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Now @HalSinger is up. He proposes a non-discrimination rule modeled after cable regulations, prohibiting platforms from giving their own products and services an advantage over those offered by other competitors on the platform. — PolitiTweet.org

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Public Knowledge's @CharlottesWWWeb is calling for Congress to give regulators power to write interoperability rules for tech platforms; their current gatekeeper power is the "root of the problem," she says. — PolitiTweet.org

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"Change is coming. Laws are coming," Rep. David Cicilline says as he kicks off a hearing that marks the beginning of the House's legislative effort to rein in Big Tech and revamp US antitrust law. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ceciliakang: watch here: https://t.co/uExNnclxm8 https://t.co/9QkG0ThEmW — PolitiTweet.org

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@AlexJamesFitz i’m actually suprised at how well that turned out…? — PolitiTweet.org

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@emilcDC This was also my favorite meme to come out of all this — PolitiTweet.org

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AWS also said that it does not use SolarWinds software itself, and that AWS is “not affected by the SolarWinds issue,” presumably referring to the vulnerabililty that provided the hackers initial entry into victim environments. — PolitiTweet.org

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Amazon Web Services tells me hackers did use its platform (and other non-AMZN services) to launch the SolarWinds attacks, and that it has briefed US lawmakers on the matter, but declined to respond to questions about its decision not to testify this week at Senate Intel. — PolitiTweet.org

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Lol did the $GME thing cause a reddit hug of death for… reddit? https://t.co/WIsF86xiGQ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @margarethmcgill: FCC announces winners of latest 5G airwaves auction, which raised $81 billion in bids https://t.co/Pf4V1KpnS3 — PolitiTweet.org

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For perspective, the bump is not quite so big this time https://t.co/cj6s3E6ej6 — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/M1Yl5UW75f — PolitiTweet.org

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Context https://t.co/Zn8R5jjoFk https://t.co/Nmhyo7IWDH — PolitiTweet.org

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What you see right now when sorting r/WSB by new https://t.co/IVp21gjf2V — PolitiTweet.org

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@lexlanham @binarybits Oh man, the Nintendo thing is hilarious given today’s console marketshare. — PolitiTweet.org

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@igorbobic Do it. — PolitiTweet.org

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So refreshing to see @emilybell and @soledadobrien pushing back against “yes-no” lawmaker questions, explaining that these types of questions are purposely designed to elicit context-free answers that don’t help anyone. This is media literacy training in action, folks. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Pervaizistan: BREAKING: The Manhattan DA's investigation into Steve Bannon is gaining steam as Manhattan prosecutors subpoenaed financi… — PolitiTweet.org

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Columbia’s @emilybell has been making an important point in this hearing: The idea that to solve misinfo you just add "more speech" is seductive but ultimately flawed. It’s far easier to pump out bad speech — and the rewards are far greater. Truth *starts* at a disadvantage. — PolitiTweet.org

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@binarybits Do they have to show this on an ongoing basis? Like, how much of this is the lawyers running out of ideas and going, “we already did the skywriting thing two years ago, what more can we do to keep this train going?" — PolitiTweet.org

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Watch live here: https://t.co/TUDlrRWWeu — PolitiTweet.org

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Right now @soledadobrien giving a forceful critique of media in disseminating misinformation at this House Energy & Commerce hearing. "Lies don’t have a side… balance does not mean giving voice to liars, to bigots and to kooks." — PolitiTweet.org

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Now Apple, Valve and the judge are haggling over what Valve can/should produce and by when. So it seems like Valve will probably be handing over some information in this case, just a question of how much. — PolitiTweet.org

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*(games on its platform, that is)* — PolitiTweet.org

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The judge in the discovery hearing in Epic v. Apple seems pretty interested in having Valve pull sales data for its games, and skeptical of the burden argument that Valve is advancing to try to get out of it. — PolitiTweet.org

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I first witnessed this in Asia a few years before the pandemic. On the subway, people passed time by chatting via voice snippets in iMessage. It’s like a phone call, but asynchronous. And it makes so much sense. Weird that it took a pandemic for it to gain traction here. — PolitiTweet.org

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This piece is hugely important for explaining why masking and social distancing are still important even if you’ve been vaccinated. As with masks, it’s not about you. It’s about protecting the people around you. https://t.co/8Vfe6BRovV — PolitiTweet.org

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@emilcDC I want this now — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

You guys, it’s just a postal truck. It’s not a Lamborghini. — PolitiTweet.org

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@PolkAwards @RMac18 @CraigSilverman This is great news. Congrats, you guys! — PolitiTweet.org