US congressional aides say TikTok representatives have largely ignored Republican lawmakers, which could have serious consequences if the GOP retakes the House
Bloomberg : Tweets: @business , @matt_schrader_ , @rmac18 , @caseymlewis , and @birnbaum_e Tweets: @business : TikTok is stepping up its charm offensive in D.C., but is sidestepping its loudest Repub...
Facebook sets some internal message boards to private, including discussions on platform safety and election integrity, limiting which employees have access
Ryan Mac / New York Times :
Facebook says it will not weaken end-to-end encryption, build backdoors into its messaging apps, in response to a letter from US AG and UK, Australian officials
unless it wants to outlaw whispering. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Jesse Blumenthal / @jessekblum : “The ‘backdoor’ access you are demanding for law enforcement would be a gift ...
Musical.ly founder Alex Zhu, who now heads TikTok, claims that TikTok doesn't share data with China or ByteDance and doesn't censor videos at China's behest
This is peak TikTok PR. https://www.nytimes.com/... Louise Matsakis / @lmatsakis : The head of TikTok sat down for an interview for the first time since taking the role. The NYT mentions his interesti...
After the deaths of five people at a “party house”, Airbnb unveils new safety policies: verifying 100% of listings, a 24/7 “neighbor hotline”, and more
Earlier today, Airbnb Co-Founder … Maxwell Strachan / VICE : Airbnb Promises to Verify All 7 Million Listings After VICE Report Exposes Scam New York Times : DealBook Conference Live Updates: Airbnb P...
As Facebook says politicians can lie in ads, so far in October it has banned 160+ ads from Trump, Biden, Warren, Sanders, Steyer for profanity and fake buttons
not bc Trump falsely said Biden offered $1B to Ukrainian officials to end an investigation of a company w/ connections to his son - Broken landing pages - Ads that look like they have “buttons” you ca...
Sources: in early 2018, Eddy Cue and Morgan Wandell, Apple's international TV lead, asked some Apple TV+ show creators to avoid portraying China in a poor light
When it comes to China … Cindy Harper / Reclaim The Net : Apple TV+ exec warned creators not to anger China when creating shows, report says Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Report: Apple told Apple TV+ crea...
Apple removes app from the App Store that tracked Hong Kong police and protests after pressure from China, says it “violates our guidelines and local laws”
A single tweet … Wired : Hong Kong Is the Latest Tripwire for Tech Firms in China Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News : Apple Has Removed A Mapping App That Let Protesters In Hong Kong Track Police Aaron Hol...
Amazon's Ring says 400+ law enforcement agencies across the US use its Neighbors Portal, which lets them ask owners for the footage from their Ring cameras
right at our front doors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Drew Harwell / @drewharwell : New: The doorbell-camera company Ring has forged partnerships with more than 400 police agencies across the ...
After announcing the Clear History privacy tool over a year ago, Facebook finally begins rolling it out in Ireland, South Korea, and Spain
from the news they read, to the shopping websites they visit, to, yes, the porn they watch https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Geoffrey A. Fowler / @geoffreyfowler : Using Facebook's new “Off-Facebook A...