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Milo JasperJanuary 11, 2023
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Cory Doctorow and law professor Rebecca Giblin on their new book, Chokepoint Capitalism, and how tech platforms monetize creators via distribution bottlenecks (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Cory Doctorow and law professor Rebecca Giblin on their new book, Chokepoint Capitalism, and how…
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Milo JasperJanuary 3, 2023
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Shopify President Harley Finkelstein says the company's Audiences tool, pooling data for upload to Meta and Google's ad platforms, is a key focus going forward (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Shopify President Harley Finkelstein says the company’s Audiences tool, pooling data for upload to Meta…
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Milo JasperDecember 23, 2022
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After pushback, the IRS delays a requirement for e-commerce platforms, including Venmo and PayPal, to send tax forms to small businesses with $600+ transactions (Naomi Jagoda/Bloomberg)

Naomi Jagoda / Bloomberg: After pushback, the IRS delays a requirement for e-commerce platforms, including Venmo and PayPal, to send…
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Milo JasperDecember 19, 2022
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Twitter deletes @TwitterSafety's thread and a webpage detailing its new policy to prevent accounts from promoting other social media platforms (Brian Fung/CNN)

Brian Fung / CNN: Twitter deletes @TwitterSafety’s thread and a webpage detailing its new policy to prevent accounts from promoting…
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Milo JasperDecember 19, 2022
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Twitter has deleted @TwitterSafety's tweets and a webpage detailing its new policy to prevent accounts from promoting other social media platforms (Molly White/@molly0xfff)

Molly White / @molly0xfff: Twitter has deleted @TwitterSafety’s tweets and a webpage detailing its new policy to prevent accounts from…
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Milo JasperDecember 19, 2022
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After Musk said that major new policies will go to a vote, @TwitterSafety posts a poll on whether accounts primarily promoting other platforms should be allowed (@twittersafety)

@twittersafety: After Musk said that major new policies will go to a vote, @TwitterSafety posts a poll on whether accounts…
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Milo JasperDecember 13, 2022
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Meta plans to share its free, open-source Hasher Matcher Actioner moderation tool, which helps platforms identify terrorist or human trafficking content (Beatrice Peterson/ABC News)

Beatrice Peterson / ABC News: Meta plans to share its free, open-source Hasher Matcher Actioner moderation tool, which helps platforms…
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Milo JasperDecember 12, 2022
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How conservatives redefined free speech in the social media era, using the First Amendment to cement a "Right to Post" on platforms run by private companies (Adam Serwer/The Atlantic)

Adam Serwer / The Atlantic: How conservatives redefined free speech in the social media era, using the First Amendment to…
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Milo JasperDecember 10, 2022
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With "Twitter Files", Elon Musk shows himself as an egregious example of what he wanted to expose: managers leveraging their social platforms for partisan ends (Eric Levitz/New York Magazine)

Eric Levitz / New York Magazine: With “Twitter Files”, Elon Musk shows himself as an egregious example of what he…
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