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Facebook says its new policy that bans the denial or distortion of the Holocaust does not apply to other genocides, such as the Armenian or Rwandan genocides — Facebook Inc. will ban posts that deny the Holocaust in a reversal of a long-held and controversial policy.
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Facebook will now ban posts that deny or distort the Holocaust; Zuckerberg says his “thinking has evolved” as data shows an increase in anti-Semitic violence — Facebook is banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust and will start directing people to authoritative sources …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft, Symantec, ESET, and other tech companies orchestrated an attempt to take down the TrickBot malware botnet, which had infected 1M+ computers — FS-ISAC, ESET, Lumen's Black Lotus Labs, NTT, Symantec, and the Microsoft Defender team participated in the takedown.| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
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| Daniel Bader / Android Central: |
Sources: Carl Pei, co-founder of OnePlus, has left the company in recent weeks after rumors of a power struggle with current CEO, Pete Lau — His departure comes after launching the Nord sub-brand earlier this year. — OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei has left the company, Android Central can confirm.
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| Sarah Whitten / CNBC: |
Disney announces a reorg, says its “primary focus” for entertainment will be streaming, as the pandemic has dramatically impacted its theatrical business — - Disney is restructuring its media and entertainment divisions. — In order to further accelerate it's direct-to-consumer strategy …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Interview with Cory Doctorow about his new sci-fi book Attack Surface, the third work in his Little Brother series that influenced hacktivists like Aaron Swartz — Cory Doctorow's Little Brother series has been a young-adult sci-fi bible for teen hacktivists. But with the latest and darkest book in the trilogy, it's all grown up.| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
Foxconn, which touted its partnership with Wisconsin to build an LCD plant there, is denied WI tax subsidies after it failed to meet hiring benchmarks in 2019 — Foxconn isn't building what it promised and failed to hire enough people — Through the many twists and turns …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: TikTok rival Triller is raising ~$250M, having secured ~$100M so far at a $1.25B valuation, and is talking with SPACs about a merger to go public — (Reuters) - Triller Inc, a budding competitor to popular short-video app TikTok, is in discussions with blank-check acquisition companies …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
What to expect from Apple's “Hi, Speed” event: four new iPhones with iPad Pro-like design supporting 5G, smaller HomePod, over-ear headphones, AirTags, and more — There's some mystery about what could be announced besides iPhones — Apple's next fall event kicks off tomorrow at 1PM ET …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
SoftBank says it's planning to launch a SPAC in upcoming weeks; source: its purpose is not to acquire an existing SoftBank portfolio company — SoftBank is planning to launch a blank check acquisition company in the upcoming weeks, according to comments made today at the Milken Virtual Conference …
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| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
As Americans flock to payments apps from PayPal, Square, and Zelle, rates of fraud are also rising according to app reviews, often with little support — People are getting defrauded as they turn to Square's Cash App and PayPal's Venmo to do more online banking in the pandemic.
Tweets: @nytimes, @dgwbirch, @flitteronfraud, and @danawrey
| Matthew Choi / Politico: |
A survey of 1,000 Gen Z eligible US voters finds that 59% use YouTube as a daily source for election news, 53% for Instagram, and 43% for Facebook — When Generation Z voters — the newcomers to the political process, whose introduction to American-style democracy comes in this election …
Tweets: @newslitproject, @mantzarlis, and @politico
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