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Wed. 05/05 – Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Trump Ban

Tech Brew Ride Home

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Technology, News, Tech News

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🗓️ 5 May 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Facebook’s Oversight Board upholds the Trump account suspension. Signal trolls Facebook using its own ad system. An appeals court has ruled that Section 230 does not apply to app design. Kind of. It’s complicated. And the not complicated reason why some exchanges can’t tell you the price of Berkshire Hathaway stock right now. Think: partying like it’s 1999. Sponsors: Kraken.com/techmeme PingIdentity.com Links: Facebook’s Trump ban can stay in place, says Oversight Board (The Verge) Signal Tries to Run the Most Honest Facebook Ad Campaign Ever, Immediately Gets Banned (Gizmodo) Facebook Workplace reaches 7 million paid subscribers (CNBC) Facebook takes on Nextdoor with Neighborhoods tool (Cnet) Dell patches 12-year-old driver vulnerability impacting millions of PCs (The Record) Snapchat Can Be Sued Over Role In Fatal Car Crash, Court Rules (NPR) Epic CEO says he would have taken a special App Store deal if Apple had offered (9to5 Mac) Epic CEO argues Fortnite trial is an existential fight for the future (Protocol) Berkshire Hathaway’s Stock Price Is Too Much for Computers (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Tech Meme Ride Home for Wednesday, May 5th, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough today.

0:09.0

Facebook's Oversight Board upholds the Trump Account suspension,

0:13.3

Signal trolls Facebook using its own ad system.

0:16.6

An appeals court has ruled that Section 230 does not apply to

0:19.3

app design, sort of, it's complicated,

0:22.2

and the not complicated reason why some exchanges can't tell you the price

0:25.9

of Berkshire Hathaway stock right now.

0:28.7

Think partying like it's 1999.

0:31.3

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

0:36.0

Facebook's Oversight Board has ruled and upheld the company's decision to suspend

0:41.0

former President Trump's accounts.

0:43.6

However, the Oversight Board is also asking

0:46.4

Facebook to review the decision within six months

0:48.6

to determine a penalty consistent with its rules.

0:52.4

Well, when someone actually sums it up better than I ever could, maybe I should just go with that.

0:57.8

This is Jeff Berkovichy on Twitter, quote,

1:02.0

created to absolve Facebook of ultimate responsibility

1:04.6

for its ad hoc enforcement decisions,

1:07.2

the Oversight Board basically said,

1:09.3

you've got to take some responsibility here,

1:11.4

and it can't be ad hoc end quote quoting the verge the

1:15.6

board said that it quote was not appropriate for Facebook to impose an indefinite

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