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Facebook and one of its fact-checking partners, AFP, have now told me that Facebook fact-checks in Australia won’t be interrupted by the new FB policy on news links. Referrals to fact-check articles will still work. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maustermuhle: Per, D.C. lobbyist registration records, earlier this month local lobbying/media relations shop DCI Group registered to r… — PolitiTweet.org

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@wongmjane @clubhouse 😢 — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Blumenthal sends letters to Facebook and Twitter about anti-vax campaigns targeting pregnant women on their platforms: https://t.co/FBoSCQYTra https://t.co/Xs4wDzADGK https://t.co/NkzFIIpSE0 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @blacktm: The journey for me started back in November of 2019 when I naively asked @RobinCarnahan, "So, why *can't* we offer this to sta… — PolitiTweet.org

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Holy crap this is a huge deal — state and local gov’t can now benefit from the same single-sign on and authentication infrastructure used by the federal government and public-facing USG services. Big step forward for security and convenience. — PolitiTweet.org

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Everyone please read this. I’ve been talking to misinformation experts, including those in Australia, and the common theme I keep hearing is that there is no clear hero or villain in this saga. Stop trying to create them! The world is messy and complicated. — PolitiTweet.org

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I doubt Section 230 is relevant here at all. The plaintiff is targeting Twitter's own speech, not that of users. But also, Twitter never said anything about the plaintiff, who *outs himself* in the complaint. Twitter only ever referred to materials as "hacked" in passive voice. — PolitiTweet.org

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@aapFactcheck Hi there — looking to get in touch with someone at your organization who could help out with a story. Thanks so much! — PolitiTweet.org

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Remarks by Ted Cruz outside his home this evening: https://t.co/tVK351uwr0 — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep. Maxine Waters just told @MattEganCNN she's "very interested" in proposals for a financial transaction tax following Thursday's $GME hearing. "I am interested. I am certainly looking at it," she says, adding that it's being actively discussed by lawmakers. — PolitiTweet.org

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House Judiciary's antitrust panel announces the first in a new series of hearings starting Feb. 25 focused on startups' barriers to entry online: https://t.co/LqtEph6yk3 — PolitiTweet.org

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And we're wrapping up here. Lots of tough questions for Robinhood and Citadel. Reddit and Gill were largely hailed by members of both parties. And Melvin Capital just sort of... disappeared for a while. — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked to describe his own specific mistakes and what he apologizes for, Tenev gets tongue-tied. "I -- I admit to always improving," he stammers. "And certainly we're not going to be public -- perfect --" — PolitiTweet.org

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Whenever Keith Gill is shown looking down at his screen and smiling slightly, I like to imagine he's just scrolling through the WSB Discord/reddit megathread and giggling to himself about the situation — PolitiTweet.org

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Tenev disclosed two important stats that I'm not sure I knew before: More than half of Robinhood's revenue comes from payment for order flow, and Citadel is the biggest recipient of Robinhood trade orders. Sheds light on Robinhood's underlying business model. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MattEganCNN: Hedge fund blown up by #GameStop going to the moon will now monitor message boards. About four weeks too late... https://t… — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep. Sean Casten with a polite but devastating critique of Robinhood: "There is an innate tension in your business model between democratizing finance, which is a noble calling, and being a conduit to feed fish to sharks." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kellymakena: NEW: Energy & Commerce announces hearing on disinformation with CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter: https://t.co/FKSbd9… — PolitiTweet.org

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@SopanDeb Supernovas — PolitiTweet.org

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Frankly, same — PolitiTweet.org

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WSB is absolutely convinced that Griffin is relying on a prompter for all his answers. https://t.co/XTaKTgrzAN — PolitiTweet.org

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Reddit's Huffman says the platform has been in constant contact with the WSB mods and "they've been doing, I think, an excellent job." — PolitiTweet.org

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Reddit's CEO basically subtweets CNBC, for allegedly encouraging "what I would call bad investment decisions" and having analysts on who are not transparent about their motivations or "what large positions they may hold" — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Go on any investing subreddit and the complaints about traditional brokerages is always about their clunky interfaces, not the product. If RH has "democratized" finance, it's by creating a nicer onramp for new investors. But let's not kid ourselves that it's much more than that. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

This idea that Robinhood is some sort of groundbreaker because it offers fee-free trading and fractional investments seems kind of misleading. Vanguard, Fidelity and other brokerages have had this for years. What sets RH apart is the convenience and simplicity of its app and UX. — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep. Vargas asks Griffin how many people are in the room with him. "There are five people including myself," Griffin says. Vargas retorts that Citadel has "plenty of help" whereas retail investors don't have that luxury. — PolitiTweet.org

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Robinhood's CEO says that the company wouldn't have seen the problems it did with GameStop trading if real-time settlement were a thing. — PolitiTweet.org

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Blockchain! [drink] — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Ah yes, please ask the person from Cato if she thinks taxes are good or bad. — PolitiTweet.org