Washington Post:As Trump searches for a new social network after his Twitter ban, a shift from mainstream platforms would mark a retreat to insular conservative communities — Twitter’s decision to ban President Trump mere days before the end of his term sparked a fierce political backlash among …
It may feel like 2020 just grew a tumor, but we are indeed in a new year. That means it’s time to look back and reflect on the big stories of 2020. Well, the big cleantech stories — sort of. Admittedly, CleanTechnica stretched a bit beyond cleantech several times in 2020, and that was reflected…
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Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:Twitter has suspended the account of Sci-Hub for violating counterfeit policy: Sci-Hub founder says suspension may be related to an ongoing court case in India — Twitter has suspended the account of Sci-Hub, a site that offers a free gateway to paywalled research.
Axios:A list of platforms that banned or limited Trump-affiliated accounts: Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube, Apple, Snapchat, TikTok, Shopify, Pinterest, and more — Platforms are rapidly removing Donald Trump’s account or accounts affiliated with pro-Trump violence and conspiracies, like QAnon and #StoptheSteal.
John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed News:In an email to Parler, Amazon says it will suspend Parler’s AWS account effective Jan. 10 for failing to comply with its TOS and posing a risk to public safety — Amazon on Saturday kicked Parler off its Web hosting services. Parler, a social network favored by conservative politicians and extremists…
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New York Times:Apple has suspended Parler from the App Store, saying Parler “has not taken adequate measures” to address threats to people’s safety on its platform — The companies removed the “free speech” social network from their app stores, limiting its reach just as many conservatives …
Rumors have been swirling for the past several months that Tesla would soon offer a single motor standard range version of the Model Y to go with its SR+ Model 3 sedan. Elon Musk seemed cool to the idea but last week the company pulled the trigger on the Model Y standard range, which will…
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:A group of Amazon staffers, Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, calls on the company to stop providing AWS services to Parler — – A group of Amazon corporate employees is calling on the company to stop providing cloud services to Parler, a social media app popular with Trump supporters …
The Sun Has Set on Another Round of the American-Made Solar Prize, Awarding Two New Solar Startups for Their Innovations
Kevin Roose / New York Times:High-stakes calls at Facebook or Twitter, corporate autocracies masquerading as mini-democracies, are just gut decisions made under extreme duress by their CEOs — The ability of a handful of people to control our public discourse has never been more obvious.