Staff memo: Reddit's CEO says “like all blowups on Reddit, this one will pass”, new moderation tools are vital, wearing Reddit gear in public is risky, and more
Programming note: Barring big news, Platformer will be off Thursday as I take a personal day. Matt Binder / Mashable : Reddit Blackout: CEO downplays protest. Subreddits vow to keep fighting. Emre Çit...
TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigns, sources say after Trump threatened to ban the app; Vanessa Pappas, currently general manager of TikTok, will become interim head
clock is ticking on Microsoft's TikTok buy Newb / New.blicio.us : TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Quits Anthony Ha / TechCrunch : Daily Crunch: TikTok's CEO resigns Tom McKay / Gizmodo : Walmart Wants to Get I...
SEC is suing Kik for allegedly running an unregistered securities sale when it launched an ICO for its Kin token in 2017
Following the announcement of a lawsuit … Adrian Barkley / Crypto Daily : How Valid Is The SECs Suit Against Kik? Jasmine Solana / CoinGeek : SEC lawsuit accuses Kik of conducting illegal $100M ICO Te...
Facebook says it has blocked 115 accounts on its services that may have been engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behavior” ahead of the US midterm elections
As part of our efforts to prevent interference … Tony Romm / Washington Post : Facebook ties newly suspended accounts to the Kremlin, a ‘timely reminder’ of election meddling threat CNN : Facebook tak...