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Leaving content moderation to volunteers is empowering racists

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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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Cynicism suggests that the TikTok deal will go through

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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. The new laws would prevent phone manufacturers from limiting access to near-field communication technology embedded in smartphones and smartwatches. Trending up : Facebook says it’s helped 2.5

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It’s (still) time to end ‘Trending’ on Twitter

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Facebook rolled out a series of changes ahead of the election in Myanmar on November 8th. Facebook and Google are threatening to cut off news services in Australia if lawmakers pass a proposed law that would force both companies to negotiate with media companies and pay them for content that appears on their sites.

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