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May 30, 2020, 3:15 PM

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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook won't remove Trump's post on Minnesota protests to “enable as much expression as possible”, says it doesn't violate its policies  —  “We should enable as much discussion as possible,” Zuckerberg says in a post  —  Facebook will not remove …
Ina Fried / Axios:
Twitter determines two tweets about protesters from Trump and White House violate its rules on glorifying violence; users must click to see the labeled tweets  —  Twitter said Friday morning that a tweet from President Trump in which he threatened shooting in response to civil unrest in Minneapolis violated the company's rules.
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Leaked posts show Facebook's decision not to remove Trump's threat of violence is roiling employees, some of whom are calling on execs to reconsider the stance  —  “If we fail the test case here, history will not judge us kindly”  —  Facebook's decision not to take action against recent posts …
Margaret Harding McGill / Axios:
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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft lays off editorial staff at its News and MSN divisions, reportedly affecting around 50 US and 27 UK jobs, as it increases use of AI for news curation  —  Microsoft News and MSN is increasingly being run by robots  —  Microsoft is laying off dozens of journalists and editorial workers …
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google says it is delaying the Android 11 beta release and virtual launch event that was scheduled for June 3, but the final release is still on track for Q3  —  Google this evening announced that it's delaying next week's Android 11: The Beta Launch Show.  The company on Twitter says …
Peter Kafka / Vox:
Executives at big tech companies have publicly stayed silent on Trump's social media executive order, with many executives thinking it's really aimed at Twitter  —  Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office before signing an executive order that's supposed to regulate social media, on May 28.
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Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
Sony says it is on track to launch PlayStation 5 this year and has begun manufacturing the console, announces a games-focused event on June 4  —  Latest PlayStation console expected to launch globally in the final quarter of 2020  —  Sony's PlayStation 5 is “on track” …
Parimal Satyal / Neustadt.fr:
A look at the small and independent web, why it's different from the sites that dominate web traffic today, and why it's worth exploring  —  Most websites today are built like commercial products by professionals and marketers, optimised to draw the largest audience, generate engagement and ‘convert’.
Chris Stokel-Walker / Increment:
A look at the rise of React, an open-source JavaScript library for building user interfaces, which is led by a small team of full-time developers at Facebook  —  On the social, cultural, and technological impacts of the increasingly ubiquitous frontend framework.
Brandon Vigliarolo / TechRepublic:
Stack Overflow's annual survey, taken by 65K+ developers: Rust remains most loved language at 86.1%, followed by TypeScript at 67.1%, Python dropped to third  —  Stack Overflow's 2020 survey of developers provides a snapshot of the programming community that can be useful in building hiring strategies …
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