Frontier tech and social ventures meet law, policy, finance & creativity. Curated by Antone Johnson (more active elsewhere)
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“What’s at stake for Big Tech” takes on Section 230 and this SCOTUS case are facile. Without it, every nascent, innovative, or niche US social platform or online community in the past 25y—including scrappy little startups, nonprofits & volunteer projects—would’ve been stillborn.
Tech companies are bracing for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear one of the most consequential cases facing the trillion-dollar industry to date politico.com/news/2023/02/20…
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January 6th Select Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson plays a montage showing the traitorous scum who participated in the violent insurrection riot incited by Donald Trump that took place on the US Capitol five years ago today
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Twitter is set to resign from the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation as early as this week, @eaTechEU has learned. Another sign that the platform might not intend to comply with the #DSA and that its exit from Europe is increasingly likely.
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Just as generative AI explodes onto the scene. What could go wrong? 🤦♂️
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Lock up your nudes! Literally. I spoke to @adamjmoussa and @abrahamjoseph about Twitter Circles posts leaching into the For You feed for @BuzzFeedNews buzzfeednews.com/article/chr…
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Saudi Arabia wants the world to know all the VC firms that it has given money to. That's an unusual stance for an LP to take, no? Here's the list.
@beckpeterson
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“Buy”, then have equity wiped out virtually overnight. 🤦♂️
Half of Wall Street analysts had buy ratings up until the bank's demise trib.al/5JBua61
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Power On: Apple is just two months away from unveiling its mixed reality headset, which it sees as the beginning of the post-iPhone era. bloomberg.com/news/newslette…
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It's disappointing that many AGI risk skeptics seem to base their views on vibes (person X is weird/luddite/wrong tribe) or historical analogies (we survived Y fine), rather than dealing with actual arguments. Why not just reply to the points made here? arxiv.org/abs/2209.00626
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So my question is: where is the accountability for elected officials who generated/spread disinformation about Covid vaccines causing 200,000 Americans to needlessly lose their lives because they refused vaccines (mostly red states) during the delta + BA.1 waves in 2021-22 – at Houston, TX
"These experts like Fauci got it wrong [on COVID],” says Governor @RonDeSantisFL.
“So my question is: where is the accountability for these people for all the damage that they did to our country?”
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Sounding ominous there, Josh. What do you mean? Who are "They" and what exactly will they regret? I presume as a US Senator you're not making a threat. I also presume as a US Senator you would offer sober counsel to those who are that the #RuleOfLaw governs our actions not a mob.
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Meta overlooked a massive chance to dominate the AI industry.
Here's what happened and what will happen next: The AI industry's Android moment may be nearer than expected (but it won't be driven by Meta). 👇
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A federal appeals court has ruled that Elon Musk must delete his 2018 Twitter post suggesting that Tesla workers could lose stock options if they formed a union, as it violated labor law trib.al/mXpHLyO
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11) Tonight is another test of that resilience. While a lot of web3 stuff has proven nonsense, the underlying principle that creators should have ownership in the consumer facing platforms that their content powers is still a vibrant idea, one most creators passionately believe.
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Napster’s Sean Parker in 2000 on the future of the music business.
This was a year before the launch of iTunes and the iPod.
And 6 years before Spotify was founded.
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With the sale of SVB Capital ongoing, a rare "crown jewels" portfolio of stakes in top VC firms like Accel, a16z, Index and Sequoia is up for grabs.
And in a rare situation for such firms, they may be powerless to block a buyer.
My latest for @Forbes:
forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/…
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Accelerator opportunity for African founders:
The Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab accelerator is accepting applications till March 31st.
More details ↓
(h/t @AfridigestHQ for posting about this):
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>@katieporteroc & Warren introduce bill today to undo Trump rollbacks of bank regulations. Co-sponsors from California are @RepBarbaraLee, @RepBarragan, @RepSwalwell, @RoKhanna, @RepGaramendi, @RepMarkTakano, @JimmyGomezCA & @RobertGarcia
I’ve got news for my colleagues that voted to deregulate big banks in 2018—there’s nothing ‘pro-business’ about a bank failure. Today, @SenWarren and I introduced legislation to restore critical protections for depositors across the country. nbcnews.com/politics/congres…
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- Standardized Loan Agreement Docs (temporary loan from investors) with online signing & funding.
- Built in banking access (if your company needs it)
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