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| John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed News: |
In leaked email, Amazon says it will suspend Parler's AWS account on Jan. 10 at 11:59PM PST for not complying with its TOS and posing a risk to public safety — Amazon on Saturday kicked Parler off its Web hosting services. Parler, a social network favored by conservative politicians and extremists …
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| New York Times: |
Apple has suspended Parler from the App Store, saying Parler “has not taken adequate measures” to address threats to people's safety on its platform — The companies pulled support for the “free speech” social network, all but killing the service just as many conservatives are seeking alternatives to Facebook and Twitter.| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Parler becomes the number one app on Apple's App Store in the US; Gab claims it is seeing 10,000+ new users sign up every hour — Users are surging on small, conservative, social media platforms after President Donald Trump's ban from the world's largest social networks …
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The Verge, Mediaite, The Hill, CNN, CNET, Wall Street Journal, BleepingComputer, MacDailyNews, and Mashable
Tweets: @mediaite, @getongab, @briantylercohen, @hacks4pancakes, @hushes, @brij, @jennydemilo, @dlberes, @danprimack, @karengeier, @azeem, @rsgnl, and @sammyandrews
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
A group of Amazon staffers, Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, calls on the company to stop providing AWS services to Parler — - A group of Amazon corporate employees is calling on the company to stop providing cloud services to Parler, a social media app popular with Trump supporters …
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| Shawna Chen / Axios: |
Google suspends Parler from the Play Store over moderation and enforcement policies, citing an “ongoing and urgent public safety threat” — Google has pulled Parler, a social media app for conservatives and far-right extremists, from its app store following the company's role in the deadly U.S. Capitol siege this week.
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Tweets: @viacristiano, @slpng_giants, @joshgerstein, @caseynewton, @aoc, @daveyalba, @louiserawauthor, @lucymcaldwell, @joncoopertweets, @wsj, @jessedamiani, @nicoleperlroth, @slpng_giants, @jacknicas, @malwarejake, @parscale, @yashar, @sandofsky, @danielpunkass, @alecstapp, @hacks4pancakes, @migueldeicaza, @carnage4life, @jamesrbuk, @daniel_rubino, @mgsiegler, @nycsouthpaw, @tldtoday, @foxcahn, @axios, and @danprimack
| The Verge: |
Twitter says it has permanently suspended Trump's @realDonaldTrump account “due to the risk of further incitement of violence” — The president's preferred megaphone is gone — Twitter permanently banned President Donald Trump Friday days after a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol leaving four dead.
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Tweets: @twittersafety, @karateskool, @donaldjtrumpjr, @alexstamos, @microsoft, @anneapplebaum, @twittersafety, @yashar, @sarahnemerson, @sachabaroncohen, @mtracey, @davidsacks, @mattnavarra, @lindseygrahamsc, @navalny, @benedictevans, @faination, @hillaryclinton, @barronjohn1946, @jasonmillerindc, @amlwhere, @noupside, @sacca, @zeynep, @dave_brown24, @alexstamos, @kasparov63, @christopherjm, @selectedwisdom, @marklittlenews, @bobbybigwheel, @asharangappa_, @scottros, @axios, @levie, @alexstamos, @thedweck, @mcfaul, @ugarles, @slpng_giants, @snitchery, @film_girl, @ashleyfeinberg, @gaberivera, @ashleyfeinberg, @charlesarthur, @kareemrifai, @chrislhayes, @qhardy, @ditzkoff, @albertmacgloan, @mitalisaran, @gabedelahaye, @aynrandpaulryan, @davidclinchnews, @bobmurphyecon, @glcarlstrom, @jpbrammer, @troyhunt, @oneunderscore__, @jamesrbuk, @repwilson, @markellislive, @elienyc, @steve_vladeck, @lsanger, @joyannreid, @kellymakena, @jasonfebery, @sen_joemanchin, @jonathanvswan, @alexgaskarth, @levie, @kellymakena, @twittersafety, @antoniogm, @sarafischer, @karaswisher, @rmac18, @b_fung