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.@nvca put out a statement condemning the "domestic terrorist attacks" but public positions from firms and individual investors, who have more influence on startup culture, have been extremely rare. https://t.co/HiKGIWuzQT — PolitiTweet.org

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But even the minimal level of self-reflection from last summer, @TheRealFreada adds, has been largely missing since January 6. — PolitiTweet.org

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(While others applauded cryptocurrency company Coinbase’s decision to ban discussions of racial equity and politics from the office completely.) https://t.co/dhK2sX65eP — PolitiTweet.org

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(On the other end of the spectrum, some VCs echoed Donald Trump’s “few bad apples” ambivalence about white supremacist groups like the Proud Boys.) https://t.co/cHXwTh0eVh — PolitiTweet.org

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For years, husband-and-wife @mkapor and @TheRealFreada have called on fellow VCs to do better, but when they’ve said or done anything, it’s been “externally facing,” says @TheRealFreada. https://t.co/IY83gGp2B2 — PolitiTweet.org

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(2/2) “Many of them are associated with these platforms that are causing all the trouble, and they don't want anybody to make that connection,” continues @Moonalice. — PolitiTweet.org

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(1/2) “Right now, [tech investors] want to keep a low profile,” says @Moonalice, who was one of the earliest investors in Facebook but has since become one of social media’s most vocal critics. — PolitiTweet.org

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But one critical part of the technology industry has remained silent: the people who fund these companies. — PolitiTweet.org

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Observers also called out newer spaces—especially those which have capitalized on the moment, from explicitly right wing spaces like Parler and Gab, which have subsequently been censured by Apple and Amazon, to the encrypted messaging app Telegram. https://t.co/iaMkgEyqcL — PolitiTweet.org

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The events in Washington forced technology companies to face a public reckoning over their role in promoting and amplifying extreme content. — PolitiTweet.org

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(2/2) “an extreme statement—until this past week,” when “domestic terrorists, at least in part radicalized on one-time venture capital backed platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Twitch and Twitter stormed the US Capitol building.” — PolitiTweet.org

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(1/2) “It’s kind of hard to make money if the long-term consequences of your investments threaten the free and open democracy that underpins our society,” wrote @ceonyc, — PolitiTweet.org

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On January 10, @ceonyc published a blog post that he hoped would inspire self-reflection among his peers. Provocatively titled Seed Investments in Insurrection, his argument was that venture capitalists needed to wrestle with their impact on democracy. https://t.co/3sPJ7i2Trr — PolitiTweet.org

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As tech platforms grapple with how to moderate extremist content after the Capitol attack, one influential group has remained silent: the venture capitalists that fund them. This is a thread about how investors have mostly avoided the reckoning the rest of the industry is having. https://t.co/dueBwcUQja — PolitiTweet.org

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Join @zatlyn at Future Compute to hear her expert take on what the shift to remote work means for cloud-based cybersecurity and how we must evolve to better secure our data and networks. Click this link to receive a discount on your ticket price: https://t.co/naywBTLbr8 https://t.co/DRAyPk8P9U — PolitiTweet.org

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May the best robot win. 🦾 🤖 https://t.co/x7dTVrqwMR — PolitiTweet.org

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As tech platforms grapple with how to moderate extremist content after the Capitol attack, one critical part of the technology industry has remained silent: the venture capitalists who fund these companies. https://t.co/Xo7019e0Ja — PolitiTweet.org

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Nearly a fifth of the world’s population doesn’t get enough protein, while people in richer countries take in far more than they need. That has big consequences for the environment. https://t.co/8mkjyfhtO6 — PolitiTweet.org

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Artificial intelligence, as expected, hasn’t yet made it to the top of Biden’s list. But he has given several signals already about how his administration might think about and treat the technology. https://t.co/9acMuRwV2Y — PolitiTweet.org

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Israel was originally praised for its approach to covid-19 vaccine distribution, and was hailed as a model for how to get things done. But the picture that has emerged since is a lot more complicated. We talked to one expert about it. https://t.co/5EV3s9D4z7 — PolitiTweet.org

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Here are seven forms of technology that may have changed your diet without you realizing it. https://t.co/mgDQATJHRR — PolitiTweet.org

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A machine that can think like a person has been the guiding vision of AI research since the earliest days—and remains its most divisive idea. https://t.co/oeFnmBatw3 — PolitiTweet.org

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A new study shows how training artificial intelligence on patient outcomes could help make healthcare fairer. https://t.co/IrlzeDYfGH — PolitiTweet.org

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[SPONSORED] The Green Future Index, a new interactive ranking of 76 countries and territories based on their progress and commitment toward building a green future, is out now. Discover it here: https://t.co/h7daDtW6VZ. (With @Salesforce @Citrix @MorganStanley) — PolitiTweet.org

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If only you had an interactive map that showed if your neighbors want to get vaccinated. Oh, wait… https://t.co/KBhsDsHdJF — PolitiTweet.org

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[SPONSORED] Industrial IoT projects stall for a number of reasons - classic PMO approaches that don’t scale, lack of precise focus on value measurement, and the difficulty in managing solutions variance. Read the article for more. (From @Axulus_) https://t.co/aLpVbuF539 — PolitiTweet.org

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