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Sources: Zuckerberg's personal intervention to reduce the severity of Alex Jones' ban in 2019 slowed down Facebook's efforts to deal with dangerous content — In April 2019, Facebook was preparing to ban one of the internet's most notorious spreaders of misinformation and hate, Infowars founder Alex Jones.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers discover macOS malware dubbed “Silver Sparrow” on at least 30K Macs, which includes a native M1 version and leverages the Installer JavaScript API — With no payload, analysts are struggling to learn what this mature malware does. — A previously undetected piece …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp says users who haven't accepted its new privacy policy by May 15 can receive calls and notifications “for a short time”, but not read or send messages — WhatsApp said earlier this week that it will allow users to review its planned privacy update at “their own pace” …
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| David Uberti / Wall Street Journal: |
Accellion's file transfer software hack, which affected Jones Day, also impacted New Zealand's central bank, 1M unemployment benefits applicants in WA, and more — Like the SolarWinds breach, the incident highlights supply-chain vulnerabilities — The hack of software provider Accellion USA LLC …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Margaret Mitchell, co-lead of Google's Ethical AI team, says she has been fired; Google says an employee conduct review confirmed multiple policy violations — Margaret Mitchell, the co-lead of Google's Ethical AI team, says that the company has fired her following an investigation into her use of corporate email.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
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| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
For many services, moderating content has become an existential crisis; some services are even establishing rules that pre-empt the need for costly moderation — Content moderation rules used to be a question of taste. Now, they can determine a service's prospects for survival.
Tweets: @mims, @aditi_muses, @wsj, @markstenberg3, @roncharles, @jeffjarvis, @mims, @marklittlenews, @mims, @maxabrahms, @mims, and @wiczipedia
| Rich Mogull / TidBITS: |
Apple's new Platform Security user guide follows the industry trend of growing vertical hardware, software, and cloud integration to improve ecosystem security — Even as a security professional, it's easy to get lost within the digital covers of Apple's latest Platform Security user guide.| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Titan, which offers online investment management services to both accredited and unaccredited investors, raises $12.5M Series A led by General Catalyst — Titan, a startup that is building a retail investment management platform aimed at millennials, has closed on $12.5 million in a Series …
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Titan and FinSMEs
Tweets: @aplusk, @bayareawriter, @ycombinator, @nkatragadda, @jta4t, @titanvest, and @bingchen
| Reuters: |
Facebook deletes the main page of the Myanmar military for “repeated violations of Community Standards prohibiting incitement of violence and coordinating harm” — (Reuters) - Facebook on Sunday deleted the main page of the Myanmar military under it standards prohibiting …
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Boing Boing. Tweets: @haritho, @militarymonitor, @watchingmyanmar, @arvindhickman, @iainlevine, @walone4, @moui, and @donk_enby
| Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: |
App Annie: Australian Broadcasting Corporation's news app was briefly the most downloaded app on the AU App Store after Facebook's news ban and is now second — Readers may be going directly to the source — The Australian Broadcast Company's ABC News app shot to the top of Apple's App Store charts …
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| Sheldon Chanel / The Guardian: |
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BIG by Matt Stoller. Tweets: @dailypostdan, @glynmoody, @susanamet, @ahawatson, @politicoryan, @robpegoraro, @bendohertycorro, @matthewstoller, @tmcw, @tmcw, and @tmcw
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Twitch replaced the audio for Metallica's “For Whom The Bell Tolls” with folk music during the band's BlizzCon livestream, presumably to avoid a DMCA notice — The Twitch Gaming stream gave us this beautiful moment — Despite its later-than-usual timing and going completely virtual …
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music.avclub.com, GameSpot, Gizmodo, Variety, Engadget, Kotaku, IGN, Mashable, dexerto.com, and Twinfinite
Tweets: @slasher, @dexerto, @starfire2258, @jimmforce, @thehermitdruid, @deathdrive905, @troywho, @queenyeet20, @grindheadjim, @egoraptor, @prairiephlox, and @wardcarroll
| Shoshanna Solomon / The Times of Israel: |
Israel-based Earnix, which helps banks and insurers provide personalized real-time offers to clients, raises $75M at a $1B pre-money valuation — Funds raised will help startup access new markets, finetune software that helps banks and insurers offer clients personalized pricing and products
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Bloomberg, Globes Online, and CTech
| Andrew Thurman / Cointelegraph: |
Synthetix, which develops a DeFi protocol for trading derivatives, raises $12M after three VC firms purchased its native tokens directly from its DAO treasury — As the community debates VCs participating in DAOs, Synthetix welcomes three new community members
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CoinDesk, InsideBitcoins.com, and FinSMEs
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