[Thread] Alexis Ohanian resigns from the Reddit board, urges company to fill his seat with a black candidate, pledges $1M to Kaepernick's Know Your Rights Camp
I co-founded @reddit 15 years ago to help people find community and a sense of belonging. It is long overdue to do the right thing. I'm doing this for me, for my family, and for my country.
In post, Zuckerberg vows to review content policies on state force and voter suppression, ensure content moderation diversity, and announces a new voter hub
- CEO to look at policies on voter suppression, state force — Facebook will launch a voter hub for vetted information
Twitter and Facebook remove a video tribute to George Floyd posted by Trump's campaign, after receiving a copyright complaint under DMCA
Twitter on Thursday removed a video tribute to George Floyd posted by President Trump's reelection campaign, claiming it had run afoul of the website's policy on copyrighted material.
LinkedIn CEO apologizes after several anonymous staffers share opinions echoing the skeptics of Black Lives Matter at an internal town hall on racial injustice
The highly professional social network's internal Wednesday town hall on racial injustice looked more like what you'd see in a Facebook comments section.
Reddit pledges to honor Ohanian's request to appoint a black director, says it'll update content moderation policies to “explicitly address hate” within weeks
Founder to leave controversial discussion platform, saying resignation can be ‘act of leadership’
An internal poll and documents show widespread anxiety inside Facebook as employees questioned whether Facebook is in an “abusive relationship” with Trump
A week of internal debates shows widespread anxiety over how the company will handle abuse going into 2020 …
Australian court fines Sony Europe ~$2.4M for denying customers refunds for faulty PlayStation games and for misrepresenting consumer rights
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission :
Several Facebook groups are grappling with inadequate and uneven moderation policies as members attempt to discuss the Black Lives Matter movement
Women like Jocelyn Kopac joined the Boss-Moms Facebook group to network and chat about life as both a mom and business owner …
Apple launches the Password Manager Resources project on Github, to make it easier for developers of password manager apps to create strong passwords
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac :
In an email to Microsoft employees, Satya Nadella promises more diversity by expanding connections with HBCUs and a more inclusive environment
An email from CEO Satya Nadella to Microsoft employees: — Seeing injustice in the world calls us all to take action, as individuals and as a company.
Amazon to license Slack for all employees, while Slack will use underlying tech from AWS's Chime video-calling service to improve its video and audio calls
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
JD and Walmart-backed Dada Nexus, which operates on-demand delivery services in China, closed just below $16/share offer, after raising $320M in upsized US IPO
- Legend Biotech, Shift4, Dada Nexus all exceed earlier targets — Listings come amid global IPO rush of more than $7.3 billion
Maryland-based Inky, which develops AI-powered anti-phishing technology, raises $20M Series B led by Insight Partners, bringing its total raised to $31.6M
Inky, a cybersecurity company developing products designed to protect against phishing, today announced it raised $20 million.
Citing Twitter and Snap's actions limiting Trump's reach, digital activists around the world urge both companies to do the same for politicians globally
Bowing to criticism that predates his presidency, Twitter and Snap have begun to limit how President Donald Trump uses their platforms … Tweets: @buzzfeednews , @alexeheath , @pranavdixit , @pranavdix...
Instacart changes how it handles tips, including deactivating customers who “consistently and egregiously” engage in tip-baiting, after a Congressional inquiry
Nick Statt / The Verge :
Interview with Hamid Khan, founder of the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, on racism in police surveillance, and his view that algorithms have no place in policing
Hamid Khan has been a community organizer in Los Angeles for over 35 years, with a consistent focus on police violence and human rights. Tweets: @nasma_ahmed , @soniagupta504 , and @shareefjackson Twe...
UK government publishes the contracts National Health Service signed with Microsoft, Google, Faculty, and Palantir to create a COVID-19 datastore
Lindsay Clark / The Register :
Shift4 Payments, which provides payments processing software for the hospitality industry, closed up 46% on first day of trading, after raising $345M in its IPO
Emily Bary / MarketWatch :
Sources: Grubhub has received interest to merge from Europe-based Just Eat Takeaway and Delivery Hero as a deal with Uber faces antitrust concerns
Delivery Hero and Just Eat Takeaway — are also interested in acquiring Grubhub if Uber can't seal the deal. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Silver Lake to invest $600M more in Reliance Jio Platforms, upping its stake from 1.15% to 2.08%; Jio raised $12.1B+ from Facebook and private equity funds
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
DuckDuckGo CEO: US federal and state authorities are asking detailed questions about how to limit Google's search business, as part of antitrust investigations
Gerrit De Vynck / Bloomberg :
Sources: Asana raised about $200M by issuing convertible debt, with Dustin Moskovitz as main lender, ahead of its planned IPO via a direct listing in H2 2020
billionaire Dustin Moskovitz lends as much as $200 million to his own company ahead of its expected direct listing. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Katie Roof / @katie_roof : $200m in convertible debt f...
ByteDance shuts down TopBuzz, its AI-based news aggregator that is an overseas equivalent of its Chinese news app, Jinri Toutiao
Media Matters is considering sending a letter urging advertisers to rethink spending on Facebook after Mark Zuckerberg's choice to leave up a Trump post
from @jtoonkel and @alexeheath. https://www.theinformation.com/ ... Alex Heath / @alexeheath : The watchdog group that got advertisers to pull back from Fox News is targeting Facebook. One ads exec I ...
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