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Florida’s sew social media law will be laughed out of court. Florida’s new social media legislation is a double landmark: It’s the first state law regulating online content moderation, and it will almost certainly become the first such law to be struck down in court. (Gilad Edelman via Wired)
If Belarus gets away with it, other dictators will follow. Even when our most basic civilizational values are in dispute, there are a few sets of rules and regulations that we nevertheless manage to share. The laws of the sea, for example, or the norms governing the conduct of air-traffic controllers. (Anne Applebaum via The Atlantic)
The Wuhan Lab leak question: A disused chinese mine takes center stage. On the outskirts of a village deep in the mountains of southwest China, a lone surveillance camera peers down toward a disused copper mine smothered in dense bamboo. As night approaches, bats swoop overhead. (Jeremy Page via Wall Street Journal)
Amazon nears deal to buy MGM Studios for nearly $9 billion. Amazon is nearing a deal to acquire MGM Studios, the co-owner of the James Bond franchise and other film and TV series, for between $8.5 billion and $9 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. (Alex Sherman via CNBC)
US towns are buying Chinese surveillance tech tied to Uighur abuses. At least a hundred U.S. counties, towns, and cities have bought China-made surveillance systems that the U.S. government has linked to human rights abuses. (Zack Whittaker via TechCrunch)
The Upside-Down World of Negative Bond Yields Is Getting Smaller. Fewer bond investors are having to pay for the privilege of lending out their money. For the first time in years, the global supply of debt with a negative yield is in meaningful decline. (John Ainger via Bloomberg)
Vaccine waitlist Dr. B collected data from millions. But how many did it help?. When Joanie Schaffer heard about Dr. B, a free covid-19 vaccine standby service, she was running out of options. It was early February, and vaccine appointments were scarce, so Schaffer, who was already vaccinated herself, was volunteering her time to help friends, family, and even strangers secure their shots. (Mia Sato via MIT Technology Review)
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