🧑‍⚖️ Let's Hope Twitter Beats Elon Musk in Court, and Quickly

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Let's Hope Twitter Beats Elon Musk in Court, and Quickly. On Tuesday, Delaware Chancery Court Chief Judge Kathaleen St. J. McCormick is scheduled to hear lawyers representing Twitter Inc. argue for a speedy trial in its lawsuit against Elon Musk, while those on Musk's side seek to punt the case to next… (Liam Denning / Bloomberg)

Liam Denning @liamdenning

Elon Musk lost his bid to delay the Twitter trial Here's why that's a good thing for all of us bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via @opinion

bloomberg.comLet’s Hope Twitter Beats Elon Musk in Court, and QuicklyA Delaware judge has ample reason to expedite the trial and demonstrate that the laws that benefit us all — including the Tesla CEO — aren’t to be toyed with.

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Facebook Shifts Resources From News Tab and Bulletin to Focus on Creator Economy. Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook is reallocating resources from its Facebook News tab and newsletter platform Bulletin, as the company focuses more on the creator economy, senior executive Campbell Brown told employees in a memo. Ms. Brown, a former… (Jessica Toonkel, Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal)

keachhagey @keachhagey

It’s official: Facebook is pulling back from paying for news. Staff were informed that Facebook News and Bulletin are being put on the “backburner,” per internal memo. w/ @jtoonkel wsj.com/articles/faceb… via @WSJ

wsj.comWSJ News Exclusive | Facebook Shifts Resources From News to Focus on Creator EconomyA senior executive told employees that the company is reallocating resources from its Facebook News tab and newsletter platform Bulletin.

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The FBI Forced A Suspect To Unlock Amazon's Encrypted App Wickr With Their Face. In November last year, an undercover agent with the FBI was inside a group on Amazon-owned messaging app Wickr, with a name referencing young girls. The group was devoted to sharing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) within the protection of the… (Thomas Brewster / Forbes)

Thomas Brewster @iblametom

New 🚨 SCOOP🚨 For the first time, the FBI has forced a person to open an encrypted app - Amazon's Wickr - with their face. We're heading towards a point where the Supreme Court is going to have to decide if this is legal, says @JeromeDGreco forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…

forbes.comThe FBI Forced A Suspect To Unlock Amazon’s Encrypted App Wickr With Their FaceIn November last year, an undercover agent with the FBI was monitoring a group on Amazon-owned messaging app Wickr, dubbed ” Tiny Girls.”

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Microsoft is launching a Facebook rip-off inside Teams. Exactly 10 years ago today, Microsoft completed its $1.2 billion purchase of Yammer, an enterprise-focused social networking platform. Despite a big Yammer overhaul in 2019, Microsoft has been increasingly focused on Teams and its new Viva platform… (Tom Warren / The Verge)

Tom Warren @tomwarren

Microsoft Teams is getting its own Facebook-like social network. It looks like a clone of Facebook, and even includes Instagram-like Stories. Details here: theverge.com/e/23032228

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Very Online. “Ours is a period of increasing noise,” Jason Parham wrote earlier this year, for Wired. “Everything is bleeding into everything around it. All trends, large and small, now suggest a new cultural mood—but only until the… (Karen Maniraho / Columbia Journalism Review)

Karen Maniraho @maniraho

The job of covering the internet seems to defy clear definition. Is it about chasing viral trends? The platforms? Human behavior? For @CJR, I spoke to @rebexxxxa, @TaylorLorenz, @nonlinearnotes, @broderick, and @fka_tabs to answer these questions and more

cjr.orgVery Online<p>Five journalists on covering the internet in search of meaning, not viral trends</p>

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