Florida’s attorney general “asked the Supreme Court to decide whether states have the right to regulate how social media companies moderate content on their services, a move that sends one of the most controversial debates of the internet age to the country’s highest court,” the Washington Post reports.
The Big Lie Fuels New Generation of Influencers
Washington Post: “Some doubled or tripled their audiences on Twitter, while others saw even larger gains — catapulting from relative obscurity to online fame.”
“And they have gone on to use their powerful megaphones to shape the national debate on other subjects, injecting fresh waves of distortion into such culture-war topics as transgender rights and critical race theory.”
Elon Musk Proposes Starlink Access in Iran
“Elon Musk said his satellite-internet system Starlink would seek an exception to sanctions to make its service available in Iran, an apparent attempt to boost access to outside information in the country as protests spread,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Women Turned Off by Conservative Dating App
“A new pro-Trump dating app backed by right-wing tech billionaire Peter Thiel has not even launched yet, but it’s already facing lots of rejection,” the Daily Beast reports.
“The Right Stuff, scheduled to debut this month, was co-founded by former Trump body man and aspiring matchmaker Johnny McEntee, who recruited the sister of former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany to help launch the app.”
Pentagon Opens Sweeping Review of Psychological Ops
“The Pentagon has ordered a sweeping audit of how it conducts clandestine information warfare after major social media companies identified and took offline fake accounts suspected of being run by the U.S. military in violation of the platforms’ rules,” the Washington Post reports.
“Colin Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy, last week instructed the military commands that engage in psychological operations online to provide a full accounting of their activities by next month after the White House and some federal agencies expressed mounting concerns over the Defense Department’s attempted manipulation of audiences overseas.”
Elon Musk’s Friends Warned Him Against Buying Twitter
“Several of Elon Musk’s friends privately counseled him against acquiring Twitter, once they realized that he wasn’t joking around,” Axios reports.
“Musk didn’t take the advice. He’s now is trying to back out of his $44 billion agreement, with a trial set for next month in Delaware.”
Customs Officials Have Copied Americans’ Phone Data
“U.S. government officials are adding data from as many as 10,000 electronic devices each year to a massive database they’ve compiled from cellphones, iPads and computers seized from travelers at the country’s airports, seaports and border crossings,” the Washington Post reports.
“The rapid expansion of the database and the ability of 2,700 CBP officers to access it without a warrant — two details not previously known about the database — have raised alarms in Congress about what use the government has made of the information, much of which is captured from people not suspected of any crime.”
Biden to Block Chinese Investment in U.S. Technology
“President Biden will sign an executive order on Thursday designed to sharpen the federal government’s powers to block Chinese investment in technology in the United States and limit its access to private data on citizens, administration officials say, in a move that is bound to heighten tensions with Beijing,” the New York Times reports.
Trump Partner Delays Vote on Truth Social Merger
“A key decision over whether Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social will merge with a cash-rich company and get $1.3 billion to take on Twitter has been put off for another month,” the AP reports.
“The potential partner, Digital World Acquisition Corp., on Thursday postponed a shareholder vote to extend by a year a deadline to close its merger with Trump’s company and release funds to pay its bills. At least 65% of shareholders need to approve the extension, a threshold not reached in tallies earlier in the day.”
Peter Thiel Backs Menstrual Cycle-Focused Company
“On September 1st, Evie Magazine—which strives to be the conservative answer to Cosmo, and which promotes COVID denialism and vaccine misinformation, soft-focus transphobia, and a weird obsession with organ meats—announced a new venture: 28, a ‘femtech’ company offering workouts and nutritional tips based on users’ menstrual cycles, and which requires those users to enter information about the first day of their last period,” Vice News reports.
“The week prior, TechCrunch announced the new venture’s biggest funder: the investment firm Thiel Capital, which led the latest $3.2 million funding round, and whose founder Peter Thiel has a variety of other interests. (Those include, of late, funding the MAGA movement to the tune of tens of millions of dollars.)”
Trump’s Truth Social Merger Under Threat
“The blank-check acquisition firm that agreed to merge with Donald Trump’s social media company failed to secure enough shareholder support for a one-year extension to complete the deal,“ Reuters reports.
“At stake is a $1.3 billion cash infusion that Trump Media & Technology Group which operates the former U.S. president’s Truth Social app, stands to receive from Digital World Acquisition Corp, the special purpose acquisition company that inked a deal last October to take TMTG public.”
Trump’s Social Media App Not Approved by Google
Google hasn’t yet approved Truth Social’s Android app for distribution via its Play Store because of insufficient content moderation, Axios reports.
Truth Social’s Ugly Truth
“Truth Social, the app launched by Donald Trump as a free speech platform for conservatives, is facing serious financial and legal stress at it tries to survive,” Axios reports.
Dwindling Audience Fuels Doubts About Truth Social
“Former president Donald Trump’s Truth Social website is facing financial challenges as its traffic remains puny and the company that is scheduled to acquire it expresses fear that his legal troubles could lead to a decline in his popularity,” the Washington Post reports.
“Six months after its high-profile launch, the site — a clone of Twitter, which banned Trump after Jan. 6, 2021 — still has no guaranteed source of revenue and a questionable path to growth.”
“The company warned this week that its business could be damaged if Trump ‘becomes less popular or there are further controversies that damage his credibility.’ The company has seen its stock price plunge nearly 75 percent since its March peak and reported in a filing last week that it had lost $6.5 million in the first half of the year.”
Trump’s Social Media Platform Faces Financial Fallout
“Former President Donald Trump’s social media outfit, Truth Social, is locked in a bitter battle with one of its vendors claiming that the platform is stiffing the company out of more than $1 million in contractually obligated payments,” Fox Business reports.
“If the allegations are true, they would suggest that Truth Social’s finances are in significant disarray.”
Biden Kick Starts New Chip Manufacturing Law
“President Joe Biden is planning to kick-start the implementation process of the sweeping $280 billion law to boost US domestic chip-making and scientific research,” CNN reports.
“Biden will sign the order Thursday, just two weeks after signing the law known as the CHIPS and Science Act. It’s a move that reflects an urgency — and understanding of the substantial task ahead — for top administration officials as they continue to grapple with the acute risk posed by the concentration of the critical semiconductor industry.”
Ex-Security Chief Says Twitter Buried ‘Deficiencies’
“Twitter executives deceived federal regulators and the company’s own board of directors about ‘extreme, egregious deficiencies’ in its defenses against hackers, as well as its meager efforts to fight spam, according to an explosive whistleblower complaint from its former security chief,” the Washington Post reports.
“The complaint from former head of security Peiter Zatko, a widely admired hacker known as ‘Mudge,’ depicts Twitter as a chaotic and rudderless company beset by infighting, unable to properly protect its 238 million daily users including government agencies, heads of state and other influential public figures.”
TikTok Prepares for Midterm Misinformation
“In a few short years, TikTok has grown into one of the fastest-growing social networks in the world — and with the 2022 midterm election cycle heating up, the app is now preparing to take on the maddening problem of election misinformation,” The Verge reports.
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