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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Links:

• 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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