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Sources: Apple to roll out 12-month interest-free Apple Card payment plans for iPads, Macs, more and 6-month plans for AirPods, Apple TV, and HomePod — - Company gearing up for monthly installments for Apple Card — Similar feature for iPhone purchases already available on card
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| Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: |
More than 140 scientists funded by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative urge Mark Zuckerberg to reconsider Facebook's policies on misinformation and incendiary language — More than 140 scientists funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative urged Mark Zuckerberg to enforce stricter policies around …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Facebook publishes new recommendations for group admins, suggests adding people of color as moderators to help navigate conversations about the BLM movement — To help them navigate the Black Lives Matter movement — Facebook published new recommendations for group admins yesterday evening … | Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Several Facebook groups are grappling with inadequate and uneven moderation policies as members attempt to discuss the Black Lives Matter movement — Women like Jocelyn Kopac joined the Boss-Moms Facebook group to network and chat about life as both a mom and business owner …
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
In post, Zuckerberg vows to review content policies on state force and voter suppression, ensure content moderation diversity, and announces a new voter hub — - CEO to look at policies on voter suppression, state force — Facebook will launch a voter hub for vetted information
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An internal poll and documents show widespread anxiety inside Facebook as employees questioned whether Facebook is in an “abusive relationship” with Trump — A week of internal debates shows widespread anxiety over how the company will handle abuse going into 2020 …
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| Atlantic Council: |
How Tunisia-based PR firm UReputation used social media platforms and websites to spread disinformation and influence elections in 10 African countries — In-Depth Research & Reports by Andy Carvin, Luiza Bandeira, Graham Brookie, Iain Robertson, Nika Aleksejeva, Alyssa Kann, Kanishk Karan …
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| @alexisohanian: |
[Thread] Alexis Ohanian resigns from the Reddit board, urges company to fill his seat with a black candidate, pledges $1M to Kaepernick's Know Your Rights Camp — I co-founded @reddit 15 years ago to help people find community and a sense of belonging. It is long overdue to do the right thing. I'm doing this for me, for my family, and for my country.
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| Jonathan Easley / The Hill: |
Twitter and Facebook remove a video tribute to George Floyd posted by Trump's campaign, after receiving a copyright complaint under DMCA — Twitter on Thursday removed a video tribute to George Floyd posted by President Trump's reelection campaign, claiming it had run afoul of the website's policy on copyrighted material.
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| Sofie Kodner / Protocol: |
A list of donations by companies and prominent individuals in the tech community to anti-racism groups — Financial contributions are one of the five actions that Black Tech for Black Lives has asked “allies” to take in order to help. — Tech companies and the people who lead …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian online travel booking company Yatra terminates pending merger with Atlanta-based software company Ebix, files suit for damages, alleging breach of terms — Indian online travel booking company Yatra has terminated a pending merger agreement with Atlanta-based software firm Ebix …
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| Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast: |
LinkedIn CEO apologizes after several anonymous staffers share opinions echoing the skeptics of Black Lives Matter at an internal town hall on racial injustice — The highly professional social network's internal Wednesday town hall on racial injustice looked more like what you'd see in a Facebook comments section.
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