Brian Fung | @[email protected]

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

The Biden administration has weighed in on Gonzalez v. Google, saying Section 230 protections shouldn’t extend to YouTube’s algorithmically generated content recommendations. https://t.co/YyWhZJiS1Z — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

DC's attorney general is suing Amazon over claims the company misused driver tips to subsidize driver wages, allegations Amazon settled with the FTC separately last year. DC's AG says he's seeking fines that the FTC settlement didn't impose. https://t.co/RiCN2C6lSn — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

An antitrust bill that prompted Meta to threaten to withhold news content from its platforms this week has been omitted from the annual defense spending bill, averting an 11th-hour showdown. Here's the latest: https://t.co/v52qA1ai6U — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @leah_nylen: https://t.co/YQtiyBHaQK — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Maryland becomes the latest state to restrict TikTok from government devices over cybersecurity concerns, and also adds Huawei, ZTE and WeChat, among others: https://t.co/GccsneW1v9 — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Imagine Apple's cut of revenue from an in-app purchase worth **$10,000** https://t.co/6gtSEuamrY — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Meta's Oversight Board has released an opinion saying the company's relaxed content moderation program for VIP users is mainly driven by "business concerns" and isn't transparent: https://t.co/zQwItWF2Cm via @claresduffy — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @donie: Meta threatens to remove news content over US journalism bargaining bill, @b_fung reports https://t.co/dBMe87InZW — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

New from me: @BrendanCarrFCC wrote last week to @JusticeATR’s Jonathan Kanter urging him to look at TikTok’s continued availability on Apple and Google’s app stores as a “gatekeeper” antitrust issue: https://t.co/svAgABnX8G — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

What a week. Who needs a drink? 🍷 — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @donie: “…Musk's big reveal pointed to a series of tweets by the journalist Matt Taibbi, who had been provided with emails that largely… — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@ZaidJilani Could the White House encourage Congress to pass legislation to make life difficult for Twitter? Sure, but that's always the case, AND even when you have lawmakers super pissed at tech right now, look where antitrust legislation is. Or 230 legislation. All stuck. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@ZaidJilani Furthermore, even if you grant the premise of a government request, and even if you allow that such a request "implies" a threat that's different from an ordinary request, the White House cannot unilaterally exact a punishment for non-compliance. That's a function of the system. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@ZaidJilani The thread does not lay out evidence demonstrating that a government ordered Twitter to do anything. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@ZaidJilani First of all, look at the screenshots. "Biden team" refers to Biden campaign, as he was not president in 2020. Another references DNC. Taibbi says "Trump White House" at one point, but does not provide a specific example and later specifies a letter from the Trump *campaign.* — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@ZaidJilani It's fair to question the amount of access that political parties and other powerful users have to Twitter staff, but a request to remove content under Twitter policies clearly isn't the same as an order, particularly when similarly situated groups enjoy the same kind of access. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

The story says the *exact opposite* of this. https://t.co/x3DxX9GAIL — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

It really says something about our current moment that for the first 5-6 tweets of this we all really struggled to determine whether this was really the thing that had been hyped or just a meme, joke or troll attempt — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Ohhh, this is Elon trying to juice engagement numbers to advertisers, isn't it https://t.co/uoavDANL9o https://t.co/HJnUXDXr29 — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Imagine Matt copying and pasting each single line from a massive Word doc into twitter dot com — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

I think the answer is "Decaf and hope for a placebo effect" — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

To coffee or not to coffee at this point 🤔 — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

“Write a sarcastic data breach notification that is not at all apologetic” https://t.co/u1pF3FWkxR — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

"explain section 230 in limerick" https://t.co/cuJuF1yApl — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

https://t.co/hn9KLDuMrU — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @briankrebs: OMG still laughing. Please keep these coming. I feel like a kid on Christmas morning again. https://t.co/PX0fLljCtT — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

There have been so many "incidents" I'm having trouble following. Is Musk saying here that it was the news about Trump's dinner with Ye and Fuentes that resulted in a major spike in hate speech on Twitter, or is the "incident" referenced here something else? https://t.co/Lt1UQyQfcT — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

The AI have learned to cut onions https://t.co/UUfnNslgd1 — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@ForbesCrypto @cfarivar Rule of Acquisition #263: "Never allow doubt to tarnish your lust for latinum." — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@MattQuinn16 Ugh, this sucks so much. Gonna miss you, Matt ♥ — PolitiTweet.org