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Doing shots with true believers at Ethereum’s biggest party

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People are urged to BUIDL, pronounced “biddle,” a play on Bitcoin’s HODL meme. A third said he didn’t think the gender ratio mattered. He gave an enthusiastic performance, opening with an old meme by singing “hey, hey, hey” to the crowd and getting the crowd to sing it back. One person told me it was too depressing.

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How Apple is making the antitrust case against it stronger

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Governing. ? Inside the group, they’re posting hateful memes and misinformation, while commenters share support for neo-Nazis. The company said that while it stands with the Black Lives Matter movement, it’s not reconsidering government contracts. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms.

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The tech antitrust hearing was good, actually

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Governing. ? Turkish lawmakers passed legislation requiring social media platforms with over one million daily users, including Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube , to open offices in Turkey and comply with government demands to block or remove content hosted on their platforms. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his governing A.K.P.

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The antitrust case against Google is gathering steam

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So far the US government has not formally stated its case. Governing. ? The analysis, by Sensor Tower, focused on government-endorsed apps in countries including Australia, France, Germany, and India. Many are funded and operated by government officials, political candidates, PACs, and political party operatives.

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The Boogaloo movement has successfully hijacked social networks to spread

The Verge

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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What Congress should ask at Wednesday’s tech antitrust hearing

The Verge

This is interesting because, as Jason Del Rey notes at Recode , when it comes to government relations Amazon has been perhaps the most arrogant company of its peers : Despite this growing scrutiny from politicians and the public, Bezos’s company has openly flaunted its power over the last few years. Governing. ?

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Half of all Facebook moderators may develop mental health issues

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Governing. ? The move escalates Silicon Valley’s battle with Washington at time when government officials are still threatening to break up large companies. But some pieces of content, like memes and videos, can be difficult for AI to parse. The reason I came forward was to stick to true to that. Data from The New York Times.

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