May 29, 2020
Fri. 05/29 – The Best Summary of the Executive Order I Can Muster (Replacement)
I do my best to breakdown the who Twitter/executive order situation, at least at the time of this recording. Hall of Fame fundraiser drops mic and rides off into the sunset. TikTok has an interesting new rival. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Links:
- Trump signs executive order targeting protections for social media platforms (Axios)
- ‘Rammed it through’: Trump's Twitter order riles staffers and tech reformers (Protocol)
- Trump’s Order on Social Media Could Harm One Person in Particular: Donald Trump (NYTimes)
- The Two Things To Understand About Trump's Executive Order On Social Media: (1) It's A Distraction (2) It's Legally Meaningless (TechDirt)
- Trump Executive Order Misreads Key Law Promoting Free Expression Online and Violates the First Amendment (The EFF)
- Scheduled tweets and tweet drafts are now available on Twitter's website (Neowin)
- Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz is stepping down (VentureBeat)
- The Rise of New Short-Form Video App Zynn Could Spell Trouble for TikTok (Social Media Today)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions
- Amazon’s Big Breakdown (NYTimes)
- Remember the MOOCs? After Near-Death, They’re Booming (NYTimes)
- Who Will Own the Cars That Drive Themselves? (NYTimes)
- The rise of React (Increment)
- 'We had no idea how to do it': YouTube's founders, investors, and first employees tell the chaotic inside story of how it rose from failed dating site to $1.65 billion video behemoth (Business Insider)
- Poolside.fm is the chillest place you should be hanging out right now (The Verge)
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