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| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
Biden administration is working with Gen Z For Change, a nonprofit advocacy group, to brief top TikTok stars about the war in Ukraine — On Thursday afternoon, 30 top TikTok stars gathered on a Zoom call to receive key information about the war unfolding in Ukraine.
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| David Gilbert / VICE: |
Investigation finds a campaign coordinated in a secret Telegram channel to pay Russian TikTok influencers to post videos pushing pro-Kremlin narratives — An investigation by VICE News uncovered a coordinated campaign to pay Russian TikTok influencers to post videos pushing pro-Kremlin narratives.
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Media Manipulation Casebook. Tweets: @josephfcox, @emilydreyfuss, @learmonth, @daithaigilbert, and @jason_koebler
| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Roskomnadzor says it is banning Instagram in Russia from March 14 because Meta now allows posts “calling for violence against Russian citizens” — First Facebook, now Instagram — One week after placing a ban on Facebook in Russia, the country's communications agency Roskomnadzor announced it will ban Instagram, too.
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| Nick Clegg / @nickclegg: |
Responding to reports that Russia may designate Meta an extremist org, Meta says it will allow calls for violence against Russian soldiers only in Ukraine — Responding to reports that the Russian government is considering designating Meta as an extremist organization for its policies in support of speech:
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| Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: |
Russia moves to designate Meta as an “extremist organization”; source says WhatsApp won't be affected as it is a means of communication — Russian prosecutors have asked a court to ban Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook and Instagram as “extremist,” Interfax reported, the latest move in a growing crackdown on social networks.
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Facebook: Embassy of Russia in the USA. Tweets: @rusembusa, @maxseddon, @maryilyushina, @maxseddon, @maryilyushina, @maryilyushina, @rasmus_kleis, @maxseddon, @ericgarland, @samramani2, @jasonhirschhorn, @maryilyushina, @tariqpanja, @holmesjosh, @manveenrana, @kkomaitis, @bnhwalker, @drlukemcdonagh, @akarlin0, @crecenteb, @alexsalvinews, @rpwwilliams, @apolyakova, @nerdjpg, @olliecarroll, @b_fung, @sa0un, @etbrooking, and @slpng_giants
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: new MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro, both with M2, coming this year; Apple has M2 Pro, Max, and Ultra in the works, the latter being a 24-core CPU — It has been almost two years since Apple announced the transition from Intel Macs to Apple Silicon, and while there's still …
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Tweets: @mingchikuo and @saranbyte
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple has no plans to release a larger-screen iMac in the near future and is working on a new 24-inch iMac without high-end processors for 2023 — With the introduction of the new Mac Studio and Studio Display, Apple quietly discontinued the 27-inch iMac - which was still sold with an Intel processor.
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Appleosophy, MacRumors, iDrop News, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, and Tom's Guide
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Meta is cutting back on staff perks like laundry service; CTO Bosworth and others chafed at the perceived sense of entitlement of complaining staff — The company told workers on Friday that it will reduce or eliminate some of its famous perks as it prepares for a return to the office.| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Yuga Labs, the creator of Bored Ape Yacht Club, acquires NFT collections CryptoPunks and Meebits from Larva Labs, along with 400+ CryptoPunks and 1.7K+ Meebits — Yuga Labs now controls three of the most valuable NFT collections on the market — Yuga Labs, the creator of Bored Ape Yacht Club …
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CoinDesk, Larva Labs, The Block, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Decrypt, Protocol, Crypto Briefing, and The Metaversalist
Tweets: @yugalabs, @kelseyhightower, @farokh, @kevinrose, @adamamcbride, @jessedamiani, @farokh, @seedphrase, @alexeheath, @boredapeyc, @cobie, and @larvalabs. Thanks:@colegarry2
| Osato Avan-Nomayo / The Block: |
UK's Financial Conduct Authority gives notice to crypto ATM operators to shut down their machines or face penalties since they are unlicensed — The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has contacted crypto ATM operators to shut down their machines or face penalties since they are unlicensed.
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Financial Conduct Authority, Gizmodo, Telegraph, Fortune, Neowin, BBC, Crypto Adventure, Bitcoinist.com, Cryptopolitan, CoinQuora, PYMNTS.com, Coinmonks, Crypto Briefing, Engadget, Decrypt, and Protocol
Tweets: @shanethazel and @thefca
| Financial Times: |
EU and the UK open an antitrust probe into Google and Meta's Jedi Blue deal on online ads; EU is also probing whether Google acted without Meta's knowledge — Europe's competition chief Margrethe Vestager tells FT that ‘Jedi Blue’ deal represents ‘giant problem’ in industry
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GOV.UK, The Verge, European Commission, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Ars Technica, CNBC, Angeline's Thoughts, SiliconANGLE, Today in Digital Marketing, Press Gazette, Pocketnow, Light Reading, The Platform Law Blog, The Register, PYMNTS.com, Protocol, Silicon Republic, and Benzinga
Tweets: @cmagovuk, @vestager, @cmagovuk, @aaronwall, @jason_kint, @hamza_m_ali, @p_carmen_, and @jcbcp
| Axios: |
Apple, Google, Meta, PayPal, and others urge Texas governor to abandon an EO that equates gender-affirming healthcare for transgender children with child abuse — More than 60 companies, including some of the largest firms in tech and finance, are calling on Texas governor Greg Abbott …
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Reuters, Human Rights Campaign, CNET, The Texas Tribune, The Verge, AppleInsider, Protocol, 9to5Mac, iMore, Android Central, and PCMag
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple dismisses the findings of UK CMA's interim report on mobile ecosystems as based on “unsubstantiated allegations and hypothetical concerns” from its rivals — Apple has aggressively defended its ecosystem in a newly-published response to the UK's competition watchdog.
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UK CMA, Michael Tsai, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @brucel, @neilcybart, @stroughtonsmith, @keleftheriou, @openwebadvocacy, @bendelarre, @sil, @brucel, @brucel, @jfpoole, @slightlylate, @tomayac, @brandonlive, @slightlylate, @joonaslehtinen, @joonaslehtinen, @slightlylate, @elkmovie, @lapcatsoftware, @slightlylate, @reneritchie, @matthew_mone, @slightlylate, @slightlylate, @slightlylate, @slightlylate, and @matthew_mone
| Alexandra Alper / Reuters: |
Ingas and Cryoin, two Ukrainian companies that produce an estimated 45% to 54% of the world's semiconductor-grade neon, confirm they have halted operations — Ukraine's two leading suppliers of neon, which produce about half the world's supply of the key ingredient for making chips …
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The Register, Digital Trends, Protocol, Tom's Hardware, The Mac Observer, TechSpot, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @jimpethokoukis and @mikeklassen
| Emily Baker-White / BuzzFeed News: |
Interviews reveal TikTok's Project Texas, an effort to rebuild its internal systems to keep US user data in the US and limit its access to a new US-based team — TikTok is rebuilding its systems to keep US user data in the US and putting a new US-based team in control.
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The Verge. Tweets: @ebakerwhite, @buzzfeednews, @buzzfeednews, @ebakerwhite, and @amaramarasingam
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