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Sources: Jack Dorsey has personally weighed in on content decisions at Twitter and overruled staff to keep Alex Jones and reinstate Richard Spencer's account — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has personally weighed in on high-profile decisions, frustrating some employees
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The Hill, Mediaite, Financial Times, Business Insider, CNET, Engadget, and Boing Boing
Tweets: @jack, @chick_in_kiev, @rob_flaherty, @thedrewstarr, @psythor, @slpng_giants, @alexandraerin, @reckless, @reckless, @martinsfp, @xlnb, @the_pc_doc, @ow, @georgia_wells, @kuriko_c, @ow, @jamesrbuk, @bdsams, @courtenlow, @ldrogen, @kt_so_it_goes, @mdudas, @kevvwill, @jimmfelton, @scientistmel, and @cgasparino
| Nic Fildes / Financial Times: |
BT, TalkTalk, BBC, Sky, ITV, and Channel 4 call for UK government to introduce independent regulatory oversight of the content carried over social networks — The heads of Britain's largest media and telecoms companies have called for the government to introduce independent regulatory oversight …
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Engadget, Telegraph, TechCrunch, and Business Insider
Tweets: @neil_neilzone, @beatabiel, and @dvatw
| Benjamin Plackett / Engadget: |
Ten Reddit moderators talk about the abuse they receive, including death and rape threats, burnout under pressure, and how Reddit fails to tackle the issues — This article was produced in partnership with Point, a YouTube channel for investigative journalism.
Tweets: @_jaymcgregor, @thegallowboob, @m4tt, and @chrizap
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
British P2P lending startup Funding Circle announces plans to IPO on the London Stock Exchange and raise about $387.4M — - The peer-to-peer lender is looking to raise about £300 million ($387.4 million) from the initial public offering (IPO). — Heartland A/S, the private holding company …
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London Stock Exchange, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Index Ventures, and Tech.eu
| Rebecca Hill / The Register: |
Communiqué from Five Eyes nations tells tech industry to make accommodations on encryption, or legislative or enforcement actions may be taken for lawful access — Five Eyes to tech: We have ways of making you comply — The Five Eyes nations have told the tech industry …
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TechCrunch, Australian Department …, CNET, iTnews, 9to5Mac, Engadget, CSO, TechCo, AppleInsider, Patently Apple, Silicon Republic, and ZDNet
Tweets: @riskybusiness, @chadloder, @larrysalibra, @4thanon, @stshank, and @alexstamos
| David Canellis / The Next Web: |
Seattle-based exchange Bittrex delists Bitcoin Gold, as the fallout continues from a 51% attack on the cryptocurrency in May that netted attackers millions — The threat of attack is very real for upstart cryptocurrency projects. Bitcoin Gold, a popular hard fork of Bitcoin …
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Bitcoin Gold and Bitsonline
| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Naked Labs' body scanner review: 3D body maps are great and circumference estimates are accurate, but body fat % differs greatly from hydrostatic test results — Naked Labs' body scanner does a great job creating a 3-D model of your nearly naked body, but just how far are you willing to let technology go?
Tweets: @joannastern
| New York Times: |
In lawsuits against Israeli hacking tools maker NSO Group, which claims to not spy with its tools, court docs allegedly show it snooping on calls to close sales — The rulers of the United Arab Emirates had been using Israeli spyware for more than a year, secretly turning the smartphones … | Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
YC founder Paul Graham dispenses new advice in interview: why college-age founders are too young, how competition only killed 1 out of 1,900 YC startups, more — Yesterday, as part of some of its newest programming for startup founders, the startup incubator Y Combinator posted a new interview …
Tweets: @angeladuckw, @aparanjape, and @garrytan
| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Used car site Vroom, which laid off ~30% staff and halted Dallas and Indiana operations in March, is raising $70M and has already secured $30M, SEC filing shows — Despite cutting a big portion of its staff in March, Vroom is back pitching investors. Yesterday, the site for buying … | Wall Street Journal: |
JD.com founder and CEO Richard Liu arrested in Minnesota on a sexual misconduct allegation, released without bail; police say investigation is ongoing — E-commerce company JD.com says CEO Liu Qiangdong was released after what it says was a false accusation; Minneapolis Police say the case remains open
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New York Times, TechCrunch, China Money Network, Washington Post, New York Times, BBC, Reuters, The Daily Caller, South China Morning Post, Pandaily, Fortune, Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, TechNode, CNBC, USA Today, Engadget, and Tech in Asia
Tweets: @gabewildau and @nytimes
| Wall Street Journal: |
Google starts purging ads by scammers masquerading as authorized service agents for companies like Apple after a WSJ inquiry — Wall Street Journal investigation finds fraudsters use Google search ads to masquerade as authorized service agents for companies such as AppleSponsor Posts
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