Chris O’Brien / VentureBeat:Equifax says it has acquired Kount, which uses AI for digital ID and fraud prevention services, for $640M; Kount becomes part of Equifax’s Luminate platform — Equifax announced today that it would pay $640 million to acquire Kount, a company that uses artificial intelligence to drive …
Sean Hollister / The Verge:Twitter has taken down tweets from @POTUS in which Trump criticized his ban and suggested looking “at the possibilities of building out our own platform” — They’re gone — Twitter permanently banned Donald Trump today. For a brief moment, he managed to tweet anyhow …
Shawna Chen / Axios:Google suspends Parler from the Play Store over moderation and enforcement policies, citing an “ongoing and urgent public safety threat” — Google has pulled Parler, a social media app for conservatives and far-right extremists, from its app store following the company’s role in the deadly U.S. Capitol siege this week.
Jay Peters / The Verge:Discord bans pro-Trump server “The Donald” because of “its overt connection to an online forum used to incite violence and plan an armed insurrection” — The server had connections to the banned r/The_Donald subreddit — Discord has banned a server called “The Donald …
Twitter:Twitter describes how it decided to suspend Trump’s account, specifying how two tweets were in violation of its Glorification of Violence Policy — After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received …
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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.