The Verge

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. Joseph Menn / Reuters).

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The law firm involved in the suit was also part of a similar suit against Facebook, Wong reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin is “probably directing” a foreign influence operation to interfere in the 2020 presidential election against Joe Biden , according to a CIA assessment. Jessica Guynn / USA Today ). Governing. ?

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

He said the ban seeks to regulate the exchange of “informational materials” — something that’s expressly exempted from the law laying out the emergency powers Trump invoked. “The problem with ‘civil’ is it’s a word that’s used by powerful people to silence less powerful people,” he said. Dan Primack / Axios ). Tyler Kingkade / NBC).

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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. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

But if you assume, as I did, that his negotiations were primarily about projecting power and influence, whatever reality lurked in the details, then all of this is proceeding more or less to plan. And Trump’s flouting of the rule of law , however often we have seen it in these past four years, suggests even darker developments to come.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

Black influencers are underpaid, at times making 10 times less than their white counterparts. An Instagram account called Influencer Pay Gap is exposing the pay disparities and pushing for change in the industry. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Industry. ? Browse the Atlas of Surveillance.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

Last month it hired the prominent executive Kevin Mayer away from Disney to be TikTok’s CEO, giving ByteDance a face of the American business establishment to go before Congress and ask questions about how the Communist Party of China might plan to use TikTok as part of an influence campaign. Ali Breland / Mother Jones ).

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

One day you’re writing about internal dissent over the company’s ability to uproot influence campaigns and election interference ; the very next, you’re watching a live stream of the same company’s foray into virtual reality helmets and designer mixed reality glasses. Now, a deal with TikTok could mean it needs the law, too.

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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.” Amazon added live streaming to its existing Amazon Influencer Program. Jon Porter / The Verge ).

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The Verge

JUNE 11, 2020

But Facebook has always said that the service works so well because you can trust that the person you’re talking to is actually your friend or family member, and not someone who is faking their identity to influence you toward some malign purpose. about the popularity of Facebook or Instagram content or assets. Louise Matsakis / Wired ).

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

One is that there are genuine, good-faith reasons to call for Section 230 reform, even though they’re often drowned out by bad tweets that misunderstand the law. Goodman, a law professor at Rutgers University specializing in information policy, approaches the problem from another angle. Barrett writes (PDF): Ellen P.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The story, by Maxwell Tani and Spencer Ackerman, recounts a controversy that broke out inside the company when one of its 50,000 employees posted a short essay to its internal Workplace forum titled “In Support of Law Enforcement and Black Lives.” The unusual move has prompted new scrutiny of political influence at the department.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

The other fear is that China will influence ByteDance, either directly indirectly, to push a worldview that embraces censorship and political oppression on America and the world at large. Law enforcement authorities are using a company called Dataminr to help monitor social media related to protests. Stylistically, they’re laws.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

One executive, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom (who left the company in 2018), refused to attend, citing Fox’s polarizing influence, according to a person familiar with the matter. As the conspiracy theories grows, hate campaigns against local laws and politicians could become more commonplace. But I sure am glad he took the call.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2020

But he will no longer appear in the app’s Discover tab, which promotes news publishers, elected officials, celebrities, and influencers. “We The publicly posted sentiments have drawn renewed scrutiny to the companies’ close ties to law enforcement. In reality, there are a mere 116,394. Sorry for the mistake!

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The Verge

AUGUST 18, 2020

That Trump’s decision appears to have been influenced by a recent stunt in which TikTok users registered en masse for one of his rallies and then no-showed only underscores the dangers of having national tech policy set by a thin-skinned strongman. (No It’s looking at how the company influences how sellers set prices on the platform.

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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 31, 2020

But it will give reviewers insight into the signals the app takes into account when choosing which videos to promote — a move that, the company hopes, will dispel fears that it will be used to push propaganda or influence campaigns at the direction of the Chinese Communist Party. Institute for Local Self-Reliance). Governing. ?

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The Verge

JULY 28, 2020

Big tech companies including Google , Amazon and Qualcomm are bankrolling The Global Antitrust Institute at George Mason University, which teaches a hands-off approach to antitrust law. President Trump has bought hundreds of messages on Facebook to accuse Twitter of trying to stifle his voice and influence the November election.

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

But the TikTok challenge promises to be much harder — the company will have to somehow recreate ByteDance’s powerful algorithmic feed , design a steady stream of new features and experiences to keep influencers engaged, and fend off fierce competition from Facebook, Snapchat, and a host of TikTok clones along the way.

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The Verge

MAY 27, 2020

Congress may begin writing letters , and new laws will be proposed, so that such a bad post never again appears on the internet. Law enforcement eventually will? Influencers say Instagram is biased against plus-sized bodies — and they might be right. So many unanswered & obvious questions, but I won’t bring them up now!”

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

And I think there’s a real feeling of accomplishment that, who knows how big an influence or how small an influence, but there was influence. Because after their medical loss ratios, they’re making 15 percent of a bigger number, which makes them more money. But I get your point, right? So you think it’s here to stay?

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The Verge

JULY 21, 2020

Facebook already faces fights around the world from governments on both the left and the right related to issues that fit under the broad umbrella of national security: election interference, influence campaigns, hate speech, and even just plain-old democratic speech. Law and order! Here’s hoping we get an answer to that one, and soon.

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