July 16, 2020
Thu. 07/16 – The Great Twitter Hijack of 2020
I run down the whole mess of the great twitter hijacking from last night. Facebook is rolling out more labels for politicians. Facebook might also be positioning itself for a TikTok diaspora. Amazon now lets influencers run home shopping-network-style shows on the website. And Apple officially has a podcast.
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- Apple, Biden, Musk and other high-profile Twitter accounts hacked in crypto scam (TechCrunch)
- A hacker used Twitter’s own ‘admin’ tool to spread cryptocurrency scam (TechCrunch)
- Hackers Convinced Twitter Employee to Help Them Hijack Accounts (Motherboard)
- The Interface (Casey Newton)
- Facebook to label posts about voting from presidential candidates (Axios)
- Facebook readies global launch of its TikTok competitor (NBC News)
- Amazon Influence Program opens to live streamers for broadcasting Amazon Life (TechCrunch)
- How to subscribe to Apple’s free daily news podcast (9to5Mac)
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