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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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| 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 … | 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.| 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 … | BuzzFeed News: |
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Inside Kim Nilsson's and other WizSec cofounders' quest to find Mt. Gox's hackers, which traced stolen bitcoins to BTC-E and its alleged admin Alexander Vinnik — Rampant thefts are taking the shine off cryptocurrencies. After the Mt. Gox debacle, Kim Nilsson decided to fight back.| Cory Fields: |
Bitcoin developer describes how he found a critical blockchain splitting vulnerability, now fixed, in competing Bitcoin Cash cryptocurrency — My experience disclosing a critical Bitcoin Cash vulnerability — On April 25, 2018, I anonymously and privately disclosed a critical vulnerability …
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post: |
Marketers are finding ways to reach children as young as 6 through YouTube influencers, apps, and Snapchat filters, raising concerns of undue influence — Nine-year-old Isabella Colello shops for just about everything online. — She scrolls through the Amazon app on her phone at least once a day.
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| 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.| 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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