Jack Dorsey is breaking up with Bluesky. The co-founder of Twitter (now known as X) has abdicated his position on the Bluesky board and deleted his account on the decentralized X alternative he initially backed.
Dorsey’s support helped Bluesky gain ground as an X alternative during the chaotic early months of Elon Musk‘s reign as “Chief Twit.” The decentralized social media protocol seemed to be maintaining its momentum at the start of 2024, when it grew its base to include nearly five million users. Dorsey’s sudden resignation from the board upset that harmony. As the former Twitter boss severed ties with Bluesky, he called X “freedom technology” and advised his followers to put their trust in it.
Days later, Dorsey expanded on his falling out with Bluesky during an interview with Mike Solana of Founders Fund. The 47-year-old tech exec explained that he initially envisioned Bluesky as a...
Dorsey’s support helped Bluesky gain ground as an X alternative during the chaotic early months of Elon Musk‘s reign as “Chief Twit.” The decentralized social media protocol seemed to be maintaining its momentum at the start of 2024, when it grew its base to include nearly five million users. Dorsey’s sudden resignation from the board upset that harmony. As the former Twitter boss severed ties with Bluesky, he called X “freedom technology” and advised his followers to put their trust in it.
Days later, Dorsey expanded on his falling out with Bluesky during an interview with Mike Solana of Founders Fund. The 47-year-old tech exec explained that he initially envisioned Bluesky as a...
- 5/10/2024
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
The Devil has always thrived in chaos, and so there’s no better or more natural place for him to appear than on live TV. That goes double for the live TV of the early ’70s, when an “anything goes” attitude ruled the airwaves, the horrors of the Vietnam War beamed into a hundred million American homes every night, and the devotional trust that people still placed in news anchors and talk show hosts was starting to grow poisoned by the cynical pursuit for higher ratings.
In that light, it was only going to be a matter of time before “Night Owls with Jack Delroy” turned into hell on earth, especially after Jack’s non-smoker of a wife died of terminal lung cancer and the widowed host became more determined than ever to catch up with Johnny Carson. Jack would make any sacrifice necessary to win his midnight time slot,...
In that light, it was only going to be a matter of time before “Night Owls with Jack Delroy” turned into hell on earth, especially after Jack’s non-smoker of a wife died of terminal lung cancer and the widowed host became more determined than ever to catch up with Johnny Carson. Jack would make any sacrifice necessary to win his midnight time slot,...
- 3/19/2024
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
On Super Bowl Sunday, Bluesky showed off its signature feature. Days after leaving its invite-only period, the decentralized X alternative rolled out a special feed for users who wanted to follow the Big Game without hearing about Taylor Swift.
Bluesky aims to provide a more customizable experience than X by letting users — not algorithms — determine the posts that show up on their feeds. The social network showed off that feature during Super Bowl Lviii, when it offered a pair of second-screen experiences catered to different cultural tastes. For the Swifties, Bluesky offered “Taylor’s Version” of the feed, which was filled with updates about Swift and her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
A separate feed eschewed Taylor Swift commentary altogether. “The real distinction is that some football fans have strong feelings about *not* seeing any Ts-related content in their football news, and the first feed can provide that for them,...
Bluesky aims to provide a more customizable experience than X by letting users — not algorithms — determine the posts that show up on their feeds. The social network showed off that feature during Super Bowl Lviii, when it offered a pair of second-screen experiences catered to different cultural tastes. For the Swifties, Bluesky offered “Taylor’s Version” of the feed, which was filled with updates about Swift and her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
A separate feed eschewed Taylor Swift commentary altogether. “The real distinction is that some football fans have strong feelings about *not* seeing any Ts-related content in their football news, and the first feed can provide that for them,...
- 2/12/2024
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Never bet against Chuck Lorre. The sitcom titan’s latest comedy, Bookie, has been renewed for Season 2 at Max.
The pickup comes two weeks after the Sebastian Maniscalco-led series wrapped its eight-episode freshman run. Maniscalco executive-produces, along with co-creators Lorre and Nick Bakay.
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The pickup comes two weeks after the Sebastian Maniscalco-led series wrapped its eight-episode freshman run. Maniscalco executive-produces, along with co-creators Lorre and Nick Bakay.
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- 1/6/2024
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
A U.S. appeals court ruled in favor of Cristiano Ronaldo, rejecting an appeal by the lawyer for Kathryn Mayorga to reopen a case alleging the soccer player of raping her in 2009.
