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Crisis Mode

The Verge

Jo explained that Arbery, who was killed while jogging in Glynn County, Georgia, was still a headline on every news outlet. But the policy stayed in place, and the company continued to partner with police forces across the country, including the New York Police Department. It’s very sad, but I’m struggling to see relevance,” she said.

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Republican operatives sidestep Facebook policies ahead of Georgia runoff

The Verge

As the Georgia runoff election nears, Facebook’s messy political ad rules have created new opportunities for operatives and political groups looking to spread disinformation. Facebook’s political advertising policies have also led to misleading fundraising outside of Georgia. Santiago / Getty Images.

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Will the backlash to Elon Musk hurt Republicans?

Recode by Vox

But now that billionaire Elon Musk is orchestrating mass layoffs of federal workers, its not clear that rhetoric translates into popular policy. Those results are in line with other February polls from Pew Research Center and Emerson College , which found that Americans disapproved of Musk more than they approved of him.

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Decrypted: Grayshift raises $47M, Apple bugs under attack, video game maker hacked

TechCrunch

Some voters in Georgia and Ohio had to use paper ballots after hand sanitizer leaked into voting machines — an unexpected casualty of the pandemic. And a slew of robocalls across a number of swing states urged voters to “stay safe and stay home,” in an effort to disenfranchise voters from going to the polls.

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Twitter, Facebook label Trump posts alleging election theft

The Verge

Votes cannot be cast after the Polls are closed!”. Early returns were promising for the president, but a number of pivotal states are still counting votes, including Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. This action is in line with our Civic Integrity Policy.”. We will never let them do it.

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What Congress should ask at Wednesday’s tech antitrust hearing

The Verge

After a decade in which Congress mostly allowed tech giants to operate through a policy of benign neglect, a majority of Americans believe that the biggest tech companies have become too powerful. Trending up : Apple told US employees they can take four paid hours off on Election Day to vote or volunteer at a polling place.

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How a fake “Real Oversight Board” is putting pressure on Facebook

The Verge

Here’s Olivia Solon at NBC News : A group of about 25 experts from academia, civil rights, politics and journalism announced Friday that they have formed a group to analyze and critique Facebook’s content moderation decisions, policies and other platform issues in the run-up to the presidential election and beyond. Sara Fischer / Axios ).