It was such a pleasure to go on one of my favorite podcasts, & chat with about the big tech news of 2022 - & what's coming up next year:
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The Indian state has been backing a suite of local tech alternatives:
There's Twitter clone Koo; BharOS, an Android alt; & ONDC, a challenger to Amazon.
My colleague reports on the implications of India's push for digital sovereignty.
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Some “personal news” as journos would say: Today is my first day as inclusive economies correspondent for by , where I will be telling stories on social justice, the environment, and human rights in the Philippines.
For tips: mariejo.ramos@thomsonreuters.com
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Aiming for the stomach: Between farm and table: Climate change>>>
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Wikipedia has been blocked in Pakistan.
Today, Pakistan’s Telecommunications Authority blocked and other Wikimedia projects in the country.
Follow the thread for more information 🧵⬇️ (1/4)
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Important to keep in mind this has been going on pre-Musk as well:
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It seems to be only happening with this Tweet: which includes content that I know is banned in India. Could that be the reason?
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Twitter continues to comply w/censorship orders from the Indian government against accounts sharing clips from a BBC documentary critical of Modi: on the left, a legal demand posted today—on the right, the censored Tweets from @FriedrichPieter's thread: twitter.com/FriedrichPiete
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It's annoying to complain about Twitter on Twitter but...is anyone else not getting notifications anymore? People are retweeting/responding to me, and I'm getting nothing.
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Twitter continues to comply w/censorship orders from the Indian government against accounts sharing clips from a BBC documentary critical of Modi: on the left, a legal demand posted today—on the right, the censored Tweets from 's thread:
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Information for the masses which, if digested with empathy, may save the lives of many in days to come.
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"So ESG can be part of your union avoidance process"
An interesting behind-the-scenes look at how the restaurant industry is coping with worker organizing.
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Border exceptions to the 4th Amendment happen w/in 100 miles of the US border, allowing DHS/CBP to search digital devices/violate constitutional rights under protection. This is a critical bill from for which I’m pleased to see renewed interest:
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I wonder why TikTok won''t allow the press to print the name of the official who is briefing journalists, civil society, & experts on its CFIUS proposal.
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Over 90% of the federal funds earmarked for climate resilience flow to wealthier, East Coast communities - leaving the heartland struggling to deal with floods, fire, & storms.
Fascinating piece from my colleague
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“This is a world in which privacy has been extinguished. Privacy is now a zombie category. None of us have privacy, even as we thought about it in the year 2000.”
Interesting interview with in the FT:
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Egyptian TikTok content creators Basma Hegazi and Mohamed Hosam have been arrested and ordered into pretrial detention on charges of spreading false news and belonging to a terrorist organization.
Their latest TikTok video was a parody of a prison visit.
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💰Verizon is sponsoring 's '10 Minute Texts' interview series with its logo being placed at the top of each conversation. It will also get its own branded text series, published monthly, distinct from the editorial series, reports
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The initial press release Memphis Police posted read that Tyre Nichols “complained of having a shortness of breath”
The video shows police punching him several times, kicking in the head and chest multiple times, pepper spraying him
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Video released by the city of Memphis revealed it took 22 minutes for an ambulance and a stretcher to arrive for Nichols after officers announced he was in custody.
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Any students out there at universities considering TikTok bans? I want to hear from you.
Get in touch. My DMs are open.
EXCLUSIVE: Google allowed Daily Wire to run ads on search results promoting hate and disinformation.
With the , we expose Daily Wire ads running on search keywords like:
❌black crime
❌george soros evil
❌why is climate change fake
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#Lebanon's judiciary is cracking under heavy political interference - and that crack could widen into the broader political class and spill out into the streets.
By , & I:
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I can never remember that the second "T" is capitalized in TikTok, but the "C" is not capitzlied in Snapchat.
Seems like something these two companies could get together and harmonize.
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SCOOP: Amazon is launching an NFT enterprise, per sources.
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More and more, practizing therapists are getting on TikTok, making memes about mental health & becoming influencers in the process—even sharing jokes & sometimes disparaging (anonymized) clients.
The Saudi government recruited Wikipedia administrators to make it look good online - & it jailed some local Wikipedia administrators who did edits the Kingdom didn't like.
My colleague reports:
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There's a middle-aged ex-Mormon tech guy in Venice who is spending $2 million a year to & maintain the brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, tendons, teeth, skin, hair, bladder, penis & rectum of an 18-year-old.
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New book alert! Generations.
Curious about the real differences among generations?
Jonesing to see 279 graphs based on 40 million people?
Want an update on iGen/Gen Z after my last book?
Craving some Gen X pop culture?
... then it's for you!
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You can use an Indian proxy to test if Twitter is complying with local censorship orders - here's a tweet from the actor John Cusack that's being censored for Indian IP address because it shared the documentary critical of Modi.
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It seems that Twitter is still sending censorship orders to - you can see the blocking order here, including a request to block tweets!
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This is a big deal: Twitter is censoring a documentary critical of Modi at the behest of the Indian government— before Musk took over, Twitter had a mixed record on Indian censorship requests, but this seems to be a big indicator of where things are headed
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why is the lingo to be 'affected by' lay-offs, instead of just "laid off." Who came up with this?
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"I have #school-issued device, and I know that there's no expectation of privacy. But I'm a grown man – these kids don't know that." #Students #privacymatters
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Does everyone's Outlook constantly have a red dot on the tab, indicating a new unread email, even when there's not one..or is it just me?
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🚨HUGE: AG Kanter just outlined all the ways has illegally manipulated the online advertising market to self-deal. It has monopoly power over the entire market and its conduct harms not only users like you and me, but also the US govt & the US Army (!!)
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In the newsletter today, I asked & about what the rise of ChatGPT means for people who don't speak English. Our first group chat!! semafor.com/newsletters#te
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New: At least 15 states have already introduced data privacy bills in 2023, with a mix of comprehensive proposals & more targeted plans
The big question: will more states beat Washington to the punch in passing them, and if so how many?
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