. 2017 — Twitter said Friday that the accounts belonging to far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his fringe media organization InfoWars would … | New York Times: |
Inside Twitter's Friday meeting where Jack Dorsey and executives discussed Infowars, what “dehumanizing speech” means, and a possible drafting of new policies — SAN FRANCISCO — With his arms folded, Jack Dorsey paced back and forth in a conference room at Twitter's headquarters on Friday afternoon.
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| Jeff Jarvis / The Atlantic: |
Internet platforms are places of public conversations where society negotiates norms of acceptable behavior; Infowars bans show the process is starting to work — This post was updated on Friday, August 10 at 7:53 p.m. to reflect the author's role as the founder of a Facebook-funded project.| BuzzFeed News: |
Twitter suspends several accounts associated with the right-wing group Proud Boys and founder Gavin McInnes for violating policy on violent extremist groups — Twitter suspended several accounts associated with the Proud Boys, a right-wing group present at last year's Unite The Right rally …
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
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| Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney: |
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Motherboard, BuzzFeed News, The Verge, New York Times, Forbes, The Daily Caller, Vanity Fair, and Nieman Lab. Tweets: @jayrosen_nyu
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Facebook's David Marcus is stepping down from Coinbase board citing his new assignment to lead the social media giant's blockchain strategy — David Marcus is stepping down from the board of directors at cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, citing his new assignment at Facebook leading the social media giant's blockchain strategy.
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Business Insider, Cheddar, The Block Crypto, TechCrunch, CryptoGlobe, CoinSpeaker, Bitcoinist.com, Telegraph, SludgeFeed, Bankless Times, PaymentsSource, VentureBeat, and Axios
Tweets: @chrismessina, @twobitidiot, and @joshconstine
| Ada Hui / CoinDesk: |
Leaked prospectus: Bitmain to file for up to $18B Hong Kong IPO at $40B-$50B valuation in Sept., had $2B in revenues in Q1 and forecasts $2B+ in profits in 2018 — Bitmain Technologies, Ltd. is about to go public. — According to documents obtained by CoinDesk, the cryptocurrency mining company …
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Business Insider and TechCrunch
Tweets: @coindesk, @brianmcc, @parabolictrav, @nathanielpopper, @joonian, @fattailcapital, @tradingroomapp, and @coindesk
| Kathryn Watson / CBS News: |
Law firm serves Wikileaks a lawsuit via Twitter on behalf of the DNC; a federal judge approved the move after attempts to serve the lawsuit via email failed — The Democratic National Committee on Friday officially served its lawsuit to WikiLeaks via Twitter, employing a rare method to serve …
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The Week, Splinter, The Hill, ABC News, Mashable, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @processservicec, @lachlan, @chrizap, and @spicyfiles
| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
Kryptowire research: apps and firmware tweaks that Asus, LG, Essential, and ZTE add to Android phones sold in US come with serious vulnerabilities — SECURITY MELTDOWNS ON your smartphone are often self-inflicted: You clicked the wrong link, or installed the wrong app.
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The Verge, Neowin, and Mercury News
| Munsif Vengattil / Reuters: |
Facebook changes authorization process for users who manage Pages with a large US following, requiring them to use 2FA and confirm their primary location — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) will introduce an authorization process for users who manage Facebook pages with a large U.S. following …
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BGR, The Verge, Facebook, Mashable, Social Media Today, Gizmodo, Neowin, Engadget, CNET, Marketing Land, and TechCrunch. Tweets: @mattnavarra
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Researchers find bugs in some mobile card readers from Square, SumUp, iZettle, and PayPal that allow manipulation or remote control via Bluetooth or mobile apps — THE TINY, PORTABLE credit card readers you use to pay at farmer's markets, bake sales, and smoothie shops are convenient for consumers and merchants alike.
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CNET and PaymentsSource
| Vince Beiser / Wired: |
A look at Spruce Pine, NC, the obscure Appalachian source of the world's purest natural quartz used in manufacturing silicon for computer chips — FRESH FROM CHURCH on a cool, overcast Sunday morning in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, Alex Glover slides onto the plastic bench of a McDonald's booth.Sponsor Posts
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