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Sources: Facebook skirted its own rules to give conservatives, including a pro-Trump super PAC and Donald Trump Jr., preferential treatment on rules enforcement (Washington Post)

Washington Post: Sources: Facebook skirted its own rules to give conservatives, including a pro-Trump super PAC and Donald Trump Jr., preferential treatment on rules enforcement  —  From a pro-Trump super PAC to the president’s eldest son, conservatives have blown past Facebook’s fact-checking guardrails, with few consequences. Sources: Facebook skirted its own rules to give conservatives,

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How Massachusetts' ballot proposal requiring carmakers to install standardized, open data-sharing platforms on cars with telematics may shape right to repair (Lauren Goode/Wired)

Lauren Goode / Wired: How Massachusetts’ ballot proposal requiring carmakers to install standardized, open data-sharing platforms on cars with telematics may shape right to repair  —  Question 1 would amend the state’s right-to-repair law and expand access to car data.  But big automakers are pushing back. How Massachusetts' ballot proposal requiring carmakers to install standardized,

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Facebook reportedly skirted its own rules to protect conservatives from disciplinary measures

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Over the past several months, conservative groups— including associates of President Trump— were often not penalized by Facebook for violating its rules because people at the company worried about the perception of anti-conservative bias, The Washington Post reported. The Post examined posts and ad spending along with internal

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Sources: Huawei is working on plans for a dedicated chip plant in Shanghai that aims to produce 28nm chips by the end of 2021 and 20nm chips by late 2022 (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Sources: Huawei is working on plans for a dedicated chip plant in Shanghai that aims to produce 28nm chips by the end of 2021 and 20nm chips by late 2022  —  Shanghai facility aimed at breaking Chinese company’s dependence on American technology  —  Huawei is working on plans … Sources: Huawei is working

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A look at the key social media feedback loops that help Trump, where his high-profile influencers and rank-and-file followers push messages both to and from him (Washington Post)

Washington Post: A look at the key social media feedback loops that help Trump, where his high-profile influencers and rank-and-file followers push messages both to and from him  —  Researchers say the online feedback loop between Trump, high-profile influencers and rank-and-file followers is more dangerous than Russian disinformation. A look at the key social media

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