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A deep dive into Sudan's 2019 internet shutdown, how telecom engineers disrupted the government's control over the internet, and the future of digital rights (Jina Moore/Rest of World)

Jina Moore / Rest of World: A deep dive into Sudan’s 2019 internet shutdown, how telecom engineers disrupted the government’s control over the internet, and the future of digital rights  —  How citizens, telecom employees, and activists in Sudan turned a battle for digital rights into a referendum on the government A deep dive into

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Facebook's reluctance to fact-check conspiracy theories is based on an outdated "backfire" theory; experiments show fact-checks and debunkings are effective (Wired)

Wired: Facebook’s reluctance to fact-check conspiracy theories is based on an outdated “backfire” theory; experiments show fact-checks and debunkings are effective  —  The biggest social network in the world has the wrong idea for how to fight Covid-19 conspiracies. Facebook's reluctance to fact-check conspiracy theories is based on an outdated "backfire" theory; experiments show fact-checks

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John Borthwick, one of Giphy's early investors and board members, describes how the Facebook deal came about and says talks began in late March (Issie Lapowsky/Protocol)

Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: John Borthwick, one of Giphy’s early investors and board members, describes how the Facebook deal came about and says talks began in late March  —  Giphy investor John Borthwick on why the $400 million deal made sense and what this means for the company’s other integrations. John Borthwick, one of Giphy's

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An overview of key challenges that need to be addressed to make Europe's various COVID-19 contact tracing apps interoperable for cross-border travel (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: An overview of key challenges that need to be addressed to make Europe’s various COVID-19 contact tracing apps interoperable for cross-border travel  —  A major question mark attached to national coronavirus contact-tracing apps is whether they will function when citizens of one country travel to another. An overview of key challenges

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The Pentagon argues that a proposal from satellite company Ligado to meld satellite spectrum with a terrestrial 5G IoT network would interfere with GPS signals (Marguerite Reardon/CNET)

Marguerite Reardon / CNET: The Pentagon argues that a proposal from satellite company Ligado to meld satellite spectrum with a terrestrial 5G IoT network would interfere with GPS signals  —  Even as major players like Verizon and AT&T are rushing to roll out 5G, a little-known company is looking to build … The Pentagon argues

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Civil, which began with the intent to launch dozens of sites supported by a blockchain-based platform and the CVL token, fell short of fixing media funding woes (Allegra Hobbs/Patreon)

Allegra Hobbs / Patreon: Civil, which began with the intent to launch dozens of sites supported by a blockchain-based platform and the CVL token, fell short of fixing media funding woes  —  In 2017, Civil funded a fleet of new publications with the promise that its CVL cryptocurrency would create a sustainable model for digital

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