Tech
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Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Jones for ‘Abusive Behavior’
Platform joins Facebook and YouTube in banning shock jock
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Jack Dorsey Goes to Washington, Says Twitter Doesn’t Target Conservative Voices
“Impartiality is our guiding principle,” Twitter CEO says
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Donates $10 Million to Nonpartisan Group to Elect Veterans
With Honor is backing 19 Democrats and 14 Republicans running for the House this year
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21st Century Fox Invests $100 Million in eSports Streaming Platform Caffeine
FOX Sports and Caffeine launch new studio for exclusive esports and gaming content under the deal
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Alex Jones Sees Traffic Plummet After Facebook, YouTube Ban
InfoWars has seen its daily visitors cut in half since Jones was kicked off several tech platforms
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Amazon Joins Apple as Second $1 Trillion Company
Shares of e-commerce giant have rocketed by 70 percent in 2018
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Twitter Denies Jack Dorsey Personally Stopped Alex Jones Ban
Social media giant says Wall Street Journal report saying Dorsey blocked action on Jones is “completely and totally false”
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Snapchat’s NYC Map Renamed ‘Jewtropolis’ in What Mapbox Calls ‘Hate-Speech Attack’
Anti-Semitic remark removed after being live for a few hours
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Bird or Lime? Winners and Losers of the Los Angeles and San Francisco Scooter Wars
E-scooter companies Bird, Lime, Lyft and Uber-owned JUMP Bikes will all be allowed to operate in Santa Monica
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Facebook Pulled Ads That Targeted LGBTQ Users With Gay Conversion Therapy
Users that showed an interest in “gender issues” were served with ads for a book and video on conversion therapy
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Twitter Tests Recommending Accounts to Unfollow
Company says it was pointing out accounts “don’t engage with regularly”
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Amazon Fires Back at Bernie Sanders’ ‘Inaccurate’ Criticism of Workers’ Wages
Senator has blasted the tech giant for its “grossly underpaid” warehouse workers
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Elon Musk’s ‘Pedo’ Tweet Inquiry Answered: Thai Rescue Diver’s Lawyer Preps Lawsuit
Tesla chief “should check his mail before tweeting,” says attorney
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Conservative Facebook Employees Rail Against ‘Intolerant’ Political Culture
“You can either keep quiet or sacrifice your reputation and career,” says one engineer, according to The New York Times
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Facebook Watch Gets Worldwide Rollout
Social network also announces expanded opportunity for creators to monetize content
