The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Alexandra Alper at Reuters has more: “We are heartened that this deal still requires government approval, and if reports indicating this proposed deal will retain links to ByteDance or other Chinese-controlled entities, we strongly urge the administration to reject such a proposal on national security grounds,” he added. [.].

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The Verge

JUNE 9, 2020

More conservative moderators have taken a heavy-handed approach to removing such posts — no non-shower thoughts in the shower thoughts forum ! In a private forum — known as the National Leads Forum, as first reported by BuzzFeed News — some community moderators were enraged by Nextdoor’s decision to support the Black Lives Matter movement.

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The Verge

JUNE 30, 2020

Is that why so many of its decisions around content moderation suddenly feel like national emergencies? Officials said the decision was made over concerns that the apps threatened India’s national security. Trump fans and conservative politicians are flocking to the social media app Parler. Manish Singh / TechCrunch ).

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The remarks come in response to concerns that Facebook’s algorithm favors conservatives. President Trump earlier this month gave the deal his preliminary blessing as a way to address his administration’s national security concerns. But these criticisms are fair, and worth keeping in mind as it invites more people in. Industry. ?

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The Verge

JUNE 1, 2020

Over the coming days, as the National Guard is now deployed, probably the largest one that I would worry about would be excessive use of police or military force. 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.

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

The phenomenon was on full display at this week’s Republican National Convention. The Daily Wire, the conservative blog started by Ben Shapiro, was the top publisher on Facebook in July 2020. Perhaps one of the companies now circling it can replicate them eventually. Charlie Warzel / The New York Times ). Urban Outfitters Inc.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

Unsurprisingly, according to a National Research Group survey, liberals were far more likely to support Twitter, with conservatives more likely to oppose the decision. It’s a singular, collective trauma dominating the national consciousness, with no other channels to watch, and no distractions. The pessimist may not.

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

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.’”. Instead it all just bleeds together into partisan noise.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

In addition to political consultants and state and national parties, its recent targets have included advocacy organizations and think tanks, such as the German Marshall Fund, as well as political parties in the U.K., Anyway, TikTok’s transparency center is great — a truly forward-leaning effort from a young company. Microsoft said.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

Here’s Chaim Gartenberg at The Verge : Amazon has requested that Congress pass a law that would make price gouging illegal during times of national crisis, in light of inflated prices on crucial goods like hand sanitizer and N95 masks that have hounded the online retailer during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Why does Twitter leave phony pictures like this up, but take down Republican/Conservative pictures and statements that are true?” TikTok and WeChat are being lumped together in the Trump’s administration’s attempt to crack down on national security threats from China. the president wanted to know. David McCabe / The New York Times ).

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The Verge

JULY 22, 2020

The policy is part of a package of bipartisan amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act, which the Senate is expected to vote on later this week. National security concerns about TikTok, owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, have picked up steam amid fears that U.S.

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The Verge

MAY 29, 2020

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. The real policy, as ever, is what you enforce.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

Is it national unity? 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. One-party rule? Whether it be Loomer or Rep.

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