Square withholds from its merchants; Twitch’s female streamers have had enough and a Listener Mail on contact tracing apps

Pivot

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Technology, News Commentary, News, Tech News

4.2 • 9.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Kara and Scott talk about how Square has been taking about 20% off of merchant transactions, as Jack Dorsey helms both Twitter and Square. Meanwhile, Twitch has been facing backlash from womxn gamers who are alleging that the company is allowing for sexual harassment and assault, while they create content for the company. This comes several years after the industry dealt with "Gamergate". We get a Listener Question about Apple and Google's contact tracing app as covid-19 cases climb around the country, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for this podcast comes from Slack.
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0:37.0	Hi everyone, this is Pivot from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:40.0	I'm Cara Swisher.
0:41.0	And I'm Scott Galloway.
0:45.0	That pause says it all.
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