The case was dismissed in Las Vegas in June 2022 after Mayorga filed in 2018. Her lawyer argued that U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey should not have rejected Mayorga’s attempt to publicly unseal the confidentiality agreement she signed in 2010 to accept payments from Ronaldo.
An appellate court in San Francisco disagreed with Mayorga. It rejected another argument that Dorsey abused her discretion by dismissing the case with prejudice and refusing to let Mayorga refile. The three judges also levied a $335,000 fine against her lawyer, Leslie Mark Stovall.
“The district court clearly recognized the gravity of dismissing the case and accordingly provided a thorough analysis, amply supported by factual findings,” wrote Judge Johnnie Rawlinson in a six-page opinion.
The...
The case was dismissed in Las Vegas in June 2022 after Mayorga filed in 2018. Her lawyer argued that U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey should not have rejected Mayorga’s attempt to publicly unseal the confidentiality agreement she signed in 2010 to accept payments from Ronaldo.
An appellate court in San Francisco disagreed with Mayorga. It rejected another argument that Dorsey abused her discretion by dismissing the case with prejudice and refusing to let Mayorga refile. The three judges also levied a $335,000 fine against her lawyer, Leslie Mark Stovall.
“The district court clearly recognized the gravity of dismissing the case and accordingly provided a thorough analysis, amply supported by factual findings,” wrote Judge Johnnie Rawlinson in a six-page opinion.
The...
- 11/25/2023
- by Ava Lombardi
- Uinterview
The moment Chuck Lorre fans have been waiting for is finally here! A trailer for The Big Bang Theory creator’s new Max series reunites Lorre with Two and a Half Men actor Charlie Sheen for a comedy series starring stand-up comedian Sebastian Maniscalco and Queen Sugar alum Omar J. Dorsey. The Bookie trailer mixes comedy and action as Danny (Maniscalco), a Los Angeles bookie who struggles to keep his business in check, and Ray (Dorsey), a former NFL player and Danny’s enforcer, attempt to collect a series of bets from increasingly shady characters.
Bookie revolves around a seasoned bookie (Maniscalco) struggling to survive the impending legalization of sports gambling. Hello Sports Interaction, Fan Duel, and Betway! While coping with apps designed to make intermediaries extinct, the bookie encounters unstable clients, family, co-workers, and a crumbling lifestyle while living in Los Angeles. Jorge Garcia, Andrea Anders, Vanessa Ferlito, and Maxim Swinton also star.
Bookie revolves around a seasoned bookie (Maniscalco) struggling to survive the impending legalization of sports gambling. Hello Sports Interaction, Fan Duel, and Betway! While coping with apps designed to make intermediaries extinct, the bookie encounters unstable clients, family, co-workers, and a crumbling lifestyle while living in Los Angeles. Jorge Garcia, Andrea Anders, Vanessa Ferlito, and Maxim Swinton also star.
- 11/8/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Charlie Sheen is back onscreen under Chuck Lorre‘s creative direction following their infamous Two and a Half Men fallout as the pair reteam for Max’s new comedy Bookie starring Sebastian Maniscalco and Omar J. Dorsey. Set to officially debut on Thursday, November 30, the Lorre-created series will drop two episodes a week for its eight-episode season run leading up to the December 21 finale. Described as darkly funny, Bookie is a comedy that follows veteran Los Angeles bookie Danny (Maniscalco) as the potential legalization of sports gambling in California threatens to upend his business. (Credit: Max) In the newly-released trailer from Max, above, Sheen appears to be a client of Danny’s, although considering the series’ location, perhaps Sheen is portraying a version of himself. Either way, hilarity ensues as Danny goes from client to client amid the changing sports betting landscape. As his business is threatened, Danny’s working...
- 11/8/2023
- TV Insider
The trailer for Chuck Lorre’s new dark comedy “Bookie” is finally here, and it showcases the efforts of the mega producer’s olive branch with Charlie Sheen 12 years after the infamous flameout that forced Lorre to fire him from “Two and a Half Men.”
“What if I make this right with some baseball memorabilia?” Sheen says in a guest starring role as a troubled sports gamber in the new trailer. “Guys, I’ve got Babe Ruth’s autopsy report.”
“I’m going to tell you something I never told a client ever,” replies Sebastian Maniscalco, who stars as veteran Los Angeles bookie Danny. “You shouldn’t bet on sports.”
