Bobby Allyn
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National
Feds: Former eBay Employees Sent Newsletter Writers Roaches, Spiders And Pornography
Six former eBay workers were charged by U.S. authorities with a harassment campaign that allegedly involved sending a Massachusetts couple disturbing packages and threatening messages.
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National
Lawsuit Says Trump's Order Against Tech Companies Will 'Chill Future Online Speech'
The Center for Democracy and Technology argues that Trump's executive order attempting to strip tech companies of a key legal protection was retaliatory and violates the First Amendment.
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Politics
Stung By Twitter, Trump Signs Executive Order To Weaken Social Media Companies
President Trump signs an executive order aimed at limiting the broad legal protections enjoyed by social media companies days after Twitter fact-checked two of his tweets.
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National
Twitter Points Users To Fact Checks Of Trump Tweets For The First Time
A link is added to a tweet in which the president claims without evidence that mail-in ballots are fraudulent. A Twitter spokesman says the tweet wasn't deleted because it didn't discourage voting.
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Technology
Researchers: Nearly Half Of Accounts Tweeting About Coronavirus Are Likely Bots
Researchers culled through more than 200 million tweets discussing the virus since January and found that about 45% were sent by accounts that behave more like computerized robots than humans.
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National
Apple Store Shoppers To Have Temperatures Taken, Must Wear Face Coverings
About 100 Apple Stores, or about a fifth of the tech giant's worldwide retail locations, are now open, including storefronts in Alabama, Florida, California and Washington state.
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Technology
Cities Crack Down On Food Delivery App Fees As Restaurants Struggle To Survive
In a bid to help restaurants, cities from Seattle to Washington, D.C., have passed caps restricting how much food apps can charge to deliver meals. App companies claim the move might backfire.
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Business
Cities Battle Food Apps Over Delivery Fees
New York is the latest city to crack down on food-delivery apps. Restaurants say the apps' delivery fees cut into their profits, and apps like Grubhub say capping the fees will hurt restaurants.
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Technology
Uber Woos Grubhub, In A Move Lawmaker Calls 'Pandemic Profiteering'
The merger talks have yet to reach a deal, but if both sides strike an accord, the combined companies would emerge as the dominant player in food delivery, giving Uber Eats a 55% of the U.S. market.
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Technology
In Settlement, Facebook To Pay $52 Million To Content Moderators With PTSD
As part of a settlement agreement, more than 10,000 moderators who viewed and removed graphic and disturbing posts, and consequently suffered post-traumatic stress disorder, are eligible for payouts.