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How Apple is making the antitrust case against it stronger

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Here’s Russell Brandom at The Verge : Dubbed “Secondary Infektion,” the campaign spanned a number of online platforms, beginning on the Russia-based LiveJournal in 2014, and moving to Twitter and YouTube later that year. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Charlie Warzel and Stuart A.

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Content moderation issues are taking center stage in the presidential election campaign

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A country where nothing is true and everything is possible is, to be clear, looks more like Russia than the one I grew up in. The move comes as the company faces scrutiny over its role as a platform for racial profiling and its increasingly cozy partnerships with law enforcement. Sarah Holder / Bloomberg).

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How humans are beating machines in the effort to fight the spread of COVID-19

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Nicole Perlroth at The New York Times has the story: In February, intelligence officials warned House lawmakers that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get President Trump re-elected, and that Russia intended to interfere with the 2020 Democratic primaries as well as the general election. Annie Palmer / CNBC).

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TikTok’s biggest problem is outside its control

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Equifax lost data from more than 100 million people (possibly working for Russia, depending on who you believe), which is certainly more information than TikTok has ever had access to. 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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Why no one knows which stories are the most popular on Facebook

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Democrats are worried about a potential Russia-linked effort to interfere in the election by using a Senate panel to advance smears against presidential candidate Joe Biden. zoomers in march: covid is boomer remover llol boomers in august: school time :) :) :) — law dog, esq. Christopher Stern and Nick Wingfield / The Information ).

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TikTok has a bold new plan to win over regulators

The Verge

European regulators are drafting new laws aimed a curbing the power of the big tech companies in a way that previously regulations have not. The Chinese government, possibly in concert with Russia, manipulated former CNN star Larry King into spreading disinformation through a fake interview with a Russian journalist. Governing. ?

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