In the trailer for the Max series, Maniscalco’s Danny is also forced to adjust his business by entering into the lucrative world of sports betting as California mulls legalizing sports gambling.
To help him keep his business afloat, Danny...
“What if I make this right with some baseball memorabilia?” Sheen says in a guest starring role as a troubled sports gamber in the new trailer. “Guys, I’ve got Babe Ruth’s autopsy report.”
“I’m going to tell you something I never told a client ever,” replies Sebastian Maniscalco, who stars as veteran Los Angeles bookie Danny. “You shouldn’t bet on sports.”
In the trailer for the Max series, Maniscalco’s Danny is also forced to adjust his business by entering into the lucrative world of sports betting as California mulls legalizing sports gambling.
To help him keep his business afloat, Danny...
- 11/8/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
New Delhi, Sep 7 (Ians) Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk fired former Indian-origin Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal because he was not “a fire-breathing dragon” which the social network wanted in order to thrive, according to a new biography of one of the richest billionaires on Earth.
American author-journalist Walter Isaacson has written the book named ‘Elon Musk’ which is “an intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era — a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence”.
According to excerpts published by the Wall Street Journal, Musk was quite opinionated about Agrawal.
“He is a really nice guy, but managers should not aim to be liked. What Twitter needs is a fire-breathing dragon, and Parag is not that,” he is quoted as saying in Isaacson’s book.
In October last year as he acquired Twitter for $44 billion,...
American author-journalist Walter Isaacson has written the book named ‘Elon Musk’ which is “an intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era — a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence”.
According to excerpts published by the Wall Street Journal, Musk was quite opinionated about Agrawal.
“He is a really nice guy, but managers should not aim to be liked. What Twitter needs is a fire-breathing dragon, and Parag is not that,” he is quoted as saying in Isaacson’s book.
In October last year as he acquired Twitter for $44 billion,...
- 9/7/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
B.G. is a free man. The Hot Boys member was released from prison this week after serving 12 years of a 14-year sentence.
An Instagram Live from Cash Money Records founder Bryan “Birdman” Williams shared on Tuesday showed the musician after leaving prison.
“After 12 winters and 13 summers, I see the end zone. It’s my last #Birthday being buried alive. This year I’m celebrating the whole Virgo cycle, matter of fact, from this year forward I’m living and celebrating like everyday is #MyBIRTHDAY,” B.G. wrote on Instagram Monday.
An Instagram Live from Cash Money Records founder Bryan “Birdman” Williams shared on Tuesday showed the musician after leaving prison.
“After 12 winters and 13 summers, I see the end zone. It’s my last #Birthday being buried alive. This year I’m celebrating the whole Virgo cycle, matter of fact, from this year forward I’m living and celebrating like everyday is #MyBIRTHDAY,” B.G. wrote on Instagram Monday.
- 9/6/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
X, formerly known as Twitter, said it will start accepting political ads (for the first time since 2019) as the rebranded social media platform owned by Elon Musk promised transparency and “robust screening processes.”
“Building on our commitment to free expression, we are also going to allow political advertising,” said a blog post today by X Safety called ‘Supporting people’s right to accurate and safe political discourse on X’ that outlined its plans.
“Starting in the U.S., we’ll continue to apply specific policies to paid-for promoted political posts. This will include prohibiting the promotion of false or misleading content, including false or misleading information intended to undermine public confidence in an election, while seeking to preserve free and open political discourse. We’ll also provide a global advertising transparency center so that everyone can review political posts being promoted on X, in addition to robust screening processes to...
“Building on our commitment to free expression, we are also going to allow political advertising,” said a blog post today by X Safety called ‘Supporting people’s right to accurate and safe political discourse on X’ that outlined its plans.
“Starting in the U.S., we’ll continue to apply specific policies to paid-for promoted political posts. This will include prohibiting the promotion of false or misleading content, including false or misleading information intended to undermine public confidence in an election, while seeking to preserve free and open political discourse. We’ll also provide a global advertising transparency center so that everyone can review political posts being promoted on X, in addition to robust screening processes to...
- 8/29/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
San Francisco, Aug 18 (Ians) Former Twitter Co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey has deleted his Instagram account, and in response, Elon Musk reacted with a fire emoji.
The @jack handle on Instagram is now up for grabs as Dorsey, now Block CEO, announced he has deleted his Instagram account.
