Social Media


Tech

Social Networks Are the Next Big Decentralization Opportunity

We have the core tech to enable radically more ethical and beneficial social media networks. Here's what we'll need.

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Markets

'Was This Correct?' Twitter's Dorsey Asks About Banning Trump, and Then Says 'Yes'

He also praised Bitcoin as a "technology that is not controlled or influenced by any single individual or entity."

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Finance

Balaji Srinivasan, HashKey Back $2M Round in Twitter Privacy Tool Mask Network

Mask Network, the protocol that allows users to send encrypted messages and even cryptocurrencies over Twitter, announced a funding round Tuesday.

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Policy

What It Means if Companies Like Twitter Are 'Systemically Important' to Financial Regulators

NYDFS proposals following the Twitter hack are a warning to everyone using centrally controlled "designated" platforms.

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Tech

The Digital Archipelago: How to Build an Internet Where Communities Thrive

Technology exists to serve people. Today, the situation is nearly reversed. Each of us is just propping up an engagement graph somewhere.

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Finance

Jack Dorsey Details Twitter's Blockchain Strategy at Oslo Freedom Forum

Jack Dorsey said the nonprofit Blue Sky will use blockchain to create an open Twitter protocol and give people more control over their data.

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Finance

Twetch Launches Encrypted Messaging, In-Chat Payments on BSV Blockchain

Twetch, a social network that runs on the BSV blockchain, has introduced an encrypted messaging feature that lets users send each other money in the chat.

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Finance

'Crypto Instagram' Is Becoming a Thing, Scams and All

Scams are running rampant on Instagram in 2020 – even as legitimate crypto entrepreneurs are increasingly using the platform for business.

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Markets

Can Social Media Be Redeemed? Feat. Bobby Goodlatte

An early Facebook product designer-turned angel investor discusses how social media has changed and whether it can be changed again for the better.

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Finance

Social Media Companies Are 'Too Big to Fail'

Social media firms are quickly becoming as important to the economy, finance and real life as Wall Street titans. TBTF companies demand special attention.

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