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Dlive, a livestreaming platform that has attracted a far-right userbase, had a near record of 150K concurrent viewers on Wednesday, according to estimates (New York Times)

New York Times:Dlive, a livestreaming platform that has attracted a far-right userbase, had a near record of 150K concurrent viewers on Wednesday, according to estimates  —  A site called Dlive, where rioters broadcast from the Capitol, is benefiting from the growing exodus of right-wing users from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

9 January 2021 0

Twitter says it has permanently suspended Trump’s @realDonaldTrump account “due to the risk of further incitement of violence” (The Verge)

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.

8 January 2021 0

Apple gives Parler 24 hours to institute a full moderation policy or face expulsion from the App Store, according to leaked emails between the two companies (BuzzFeed News)

BuzzFeed News:Apple gives Parler 24 hours to institute a full moderation policy or face expulsion from the App Store, according to leaked emails between the two companies  —  Apple has given Parler, the social network favored by conservatives and extremists, an ultimatum to implement a full moderation plan …

8 January 2021 0

UK High Court rules that security services cannot search the computers and phones of millions of people under a single “general warrant” (Emma Woollacott/Forbes)

Emma Woollacott / Forbes:UK High Court rules that security services cannot search the computers and phones of millions of people under a single “general warrant”  —  After five years of legal wrangling, the UK High Court has ruled that the security and intelligence services cannot search the computers …

8 January 2021 0

Internal letter: ~350 Twitter employees ask leadership to permanently suspend Trump and account for Twitter’s role leading up to the insurrection (Nitasha Tiku/Washington Post)

Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:Internal letter: ~350 Twitter employees ask leadership to permanently suspend Trump and account for Twitter’s role leading up to the insurrection  —  “Despite our efforts to serve the public conversation, as Trump’s megaphone, we helped fuel the deadly events of January 6th,” the employees wrote.

8 January 2021 0

Twitter has banned the accounts of several Trump advisers, including Sidney Powell and Michael Flynn, for violating its ban on “Coordinated Harmful Activity” (NBC News)

NBC News:Twitter has banned the accounts of several Trump advisers, including Sidney Powell and Michael Flynn, for violating its ban on “Coordinated Harmful Activity”  —  Twitter on Friday removed the accounts of Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell and other high-profile supporters …

8 January 2021 0

Sources: Intel has held talks with TSMC and Samsung to outsource some of its high-end chip production to Taiwan; chips wouldn’t come out until at least 2023 (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:Sources: Intel has held talks with TSMC and Samsung to outsource some of its high-end chip production to Taiwan; chips wouldn’t come out until at least 2023  —  – TSMC readies new facility that can serve Intel’s needs  — Intel holds out hope for late gains by in-house manufacturing

8 January 2021 0

Cisco sues optical interconnect equipment maker Acacia Communications for trying to end a $2.6B merger after Acacia said it failed to get approval from China (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:Cisco sues optical interconnect equipment maker Acacia Communications for trying to end a $2.6B merger after Acacia said it failed to get approval from China  —  Cisco Systems Inc. sued to stop Acacia Communications Inc. from ending a merger agreement, after Acacia said it failed to get regulatory approval from China in time.

8 January 2021 0

Substack says it plans to roll out a “multipub” tool, which will let users aggregate newsletters and podcasts they manage under one publication, in February (Jacob Kastrenakes/The Verge)

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:Substack says it plans to roll out a “multipub” tool, which will let users aggregate newsletters and podcasts they manage under one publication, in February  —  Substack is adding a long-awaited new feature today: the ability to change the look of newsletters.

8 January 2021 0

Sources: AT&T couldn’t get an HBO Max distribution deal for Amazon’s Fire TV devices before WarnerMedia agreed to extend its contract for AWS services (Jessica Toonkel/The Information)

Jessica Toonkel / The Information:Sources: AT&T couldn’t get an HBO Max distribution deal for Amazon’s Fire TV devices before WarnerMedia agreed to extend its contract for AWS services  —  For six months after WarnerMedia launched HBO Max, the growth of the high-profile new streaming service suffered because the company …

8 January 2021 0

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