“Deleted my Instagram account after 12 years. was one of the first 10 accounts I believe, and one of the first angel investors,” Dorsey posted on X.
To this, Musk replied with the fire emoji.
When a user asked, “do you have a Facebook?” Dorsey replied: “No. Or WhatsApp” “clear eyes, meta free, can’t lose.”
In response to another post asking about the reasons for the decision, Block CEO said: “All the reasons are too meta to be interesting.”
Also, when a user said that “let’s be honest WhatsApp is king,” Dorsey replied: “Compromised.”
“Kevin (Systrom) was our intern at Odeo. When they were sold to Fb,...
The @jack handle on Instagram is now up for grabs as Dorsey, now Block CEO, announced he has deleted his Instagram account.
“Deleted my Instagram account after 12 years. was one of the first 10 accounts I believe, and one of the first angel investors,” Dorsey posted on X.
To this, Musk replied with the fire emoji.
When a user asked, “do you have a Facebook?” Dorsey replied: “No. Or WhatsApp” “clear eyes, meta free, can’t lose.”
In response to another post asking about the reasons for the decision, Block CEO said: “All the reasons are too meta to be interesting.”
Also, when a user said that “let’s be honest WhatsApp is king,” Dorsey replied: “Compromised.”
“Kevin (Systrom) was our intern at Odeo. When they were sold to Fb,...
- 8/18/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Aug 18 (Ians) Former Twitter Co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey has deleted his Instagram account, as Meta Founder Mark Zuckerberg and X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk are engaged in a fierce social media battle.
The @jack handle on Instagram is now up for grabs and Dorsey, now Block CEO, announced he has deleted his Instagram account.
“I deleted my Instagram account. Don’t know why it took me so long. I think I was in the first 10 accounts on the platform, and one of the first angel investors,” Dorsey posted on the decentralised social media platform called Nostr.
“Kevin (Systrom) was our intern at Odeo. When they were sold to Fb, I stopped using it. Will be interesting to see what happens with the @name,” Dorsey added.
Systrom co-founded Instagram, along with Mike Krieger. He resigned as the CEO of Instagram on September 24, 2018.
Meta (then Facebook) had bought...
The @jack handle on Instagram is now up for grabs and Dorsey, now Block CEO, announced he has deleted his Instagram account.
“I deleted my Instagram account. Don’t know why it took me so long. I think I was in the first 10 accounts on the platform, and one of the first angel investors,” Dorsey posted on the decentralised social media platform called Nostr.
“Kevin (Systrom) was our intern at Odeo. When they were sold to Fb, I stopped using it. Will be interesting to see what happens with the @name,” Dorsey added.
Systrom co-founded Instagram, along with Mike Krieger. He resigned as the CEO of Instagram on September 24, 2018.
Meta (then Facebook) had bought...
- 8/18/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, July 23 (Ians) The very first tweet of Jack Dorsey, whose non-fungible token (Nft) was sold for a whopping $2.9 million in 2021, now has a paltry price of less than $2,000.
Iranian-born crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi bought Twitter founder Dorsey’s first-ever tweet that read “Just setting up my twttr” as an Nft for $2.9 million.
He listed the Nft for sale again at $48 million in April 2022.
“I decided to sell this Nft (the world’s first ever tweet) and donate 50 per cent of the proceeds ($25 million or more) to the charity,” he had posted on Twitter.
However, the auction closed, with just seven total offers ranging from 0.09 Eth ($277) to 0.0019 Eth (almost $6).
At the moment, the best price for Dorsey’s first tweet Nft is just under $2,000, though its owner has said he is not going to sell this Nft.
Estavi’s crypto ventures Bridge Oracle and CryptoLand collapsed following his arrest...
Iranian-born crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi bought Twitter founder Dorsey’s first-ever tweet that read “Just setting up my twttr” as an Nft for $2.9 million.
He listed the Nft for sale again at $48 million in April 2022.
“I decided to sell this Nft (the world’s first ever tweet) and donate 50 per cent of the proceeds ($25 million or more) to the charity,” he had posted on Twitter.
However, the auction closed, with just seven total offers ranging from 0.09 Eth ($277) to 0.0019 Eth (almost $6).
At the moment, the best price for Dorsey’s first tweet Nft is just under $2,000, though its owner has said he is not going to sell this Nft.
Estavi’s crypto ventures Bridge Oracle and CryptoLand collapsed following his arrest...
