SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, saying free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk
but Trump Lobbying May Save It Tripp Mickle / New York Times : Oracle May Hold TikTok's Future in Its Hands Solcyré Burga / Time : Everything Trump Has Said About the TikTok Ban Dan Primack / Axios : ...
Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Michael Dell, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, and other tech leaders congratulate Trump on his election victory
RE: https://www.threads.net/... Anil Dash / @anildash : Absolutely pathetic behavior. He said he was going to throw you in prison and you still can't help sucking up to a fascist. Matt Navarra / @mat...
A US FTC report on the data practices of Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and six other companies finds “vast surveillance” of consumers to monetize their information
and the ingestion of personal information—to power their services - Companies generally fed extensive amts of personal info into their automated systems /10 [image] Jon von Tetzchner / @jonsvt : This ...
Google and California strike a deal to jointly contribute $125M+ over five years to support local news; the deal also includes support for an AI project
So it's dedicating about .005% of its annual revenue to the news initiative, while state taxpayers will foot double that amount in the first year. … @bobbyallyn : Does this mean Google will stop block...
Twitter begins removing blue checkmarks from legacy verified accounts, fulfilling one of Elon Musk's long-stated plans; Musk has called the system “corrupt”
The change is apparent on Twitter accounts for several Verge writers and other journalists like LA Times reporter Matt Pearce …
Warner Bros. Discovery officially announces Max as the new name of its flagship streaming service, launching in the US on May 23 with HBO and Discovery+ content
HBO, a three-letter stand in for “excellence”—and want to trash it because they think reality TV watchers are intimidated by it. https://twitter.com/... Paul Wick / @paulswhtn : “this tv channel is no...
Sources: Coinbase is testing an app from Ray Dalio's company Principles that lets staff rate each other on how well they exemplify Coinbase's 10 cultural tenets
often a terrible idea, but occasionally game-changing! We should all thank Coinbase for their service 😅 https://twitter.com/... Emma Jacobs / @emmavj : Coinbase lets employees evaluate co-workers, inc...
Internal messages detail Spotify's lax health content policy; the company told staff multiple Joe Rogan podcast episodes “didn't meet the threshold for removal”
just not that they are *designed* to cause death. Similarly, they allow podcasters to say wearing a mask is *ineffective*, just not that wearing masks will cause imminent, life-threatening harm.” http...
Interview with Sam Lessin and YouTuber Marina Mogilko about a $1.7M investment in her, in exchange for 5% of her creator-related earnings for the next 30 years
which attaches a number to a human and locks them into a three-decade contract—brings up a host of potential legal, ethical, and moral issues, which Lessin didn't shy away from when I asked him about ...
Filings: NLRB is investigating two complaints by Apple employees, including one by senior engineering PM Ashley Gjøvik who alleges workplace harassment and more
even people who have been vocally supportive of others who've taken issue with policies and treatment of employees. I can only tell so much from the outside, but that seems odd. Jeff / @darchmare : @c...