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.
Tesla’s biggest positive effect on the world may not be direct emissions reductions from its own vehicles, solar panels, and stationary energy storage systems. The company has sold more than one million zero-emissions vehicles as well as many solar panel systems and batteries, and it intends to sell an enormous number more of them in…
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Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:Parler becomes the number one app on Apple’s App Store in the US; Gab claims it is seeing 10,000+ new users sign up every hour — Users are surging on small, conservative, social media platforms after President Donald Trump’s ban from the world’s largest social networks …
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:A network of YouTube channels, which have not disclosed their connection to Epoch Times, has been propagating election disinformation since Election Day — A network of YouTube channels connected to the pro-Trump media outlet Epoch Times launched after Election Day as part of a disinformation campaign …