- 7/23/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, July 8 (Ians) While former Twitter Co-founder Jack Dorsey came out in support of his platform, calling Meta’s Threads a ‘Twitter clone’, there is no sight of former Indian-origin Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and ex-legal head Vijaya Gadde (both appointed by Dorsey) amid the growing debate as several Twitter clones appear.
Both are neither heard nor seen anywhere since they left Twitter last year, with Musk taking over in October and starting firing employees from top to
bottom.
Agrawal was last active on Twitter on October 6 last year (with 601.9K followers), and has not been seen active on any other social media platform
(including Meta’s Threads).
Angel investor Alex Cohen tweeted on Saturday: “I still can’t believe Parag Agrawal only had to be CEO of Twitter from 11 months to then get paid $60
million in severance and now gets to sit back and enjoy this incredible drama...
Both are neither heard nor seen anywhere since they left Twitter last year, with Musk taking over in October and starting firing employees from top to
bottom.
Agrawal was last active on Twitter on October 6 last year (with 601.9K followers), and has not been seen active on any other social media platform
(including Meta’s Threads).
Angel investor Alex Cohen tweeted on Saturday: “I still can’t believe Parag Agrawal only had to be CEO of Twitter from 11 months to then get paid $60
million in severance and now gets to sit back and enjoy this incredible drama...
- 7/8/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
San Francisco, July 7 (Ians) Meta’s Twitter rival, Threads, will soon feature a Twitter-like ‘Following’ tab.
In response to a query related to the ‘Following’ tab, Instagram head Adam Mosseri on Friday said, “We’re working on it, but the next week is all about getting rid of bugs and keeping the lights on…”
Replying to another thread, Mosseri explained, “We’ve got to build a following feed over the next couple weeks, but I do think a lot of why people are getting so much engagement right now is because you don’t need to follow a bunch of people in order to discover a bunch of new accounts in feed.”
Criticising the non-existence of the ‘Following’ tab on Threads, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said, “Not surprising they’ve never given people the choice to remove the algorithm. Look at Instagram.”
To this, Twitter-owner Elon Musk added, “A closed source,...
In response to a query related to the ‘Following’ tab, Instagram head Adam Mosseri on Friday said, “We’re working on it, but the next week is all about getting rid of bugs and keeping the lights on…”
Replying to another thread, Mosseri explained, “We’ve got to build a following feed over the next couple weeks, but I do think a lot of why people are getting so much engagement right now is because you don’t need to follow a bunch of people in order to discover a bunch of new accounts in feed.”
Criticising the non-existence of the ‘Following’ tab on Threads, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said, “Not surprising they’ve never given people the choice to remove the algorithm. Look at Instagram.”
To this, Twitter-owner Elon Musk added, “A closed source,...
- 7/7/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Jack Dorsey has given his thoughts on Meta’s new Twitter rival Threads as the social platform preps a launch on July 6.
After Apple’s iOS App Store gave a preview of Threads, people have been analyzing what Meta is going to offer. Among the people interested in the new digital platform is Dorsey who has already shared his reaction on Twitter.
“All your Threads are belong to us,” Dorsey tweeted along with a screenshot of the data that the app may collect that links it back to the user.
Musk would reply to Dorsey’s tweet adding, “Yeah.”
Yeah
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 4, 2023
In the “Data Linked to You” section on the App Store, Threads states that they may collect your financial info, contact info, user content, browsing history, usage data, purchases, contacts, identifiers, sensitive info, location, search history and other data.
Threads App Privacy as seen on the...
After Apple’s iOS App Store gave a preview of Threads, people have been analyzing what Meta is going to offer. Among the people interested in the new digital platform is Dorsey who has already shared his reaction on Twitter.
“All your Threads are belong to us,” Dorsey tweeted along with a screenshot of the data that the app may collect that links it back to the user.
Musk would reply to Dorsey’s tweet adding, “Yeah.”
Yeah
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 4, 2023
In the “Data Linked to You” section on the App Store, Threads states that they may collect your financial info, contact info, user content, browsing history, usage data, purchases, contacts, identifiers, sensitive info, location, search history and other data.
Threads App Privacy as seen on the...
- 7/4/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
New Delhi, April 30 (Ians) Twitter Co-founder Jack Dorsey has admitted that the micro-blogging platform is performing poorly under Elon Musk, and blamed Twitter board for forcing the $44 billion sale to Tesla CEO.
