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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

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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

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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

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@dellcam ¿Por qué no los dos? — PolitiTweet.org

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@cwarzel Many people seem to have forgotten that Trump getting elected the first time was deemed a low-probability event, and that everyone assumed low probability meant no probability. So maybe it’s understandable folks are more cautious this time. https://t.co/LKLmgTLYlS https://t.co/59rCn6JL29 — PolitiTweet.org

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Just finished @bartongellman’s piece and I am almost physically ill with dread. — PolitiTweet.org

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Soon after, Trump abruptly ended the press conference to take what he said was an “emergency phone call." — PolitiTweet.org

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@Avaaz Facebook to me just now: "We reject ads that include content which has been debunked on our platform by our fact-checking partners. We are reviewing these ads, which are now inactive, to determine if they should've been rejected.” https://t.co/GosfSF1qzq — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BobbyAllyn: While TikTok's lawyers are not saying it outright, they sure are strongly suggesting that they think Trump's crackdown on T… — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: Facebook has allowed hundreds of misleading super PAC ads on its platform in recent weeks, according to new research by @Avaaz, despite fact-checks that should have resulted in enforcement under Facebook’s own policies. More here: https://t.co/GosfSF1qzq — PolitiTweet.org

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@blakereid @GauravLaroia Oh, I see what you mean. The last sentence of the new (c)(1)(B) seems to provide the link? As I understand it, it’s saying “platforms aren’t publishers, except when it comes to filtering — liability for which hinges on (c)(2)(A) under the new good faith test outlined in (g)(5)." — PolitiTweet.org

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@blakereid @GauravLaroia It’s a good question. This seems to be where the new (g)(5) comes in — the provisions newly outlining a good-faith test. https://t.co/6A4cycj8zA — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s a link to the DOJ proposal on Section 230: https://t.co/FWPzwBkH3A — PolitiTweet.org

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@matthewstoller Clearly *somebody* still thinks it’s 1996! https://t.co/rwGk2Fuy3e — PolitiTweet.org

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@blakereid You raise some very good points. In my defense, I didn’t say that the proposal makes it illegal for platforms to remove content they deem objectionable, just that it elliminates their ability (under 230). I probably could have beeen clearer with the parenthetical though. — PolitiTweet.org

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DOJ has submitted draft legislation to Congress seeking to curtail Big Tech’s liability protections under #Section230, the agency says. It eliminates platforms’ ability to remove content as “objectionable” and restricts them to removing content only under specific scenarios. https://t.co/dyvgX2m3jn — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @byHeatherLong: I agree w/@brianstelter Let's not forget that: ~29 million Americans r on unemployment aid -15% of renters (8 million… — PolitiTweet.org

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Uh… no? https://t.co/dn6rstINWT — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @donie: #BREAK: Facebook takes down fake Chinese accounts that it says were posting about 2020 US election https://t.co/GUI8P5tJjZ — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's @zackbeauchamp highlighting some striking political science research. “There is a consensus among comparative politics scholars that the Republican Party is one of the most anti-democratic political parties in the developed world.” https://t.co/hT27g66iaL https://t.co/Ld69FaVZEe — PolitiTweet.org

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Right now the broad strokes are that Oracle will review ByteDance’s code, but many of the specific mechanics aren’t yet clear. Can Oracle ask ByteDance for changes? Make unilateral changes? Just do a thumbs-up / thumbs-down? TBD, I’m told. — PolitiTweet.org