, @clueheywood, @kurtwagner8, @scalzi, @jonahdispatch, @cjane87, @mattblaze, @daphnehk, @teamtrump, @austen, @sachabaroncohen, @twittersafety, @k8em0, @mikeisaac, @actually_tina, @mikeisaac, @rmac18, @m_feeney, @m_feeney, @staceyplaskett, @danprimack, @davidbegnaud, @briantylercohen, @nbcnews, @thedweck, @bobbybigwheel, @clarajeffery, @conor64, @levie, @thestalwart, @minal_hasan, @pixelguff, @scottmonty, @profgalloway, @iamwandasykes, @mjs_dc, @parkermolloy, @joshconstine, @eliothiggins, @shaneharris, @pwnallthethings, @jennifer, @gravelinstitute, @waltmossberg, @pierce, @pierce, @donie, @shannonpareil, @fboversight, @hunterwalk, @gcluley, @alexrkonrad, @susan_hennessey, @pareene, @popehat, @willoremus, @danprimack, @briannawu, and @mmasnick
| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
With the removal of Trump's Twitter account, many of his tweets embedded on thousands of web pages were wiped out, creating an ultimate case of “link rot” — All those embedded posts of his tweets are now broken — When Twitter banned President Trump from its platform permanently on Friday …
Tweets: @sameerpatel and @swiftonsecurity
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
High-stakes calls at Facebook or Twitter, corporate autocracies masquerading as mini-democracies, are just gut decisions made under extreme duress by their CEOs — The ability of a handful of people to control our public discourse has never been more obvious.
Tweets: @shapshak, @karaswisher, @yashar, @jonchevreau, @terronk, @benjedwards, @jeff_poor, @mattl_jg, @allisonlcarter, and @kevinroose
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Twitter and Facebook's ban on Trump is not censorship, and demanding clear rules for social media moderation is “stupid” because the context is always changing — When I started writing this post, it was about Facebook's decision to suspend Trump's account indefinitely …
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New York Times, MIT Technology Review, The Mozilla Blog, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @doctorow, @sanjiva, @kashhill, @leojtravis10, @kyleorl, @_rappy, @techreview, @joshua__frank, @evan_greer, @karmel80, @amynordrum, @basiasosnowska, @raminskibba, @aamer_rahman, @caseynewton, @nikicheong, @wbm312, @mozilla, @dangillmor, @charlesarthur, @gem_ray, @tallama, @notnickfish, @digiphile, @mariannedh, @clairlemon, @iainthomson, @nfergus, @aditis90, @petersuderman, @alex_gibson, @jilliancyork, @eff, @benthompson, and @lmatsakis
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Tweets: @jameeljaffer, @mmasnick, @sama, @donaldjtrumpjr, @wired, @davidsacks, @triketora, @deanobeidallah, @wired, @edbott, @suzanneevans1, @gesfandiari, @donie, @emilydreyfuss, @wongmjane, @wired, @nxthompson, @lukelpearson, @lukelpearson, @stevekopack, @maxkennerly, @jameeljaffer, @lyssaslounge, @emptywheel, @samfbiddle, @carnage4life, @alexleavitt, @chrisfralic, @morningmoneyben, @goangelo, @laurenthehough, @micsolana, @karaswisher, and @caseynewton
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: |
A network of YouTube channels, which have not disclosed their connection to Epoch Times, has been propagating election disinformation since Election Day — A network of YouTube channels connected to the pro-Trump media outlet Epoch Times launched after Election Day as part of a disinformation campaign … | Thomas Fabbri / BBC: |
Sex workers say Pornhub's defunding by Visa, Mastercard, and Discover is putting their livelihoods at risk and will not solve the problem of illegal content — Credit card giants Visa, Mastercard and Discover have blocked all payments to Pornhub, after the adult site was accused of being …
Tweets: @mylesjackman, @therealsirips, and @gingerbanks1
| Evan Ackerman / IEEE Spectrum: |
Q&A with Aaron Saunders, VP at Boston Dynamics, on teaching robots to dance and how that informs the company's approach to robotics for commercial applications — A week ago, Boston Dynamics posted a video of Atlas, Spot, and Handle dancing to “Do You Love Me.”
Tweets: @pranavab47, @aparanjape, @mouserelec, @kaeshour, and @helengreiner
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