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The White House is announcing a new task force on online harassment, particularly the kind directed toward women, that will scrutinize the link between digital hate and real-world violence. https://t.co/d11JXYZ3Cn — PolitiTweet.org

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Looks like the California agency charged with enforcing the state's privacy law is staffing up — some interesting-looking gigs here: https://t.co/UnrcoNpj3g — PolitiTweet.org

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@viaCristiano @leah_nylen @Cat_Zakrzewski @ceciliakang @margarethmcgill At last! https://t.co/wf8hrmDXj9 — PolitiTweet.org

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Periods of technological transition — as in the current shift to voice assistants, cloud services and virtual reality — are some of the most important times for regulators to stay vigilant, Khan said. https://t.co/wf8hrmDXj9 https://t.co/s6VyKAZig1 — PolitiTweet.org

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Khan called a new, bipartisan bill establishing the country's first-ever rights on data privacy "an important step forward" and said whatever the final law looks like, "we stand ready to enforce it." https://t.co/wf8hrmDXj9 — PolitiTweet.org

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In an interview, Khan teased future "significant enforcement actions" as the FTC also considers making new regulations that could limit noncompete clauses and a data-driven "commercial surveillance" industry that's grown up around the pandemic. https://t.co/wf8hrmDXj9 — PolitiTweet.org

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FTC Chair Lina Khan says she's keeping a close eye on Big Tech's expansion into areas such as metaverse, as she argued dominant companies are likeliest to engage in anticompetitive behavior when facing new competitive threats: https://t.co/wf8hrmDXj9 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @haroldfeld: Squee! The debate about common carriage v. public utility is having its 15 seconds of fame! I feel like American fans of cu… — PolitiTweet.org

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@viaCristiano @leah_nylen @Cat_Zakrzewski @ceciliakang @margarethmcgill I’m running a bit behind but mine is still coming! — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Elon demanding The Data, and Twitter going "ok" and giving him the firehose on full blast, kinda feels like it belongs on r/maliciouscompliance — PolitiTweet.org

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Should social media be regulated like railroads? The Supreme Court may have blocked that from happening for now, but the underlying idea is still very much a live one. Here's what you need to know. https://t.co/tHqo4tcmpL — PolitiTweet.org

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please please make a wild offer to buy youtube — PolitiTweet.org

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Under a new EU policy, Apple and other smartphone makers will soon have to support USB-C as the charging standard for all new devices sold in Europe. Here's what you need to know: https://t.co/2cThK46kKo — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @viaCristiano: Inbox: House E&C will hold a legislative hearing on the new bipartisan, bicameral draft privacy bill next week https://t.… — PolitiTweet.org

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Ratio'd https://t.co/bKfs74f7PH — PolitiTweet.org

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In response to Musk's letter, Twitter says it "has and will continue to cooperatively share information" with him and plans to close the deal at the agreed-upon terms. Full statement: https://t.co/veiuZQTd2s — PolitiTweet.org

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Elon Musk has issued his most direct threat yet to walk away from the Twitter deal, accusing the company of stonewalling him on data about spam bots: https://t.co/6asiBxAa2A — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's a screenshot of that bit: https://t.co/SVWi45I6T1 — PolitiTweet.org

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CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he doesn't intend to replace Sandberg, as he believes it's time for the company's product and business teams to be "more closely integrated." https://t.co/DosTOUqOPs — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: Meta's longtime COO, Sheryl Sandberg, will step down in the fall, she says: https://t.co/6PQeVdzsGl — PolitiTweet.org

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@geoffmanne That's my hunch as well… too bad we didn't get a majority opinion — PolitiTweet.org

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We probably won't know for sure unless/until this case winds up back before the Court on the merits, but it's still interesting to think about. — PolitiTweet.org

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You have to wonder whether he really wants to apply the same logic here, or if he instead feels somehow boxed in by the fact that the 11th Circuit heavily cited his earlier dissent and can't find a way to distinguish it from this situation. — PolitiTweet.org

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I was curious if he'd find a way to side with Alito, or if he would stand by the First Amendment arguments he outlined in his net neutrality dissent at the DC Circuit. He doesn't explain his vote in yesterday's order, so we don't know whether he buys tech's 1A claims. Still… — PolitiTweet.org

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One more random thought on yesterday's SCOTUS order: It was really interesting to see how Kavanaugh landed. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brianstelter: The Supreme Court "temporarily blocked a sweeping Texas law on Tuesday that restricts the ability of Facebook, Twitter an… — PolitiTweet.org

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Now it seems the pressure against social media companies has lightened somewhat, but the on-the-merits legal battle must still play itself out — and as you can see from the dissent, a not-insubstantial number of justices doubt the tech industry's ability to succeed. — PolitiTweet.org

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The stakes of this early-stage decision were high: If even one justice had voted the other way, it would've affirmed Texans' ability to sue social media for alleged censorship or political discrimination. Legal experts warned it would create total chaos: https://t.co/xmCnURUlar — PolitiTweet.org

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As a reminder, this order comes in response to an emergency request by the tech industry — which explains why this decision did not go through the lengthy process of oral argument and opinion-writing as we see with major court decisions. But the impact may be no less profound. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's a link to the order, which describes the rather unusual lineup of votes — in the majority were Roberts, Breyer, Kavanaugh, Barrett and Sotomayor. Opposed to blocking the law were Alito, who authored the dissent, Thomas, Gorsuch and… Kagan. https://t.co/wj3vfHYt2J — PolitiTweet.org