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Members of Congress Seek Answers from DLive, BitTorrent on Last Month's U.S. Capitol Riot
"...Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence sent a letter to blockchain-based streaming platform DLive “expressing concern” on how some users have used the platform to incite right-wing extremism.
The letter contains questions about how effectively DLive’s new policies related to content and the use of its token are combatting this type of usage..."
Read More : https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/94345/congress-dlive-bittorrent-us-capitol-letter
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Social media giants must decentralize the internet... Now!
"...The sentiment toward Big tech changed near the end of 2016, fuelled by an unexpected result in the United States presidential election. Big Tech platforms were no longer tools to promote individuality and self-expression; they had swiftly become enablers of hatred and lies. Seemingly overnight, these companies went from darlings to pariahs, from bastions of free speech to being weaponized by malicious interests and rogue states to sway elections, planting false narratives. Individuals in control of the platforms went from defenders of freedom to being likened to dictators. Journalists wrote that Big Tech now had more capital than many governments and greater control of speech than any media outlet — without any democratic checks and balances or regulation to curb their worst impulses...."
Read more : https://cointelegraph.com/news/social-media-giants-must-decentralize-the-internet-now
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China Steps Up Online Controls with New Rule for Bloggers
"...Ma Xiaolin frequently wrote about current affairs on one of China’s leading microblogging sites, where he has 2 million followers. But recently, he said in a post, the Weibo site called and asked him not to post original content on topics ranging from politics to economic and military issues.
“As an international affairs researcher and a columnist, it looks like I can only go the route of entertainment, food and beverage now,” the international relations professor wrote on Jan. 31..."
Read more : https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-china-coronavirus-pandemic-blogging-50170ca73ed1f25ae769723e86c4d169
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Gamestop Saga Dissected At Congress Hearing Where Blockchain Emerged As Possible Solution
"...Tenev had fingered the T+2 delay as introducing systemic risk, his main recommendation was Real-Time Settlement. Real-Time Settlement has myriad challenges, one of the main ones is the presence of the Central Counter Party itself, another is liquidity demands. In this context Warren Davidson a committee member, a backer of blockchain technology offered that up as a solution; countering even the objections by Kenneth Griffin to Real-Time Settlement. Warren Davidson did not go into the details of how the blockchain would aid Real-Time Settlement, but he quoted DTCC’s Project Ion which aims to shorten settlement. Whereas, the DTCC itself backpedaled on Ion following the events of the week of January 25th...."
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How Banning Donald Trump from Social Media Prompted Mass Exodus to 'Alt-tech' Apps like Parler and Gab
"...A wave of former president Donald J Trump's supporters have found refuge in fringe alternative social media sites and services after the 45th POTUS was banned across mainstream social media platforms earlier this year. These smaller "alt-tech" sites promise less content moderation and a respite from "cancel culture."..."
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