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TikTok’s success has made it a big target for regulators

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Conservative sites like Newsmax and Washington Examiner have published Middle East hot takes from “experts” who are actually fake personas pushing propaganda. On one side there is an erratic, xenophobic American administration that relishes punitive bans; on the other is a brutal authoritarian regime. Nick Statt / The Verge ).

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What Facebook doesn’t understand about the Facebook walkout

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You can argue that the company is more sensitive to pressure from conservatives in the United States, and a lot of good reporting has borne that out in the past few years. Reported cases in Illinois: 120,588. Total test results (positive and negative) in Illinois: 898,259. Reported cases in New Jersey: 160,445. Governing. ?

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The antitrust case against Google is becoming just another partisan fight

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Reuters reported that one email said Texans “‘are put at risk’ by the company, ‘whose executives clearly display anti-conservative and anti-Republican bias, subtly controlling what Americans see when they search for information about national political issues.’”. Reported cases in Illinois: 96,778. Data from The New York Times.

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Nine things we learned from leaked audio of Mark Zuckerberg facing his employees

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Reported cases in Illinois: 121,666. Total test results (positive and negative) in Illinois: 934,704. Unsurprisingly, according to a National Research Group survey, liberals were far more likely to support Twitter, with conservatives more likely to oppose the decision. The pessimist may not. Data from The New York Times.

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How Amazon is growing its power during the pandemic

The Verge

Reported cases in Illinois: 83,168. Total test results (positive and negative) in Illinois: 471,691. Google significantly rolled back its diversity and inclusion programs in an apparent effort to avoid being perceived as anti-conservative, according to current and former employees. Reported cases in New Jersey: 140,743.

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Why Twitter labeled Trump?s tweets as misleading and Facebook didn?t

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As to the merits of the president’s complaint: independent audits have found that social media posts by liberals and conservatives get similar levels of engagement, but conservatives have consistently made claims of discrimination anyway based on anecdotes. Reported cases in Illinois: 114,612. Data from The New York Times.

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How to think about polarization on Facebook

The Verge

The company gave them a variety of executives to speak with on and off the record, including Joel Kaplan, its vice president of global public policy, who often pops up in stories like this to complain that some action might disproportionately hurt conservatives. Reported cases in Illinois: 114,448. Whether it be Loomer or Rep.