The Verge

JUNE 17, 2020

Governing. ? The company said that while it stands with the Black Lives Matter movement, it’s not reconsidering government contracts. WhatsApp finally launched its payments app, starting in Brazil. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Cat Zakrzewski / The Washington Post ).

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The Verge

MARCH 9, 2021

Twitter’s product is incredibly important — it is a flashpoint of interest and controversy for politicians and regulators around the world, and it often seems like politicians in our own government don’t know the difference between Twitter and real life. They’re big enough to just do that.

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The Verge

JULY 7, 2020

The pandemic has made clear that many of our most essential workers are also among the lowest paid — and even for the most comfortable, it’s clear that during a time of crisis neither their company nor the US government will fully protect them from disaster. Governing. ? Coming Tuesday : The Verge brings you further inside Clubhouse.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2020

And in Las Vegas, three men were indicted “for allegedly conspiring to destroy government and private property during protests in that city on May 30, and for allegedly possessing Molotov cocktails,” the Wall Street Journal reported. Also of note is where Boogaloo adherents are organizing themselves: social networks, most notably Facebook.

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The Verge

JULY 9, 2020

Because it was required to by the authoritarian Chinese government, TikTok took content moderation deadly seriously. The trade war with China is very much real, though, and has already led to the Trump administration banning government use of Huawei and ZTE telecommunications equipment , for fear of espionage. Governing. ?

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

In November I wrote about how Congress and the Council for Foreign Investment in the United States were putting the squeeze on ByteDance — and about how the company’s past run-ins with the Chinese government had created a credibility gap with US regulators. Governing. ? Total cases in the US: More than 1,987,800.

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The Verge

JUNE 9, 2020

The Ratio. ?? Governing. ? Non-governmental organizations say American companies pay as much attention to similar situations unfolding in India, Brazil, and Myanmar, among other places. On the other hand: will government requests for Google Docs data put protesters at risk ? Caroline O’Donovan / BuzzFeed ).

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