Dorsey now uses his new micro-blogging platform called Bluesky that is now available for Android users.
Responding to a question from Bluesky user Jason Goldman regarding whether he felt that Musk proved the ‘best possible’ steward for the platform, Dorsey said: “No. Nor do I think he acted right after realising his timing was bad. Nor do I think the board should have forced the sale. It all went south”.
“But it happened and all we can do now is build something to avoid that ever happening again. So I’m happy Jay and team and nostr devs exist and are building it,” Dorsey added.
He also said that Twitter “never would’ve survived as a public company...
Dorsey now uses his new micro-blogging platform called Bluesky that is now available for Android users.
Responding to a question from Bluesky user Jason Goldman regarding whether he felt that Musk proved the ‘best possible’ steward for the platform, Dorsey said: “No. Nor do I think he acted right after realising his timing was bad. Nor do I think the board should have forced the sale. It all went south”.
“But it happened and all we can do now is build something to avoid that ever happening again. So I’m happy Jay and team and nostr devs exist and are building it,” Dorsey added.
He also said that Twitter “never would’ve survived as a public company...
- 4/30/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Imagine a distant future in which humans compete for passenger seats on a spaceship headed away from this dying Earth to a more habitable planet. That’s more or less the current scene on Twitter — a slowly collapsing social network — as people scramble for access to Bluesky, a decentralized alternative that emerged from Twitter itself under co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey.
The desperation to flee a once-dominant app stems from the many changes made to it by current owner Elon Musk, who acquired the platform for $44 billion last year.
The desperation to flee a once-dominant app stems from the many changes made to it by current owner Elon Musk, who acquired the platform for $44 billion last year.
- 4/28/2023
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
Bob Lee, the creator of Cash App and a current executive at the cryptocurrency company MobileCoin, was killed in a stabbing in San Francisco early Tuesday morning, April 4.
The San Francisco Medical Examiner’s Office hasn’t officially confirmed Lee’s identity yet, though friends and family have said he was the victim (per CBS News). Lee’s father, Rick Lee, wrote on Facebook, “I just lost my best friend, my son Bob Lee when he lost his life on the street in San Francisco early Tuesday Morning.”
Rick continued,...
The San Francisco Medical Examiner’s Office hasn’t officially confirmed Lee’s identity yet, though friends and family have said he was the victim (per CBS News). Lee’s father, Rick Lee, wrote on Facebook, “I just lost my best friend, my son Bob Lee when he lost his life on the street in San Francisco early Tuesday Morning.”
Rick continued,...
- 4/5/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
On Thursday, the forensic financial research firm Hindenburg Research released a report accusing Jack Dorsey’s Block, formerly Square, of operating as a digital hub for fraud. The two-year investigation concluded that “Block has systematically taken advantage of the demographics it claims to be helping” and that the company has a “willingness to facilitate fraud against consumers and the government, avoid regulation, dress up predatory loans and fees as revolutionary technology, and mislead investors with inflated metrics.”
The report references several rap songs to demonstrate how popular they believed Cash App,...
The report references several rap songs to demonstrate how popular they believed Cash App,...
- 3/23/2023
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
The latest news out of the latest congressional hearing on tech platforms’ content moderation practices was from Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, who said that he’s open to a rethink of Section 230.
That’s the provision of a 1996 law that gives Facebook, Twitter, Google and other platforms immunity for the way that they moderate third-party content.
But just six days before a presidential election, the Senate Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday with Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Alphabet-Google CEO Sundar Pichai was, for anyone who’s been following this stuff, exactly what you would think.
One after another, Republicans griped that their voices were being stifled on the platforms, with inconsistently deployed policies or what a number of lawmakers see as bias against the right (counterpoint: Facebook’s top performing links over the past 24 hours).
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-tx), who promoted the hearing with a meme akin to a prizefight,...
That’s the provision of a 1996 law that gives Facebook, Twitter, Google and other platforms immunity for the way that they moderate third-party content.
But just six days before a presidential election, the Senate Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday with Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Alphabet-Google CEO Sundar Pichai was, for anyone who’s been following this stuff, exactly what you would think.
One after another, Republicans griped that their voices were being stifled on the platforms, with inconsistently deployed policies or what a number of lawmakers see as bias against the right (counterpoint: Facebook’s top performing links over the past 24 hours).
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-tx), who promoted the hearing with a meme akin to a prizefight,...
- 10/28/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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