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A fresh filing in the WeChat case — the government has moved to submit a sealed document with classified info to back its request for a stay of the injunction, implying that it intends not to postpone the Commerce restrictions: https://t.co/bGiMLzxHY6 https://t.co/U0G7Rcqnid — PolitiTweet.org

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Apple and Epic, the maker of Fortnite, are back in court again on Monday. @shannon_liao and I go over what you need to know about this pivotal case that could reshape the digital economy. https://t.co/3xbNga3XYg — PolitiTweet.org

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Some great details here. *Nick Clegg advocated for doing nothing on political ads *One FB exec is quoted as saying: "'Holy shit,’ is what we’re thinking most of the time, like everybody.” — PolitiTweet.org

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As long as bonds and equities stay negatively correlated, dumping 40% of your net worth into cars and baseball cards seems like a massive unnecessary risk. The point of bonds isn’t to chase returns, it’s a hedge against volatility — which you’d be buying in spades with alts. — PolitiTweet.org

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The group says its name is a play on Facebook’s own Oversight Board, which this week said it would be ready to hear cases in “mid-to-late October.” https://t.co/oxNgVOi6B1 — PolitiTweet.org

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Facebook critics today announced their own “Real Oversight Board” as an answer to Facebook’s, with weekly shows to dissect the company’s decisionmaking on election issues and misinformation. Members include @DerrickNAACP, @JGreenblattADL, @rashadrobinson, @YaelEisenstat & more. — PolitiTweet.org

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Apple and Epic Games have each laid out their preferred timelines for their antitrust court battle. Apple doesn’t want the case to go to trial until Aug. 2021. Epic wants a faster schedule, with a trial beginning March 2021. https://t.co/jeauDghqIr — PolitiTweet.org

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Don’t look now, but, uh… — PolitiTweet.org

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Inbox: Sen. Cantwell blasts Sen. Wicker’s subpoena plan for Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs as a “partisan effort 40 days before the election" https://t.co/F1PlQe5Tqq — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@rachelmetz @TimHerrera My money, or me? — PolitiTweet.org

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@rachelmetz @TimHerrera Can’t wait to have to start paying banks to hold my money — PolitiTweet.org

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@donie This is part of a pattern. Earlier this week, the spokesperson for a major pro-Trump super PAC called Facebook’s fact-checking program “a joke.” Discrediting fact-checkers is the strategy. https://t.co/GosfSF1qzq https://t.co/FW3UmFCOc7 — PolitiTweet.org

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“Many of the Trump supporters who spoke to CNN in Bemidji said they simply do not trust the fact-checks that are deployed by Facebook,” @donie writes. https://t.co/AKHhQQJc5o — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @markscott82: In today’s installment of “Big Tech’s hiring spree for lobbyists,” @tiktok_us is on the hunt for someone to handle US stat… — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @apbenven: CNN's homepage right now https://t.co/5sjEJpW15k — PolitiTweet.org

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5-10 years from now, game publishers will probably be with Amazon and Google exactly where app developers are today with Apple and Google. — PolitiTweet.org

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@alinaselyukh And even if you don’t! — PolitiTweet.org

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A Senate Commerce aide confirms @JohnHendel’s earlier report, saying Sen. Wicker plans to subpoena the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter for a future #Section230 hearing if they don’t agree today to come testify willingly. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

It was only a matter of time before Amazon dipped a toe into cloud gaming, thanks to AWS. — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate Commerce plans to subpoena the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter over #Section230, per @JohnHendel: https://t.co/X4mHKxL8Dq — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @ceciliakang: Children do not need this https://t.co/cz7m9NGeQx — PolitiTweet.org

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@EricSchultz @brianfung No worries! Always welcome a chance to chat with my west coast alter ego — PolitiTweet.org

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Protip: Avoid Zoom face by using CMD-Q or ALT-F4 — PolitiTweet.org

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@brianfung @EricSchultz Hi Brian! — PolitiTweet.org

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That’s from this House E&C hearing today: https://t.co/OEyHYPldgt — PolitiTweet.org

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Pretty dramatic congressional testimony here from Facebook’s former director of monetization, who admits he had a role in making Facebook as addictive as cigarettes. "We took a page from Big Tobacco’s playbook.” https://t.co/AlRngDm7H2 https://t.co/aH4tVpWFXN — PolitiTweet.org

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@GormoExJourno Do ittt — PolitiTweet.org

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@GormoExJourno Sesame chicken — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Leftover takeout for breakfast because I’m an adult and I can do what I waaaant — PolitiTweet.org

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Facebook’s oversight board tells me the group will begin hearing cases before the election, as critics worry about Facebook’s impact on the race. Co-chair Jamal Greene: “In mid-to-late October, we'll be able to announce the board is ready to start hearing cases." — PolitiTweet.org