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JUNE 25, 2020

Riley writes (emphasis hers): Researchers at the global nonprofit group Avaaz found nearly two dozen Facebook pages affiliated with the “boogaloo” movement, a generally anti-government and anti-law enforcement ideology. But they have vastly different reasons for why they think the law must change. percent for YouTube and 76.6

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JUNE 10, 2020

They’re encouraging people to post disinformation in the groups, find “incriminating” information that they can pass to law enforcement, and find as much personal identifying information as possible. Twitter is bringing Fleets, its version of Stories, to India. Ali Breland / Mother Jones ). Sarah Perez / TechCrunch ).

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The Verge

JUNE 5, 2020

Let’s conclude what turned out to be Free Speech Week on The Interface with a look at a case involving the co-chairman of Facebook’s new Oversight Board, a Zoom recording of his law school class, and the N-word. Here’s Nick Anderson in the Washington Post : Stanford University law professor Michael W. Sarah Emerson / OneZero ).

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JULY 31, 2020

In his blog post, he came bearing economic gifts for the country that is currently blocking his app from federal and military devices, and threatening to ban it completely — as India recently did. European regulators are drafting new laws aimed a curbing the power of the big tech companies in a way that previously regulations have not.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Now, a deal with TikTok could mean it needs the law, too. Facebook’s top executive in India said nobody — including embattled executive Ankhi Das — can unilaterally influence content enforcement on the platform. Ben Thompson wrote a widely read post on why he thought VR would be smaller than AR in 2018. Amir Efrati / The Information ).

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JUNE 9, 2020

The Ratio. ?? Vlad Savov and Melissa Cheok report: The @TeamTrump account had tweeted a video collage of images and clips depicting peaceful protests, moments of mourning and law enforcement officers hugging civilians in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, an African-American man, while in police custody.

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The Verge

JULY 1, 2020

Law enforcement officials say the group’s adherents used Facebook to plan the murder of a federal agent. India bans TikTok. India and China are in a conflict over a disputed border in the Himalayas that recently resulted in the death of 20 Indian soldiers. prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India.”.

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The Verge

JULY 10, 2020

And while sometimes these outside consulting projects approach the client with kid gloves, lead auditor Laura Murphy and her team at the law firm Relman Colfax delivered an 89-page assessment of Facebook’s policies around voter suppression, hate speech, algorithmic bias, and content moderation that is measured but often unsparing.

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The Verge

JUNE 30, 2020

It was a big news day for bans: Twitch temporarily banned Donald Trump , Reddit banned The_Donald , YouTube banned a group of far-right creators , and India banned TikTok. Maybe your reaction is that’s terrible, we should get rid of the law that makes all that posting possible. WearAMask pic.twitter.com/LknwwdYmvF — BLM || Law??

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

antitrust law,” Yale University economics professor Fiona Scott Morton, the chief economist in the Justice Department’s antitrust division from 2011-2012, wrote in a new academic paper entitled “Roadmap for a Digital Advertising Monopolization Case Against Google.”. Here’s how Congress is shaping data privacy laws during the pandemic.

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The Verge

JULY 17, 2020

The court’s finding is that “the requirements of US national security, public interest and law enforcement have primacy, thus condoning interference with the fundamental rights of persons whose data are transferred to that third country.” India banned the app, along with 58 other mobile applications designed by Chinese firms, in June.

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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. Manish Singh / TechCrunch ).

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The Verge

JULY 22, 2020

Since the start of 2020, big tech companies in the US have invested around $17 billion in India. The spike in investments is likely due to India’s growing tensions with China, which have spilled over into the tech sector and created an opening for US companies. It’s a step that would only further align the US with India.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

Google gave detailed personal information about far-right users to law enforcement agencies working on counter terrorism, according to leaked documents. Her family used Europe’s right to be forgotten law to try and make the content disappear. The splinternet is coming for every big tech company, and it’s not clear what will save them.

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The Verge

JULY 21, 2020

For that reason, you might expect that Facebook executives reacted warmly to the news that the app has been banned in India. Facebook raced to bring its TikTok clone, Reels, to market in India , and has promised to roll it out in dozens more countries by next month. The so-called “ Splinternet ” is a long time in coming. Governing. ?

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

And whatever Trump may think, as the law professor Kate Klonick noted , “The First Amendment protects Twitter from Trump. Instead, the complaint focuses on federal securities law, arguing that Facebook’s failure to tell shareholders about the extent of illegal activity on its platform is a violation of its fiduciary duty.

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