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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jan 2

    A reminder for 2020: If you work at a tech company and would like to talk about your experiences privately, my DMs are open, my CNN email is in my bio, my ProtonMail on request, and I’m always happy to connect on encrypted messaging apps like Signal, iMessage or WhatsApp.

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  2. 12 hours ago

    The Trump administration has APPEALED the court order blocking it from banning TikTok downloads in the United States

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    13 hours ago

    Facebook is cooperating with the FBI’s investigation into an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the company says. Federal criminal complaint details how the suspects had used Facebook, including a private Facebook group, to discuss the alleged plot.

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  4. 14 hours ago

    1. WHAT WHAT WHAT 2. Wait. Nickelodeon?? 3. Whatever. THERE’S COFFEE IN THAT NEBULA

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  5. 15 hours ago

    Remember this affidavit the next time somebody tells you that encryption makes it literally impossible to conduct law enforcement investigations.

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  6. 15 hours ago

    This alleged plot to kidnap Michigan's governor was organized at least in part over an encrypted messaging app and a private Facebook page, according to the FBI.

    The affidavit is pretty chilling.
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  7. 20 hours ago

    The next presidential debate will be held virtually, according to the Commission on Presidential Debates. Brace yourselves now for the “hE’s WeArInG aN eArPiEcE” memes to get even worse

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  8. Oct 7

    A dunk tank for candidates who exceed their time.

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  9. Oct 7

    You could say Pence's hair was ... fly fishing

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  10. Oct 7

    Do you think he can feel it on there?

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  11. Oct 7

    Facebook today also spoke at some length about its plans to label premature claims of election victory. A US senator just wrote them this week arguing that labels don’t really do much:

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  12. Oct 7

    I had a nightmare last night where I was in the middle of listening to Google v. Oracle arguments when DOJ decided to file its Google suit *and* the judge in Epic v. Apple case reached her decision on a preliminary injunction, all at once. It was… not fun.

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    Oct 7

    TIMELINE: Oct 19 TWTR bans all political ads Nov 19 TWTR allows some social policy ads Nov 19 GOOG limits micro-targeting Sept 20 FB no new political ads week before election, no premature victory in ads Sept 20 GOOG no ads after polls close Oct 20 FB no ads after polls close

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  14. Oct 7

    Hi! While you’re here, please read today’s other super-important story about a gigantic court case involving Google and Oracle that could have huge ripple effects for software and the internet writ large:

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  15. Oct 7

    The new policies come after Trump and his allies have spread inflammatory rhetoric about the election process in recent weeks. More on Facebook’s new policies here:

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  16. Oct 7

    Who at Facebook will be responsible for making the call on this type of content? “We are training our teams in applying those policies and it’ll be my team looking at that content as we make those decisions,” Bickert told me.

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  17. Oct 7

    This policy *would* apply to Trump Jr’s “army” video if posted again, Facebook confirms. Facebook’s Monika Bickert told reporters that covered content would include posts that use the word “army” or “battle.” The policy is intended to get at “implicit” voter suppression.

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  18. Oct 7

    ALSO NEW: Facebook introduces a new policy against content that urges Americans to report to election sites as unauthorized poll watchers, if the content uses “militarized language” or if the intent is to intimidate voters.

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  19. Oct 7

    NEW: Facebook says it will temporarily halt all political and issue advertising following Election Day, following in the footsteps of Google. The ad moratorium also applies to ads that were run ahead of Election Day.

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  20. Oct 7

    The future of software could come down to eight Supreme Court justices arguing over whether APIs are more like a PC keyboard, a restaurant menu or the periodic table. Reflections from today’s Google v. Oracle oral argument:

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  21. Oct 7

    Oracle and Google are duking it out at the Supreme Court today. Listen to the arguments here: And here’s why this case is so important:

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