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episode 805: Come Together Like Voltron - Social media Trump ban, Section 230 in Biden era, nationalizing Alibaba
Social media Trump ban, Section 230 in Biden era, nationalizing Alibaba
- Social networks begin to ban President Trump.
- Should a few giant enterprises decide which speech is heard?
- China is nationalizing Jack Ma's Alibaba.
- Signal sees an uptick in light of the WhatsApp controversy.
- Stripe stops payment processing for the Trump campaign.
- Happy birthday to Wikipedia.
- Happy 13th anniversary of the iPhone unveiling.
- Hyundai announces it's in talks with Apple.
- Facebook's smart glasses are coming "sooner than later."
- Ajit Pai announced he would not move forward with Section 230.
- Will Section 230 see less of a threat in the Biden era?
- SolarWinds hired Chris Krebs, Trump's former cybersecurity chief.
- The Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies bureau is set.
- Bitcoin and Tesla's performance is a win for day-traders.
- Father of Fiber Optics Narinder S. Kapany dies at 94.
- Roku acquires Quibi assets for less than $100M.
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