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Deadspin meltdown continues as executive who wrote the stick to sports memo quits
Paul Maidment, editorial director at Deadspin’s parent company G/O Media has resigned after a week where all of the writers quit the site.
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki met secretly with Irish Prime Minister to discuss content “moderation”
Wojcicki wanted to assure the PM that she was doing all she could to tackle “hate speech” on the platform.
In 2020 Twitter plans to let users restrict retweets, mentions, and more
Yet another announcement from Twitter that is likely to kill engagement on the platform.
Facebook says around 100 developers could have inappropriately retained data on Facebook Group users
Facebook have come clean about another privacy concern.
Mark Cuban thinks government-authorized fact checking of news content is a good idea
Cuban made the proposal on Twitter.
Instagram deletes account of independent conflict journalism outlet Popular Front
Instagram had previously claimed the outlet’s reporting on the Hong Kong protests was “bullying and harassment.”
Chinese-owned news apps are dominating the US app store, dwarfing both CNN and Reddit combined
At a time when controversy over news censorship and rising tensions with China, Chinese news apps are dominating the US App Store.
GitHub Sponsors is now available in 30 countries and developers hope it could help grow open-source projects
Open-source projects often fail to flourish as they’re not properly funded. GitHub thinks this will change that.
Some Google employees are pressuring bosses not to work with fossil fuel industry
Employees inside the company have previously complained about it working with ICE, CBP, and Breitbart News.
Adobe, Twitter, and The New York Times are developing a DRM-style attribution system for memes
Many popular memes are already being taken down by questionable copyright claims.
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone ruminates on why Twitter even exists
“We never articulated a purpose statement for Twitter. Why does Twitter exist? There was no answer.”