TikTok says it is removing “alarmist warnings” about a supposed day of school violence that prompted some US districts to cancel classes on Friday
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Uber Eats will let users in Ontario, Canada order cannabis on its app for pickup, marking Uber's first foray into the weed market
but you have to go and pick it up Kim Lyons / The Verge : Uber Eats will let you order weed in Ontario but won't deliver Shawna Chen / Axios : Cannabis orders are now available on Uber Eats in Ontario...
US Commerce Dept. says it will close a unit that monitored Americans' social media for Census disinformation, after finding it had overstepped its authority
Kim Lyons / The Verge : Tweets: @davetroy Tweets: Dave Troy / @davetroy : No one owns anti-disinfo counterintelligence in the United States. And it shows. “discontinue the criminal law enforcement fu...
After Apple's iOS 14 privacy updates, Facebook and Instagram show prompts in their iOS apps telling users that data tracking keeps its services “free of charge”
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Twitter changes its position and says it will add labels to the personal accounts of heads of state starting next week
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Venmo launches a check cashing feature for eligible users in the US, says it is waiving stimulus check deposit fees for a limited time
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Citing environmental concerns, Xiaomi CEO says its flagship Mi 11 phone will not come with a charger in the box; Xiaomi mocked Apple earlier over the same issue
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Filing: CFIUS extends the deadline for ByteDance to divest its US TikTok operations by 15 days until Nov. 27
or maybe forever Whitney Kimball / Gizmodo : Oh My God We're Still Talking About the TikTok Ban Francesca Billington / dot.LA : TikTok Sale Deadline Extended, as Saga Drags on David Shepardson / Reute...
Facebook says it plans to show the name of the projected winner of the US presidential election in notifications at the top of Facebook and Instagram
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Facebook, Telegram, Google, and Twitter say they have suspended requests for user data from Hong Kong police, following a new national security law by China
Apple is committed to being transparent … Kim Lyons / The Verge : Google, Facebook, and Twitter halt government data requests after new Hong Kong security law Tom Grundy / Hong Kong Free Press HKFP : ...