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    • Research paper shows how FOSTA has led to widespread internet censorship and put sex workers at much greater risk, leading to multiple deaths and disappearances (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

    Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Research paper shows how FOSTA has led to widespread internet censorship and put sex workers at much greater risk, leading to multiple deaths and disappearances  —  from the wasn’t-it-supposed-to-save-lives dept  —  As you’ll recall in the run up to passing FOSTA last year, supporters of the bill … Research paper shows

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    • Sources detail Facebook's blockchain team, comprised of 50 employees, of which about 20% used to work at PayPal, as the company works on its stablecoin (Julie Verhage/Bloomberg)

    Julie Verhage / Bloomberg: Sources detail Facebook’s blockchain team, comprised of 50 employees, of which about 20% used to work at PayPal, as the company works on its stablecoin  —  The inner workings of Facebook Inc.’s blockchain team are still shrouded in secrecy, but it’s staffing up, according to people familiar with the group. Sources

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    • Republican Sen. Josh Hawley introduces a bill banning "loot boxes" and pay-to-win schemes in games aimed at those under 18 (Washington Post)

    Washington Post: Republican Sen. Josh Hawley introduces a bill banning “loot boxes” and pay-to-win schemes in games aimed at those under 18  —  Video games popular among kids would be prohibited from offering “loot boxes” or randomized assortments of digital weapons, clothing and other items … Republican Sen. Josh Hawley introduces a bill banning "loot

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    • Uber's IPO prospectus says 60,000+ US drivers have filed arbitration suits, which legal experts say will take decades to resolve and cost Uber $600M+ (Joel Rosenblatt/Bloomberg)

    Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg: Uber’s IPO prospectus says 60,000+ US drivers have filed arbitration suits, which legal experts say will take decades to resolve and cost Uber $600M+  —  – IPO disclosure exposes costly, time-consuming backlog  — Is ride-hailing company about to ‘cry uncle’ due to demands? Uber's IPO prospectus says 60,000+ US drivers have

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    • At I/O, Google was the opposite of defensive, setting out the case that data collection allows Google to make better products to improve people's lives (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

    Ben Thompson / Stratechery: At I/O, Google was the opposite of defensive, setting out the case that data collection allows Google to make better products to improve people’s lives  —  For a company famed for its engineering culture, you wouldn’t expect a video at Google’s annual I/O developer conference to have such emotional resonance. At

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    • Amazon announces Blink XT2, a 1080p smart security camera that it says has two-year battery life, available for preorder at $90 (Cameron Faulkner/The Verge)

    Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: Amazon announces Blink XT2, a 1080p smart security camera that it says has two-year battery life, available for preorder at $90  —  The first Blink camera released under Amazon ownership  —  Amazon has announced the Blink XT2, the follow-up to Blink’s XT camera that was released in late 2016. Amazon

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    • Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, popular with some of Silicon Valley's wealthiest donors, has five fundraising events in the Bay Area this week (Theodore Schleifer/Vox)

    Theodore Schleifer / Vox: Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, popular with some of Silicon Valley’s wealthiest donors, has five fundraising events in the Bay Area this week  —  Inside the tech network that is trying to turn a small-town mayor into a fundraising dynamo.  —  The two 30-somethings drove … Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg,

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    • Uber and Lyft drivers are planning a 24-hour strike in at least 10 cities in the US to protest against unfair pay ahead of Uber's much-anticipated IPO (Johana Bhuiyan/Los Angeles Times)

    Johana Bhuiyan / Los Angeles Times: Uber and Lyft drivers are planning a 24-hour strike in at least 10 cities in the US to protest against unfair pay ahead of Uber’s much-anticipated IPO  —  It was a protest that dealt Uber its biggest blow.  When taxi drivers in New York City rallied against President Trump’s

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    • Experts say apps like Nextdoor and Ring's Neighbors give people a false sense that the US crime rate is worsening even as violent crime reaches record lows (Rani Molla/Vox)

    Rani Molla / Vox: Experts say apps like Nextdoor and Ring’s Neighbors give people a false sense that the US crime rate is worsening even as violent crime reaches record lows  —  Why people are socializing more about crime even as it becomes rarer.  —  Violent crime in the US is at its lowest rate

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    • HeyJobs, which uses machine learning to make high skilled recruitment scalable, raises $12M Series A led by Notion Capital (Steve O'Hear/TechCrunch)

    Steve O’Hear / TechCrunch: HeyJobs, which uses machine learning to make high skilled recruitment scalable, raises $12M Series A led by Notion Capital  —  HeyJobs, a three year-old Berlin startup that helps large employers scale recruitment, has raised $12 million in Series A funding. HeyJobs, which uses machine learning to make high skilled recruitment scalable,

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