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Brian Fung | @b_fung@masto.ai Profile picture
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Sep 18, 2020 • 9 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Commerce Dept. outlines forthcoming restrictions on TikTok and WeChat, saying as of Sunday, neither app can be distributed or maintained on mobile app stores: commerce.gov/news/press-rel…
More on the latest here: cnn.com/2020/09/18/tec…
On Fox Business, Wilbur Ross says the TikTok restrictions will simply prevent users from downloading updates, implying they’ll still be able to use the app. cnn.com/2020/09/18/tec…
Senior Commerce officials just finished briefing the press. They confirmed that after Sunday night — i.e. midnight Monday morning — TikTok and WeChat will be “deplatformed” from app stores, including the Apple and Google app stores.
Users who've already downloaded the apps can continue using them, the officials said, though WeChat users may experience interruptions and outages as a result of the Department’s additional restrictions placed on internet infrastructure companies.
The restrictions *exclude* last-mile ISPs like Comcast or Verizon, and instead target back-end transactions over CDNs and under peering and transit agreements.
I asked Commerce officials to respond to the notion that preventing users from downloading security updates undermines security, as some experts have argued.

One official dismissed it as “simplistic criticism.” More 👇 Image
TikTok’s response to the Commerce restrictions: Image
Here’s everything we know about what’ll happen to TikTok on Sunday night. (TL;DR get it while you can) cnn.com/2020/09/18/tec…

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Brian Fung | @b_fung@masto.ai Profile picture
Nov 10, 2022
A short little story: Earlier this year, after @dotMudge's whistleblower allegations against Twitter became public, I filed a FOIA request to the FTC asking for all of Twitter's third-party compliance reports filed pursuant to its 2011 consent order.
These reports, which companies under order are usually required to submit to show they're abiding by their consent decrees, are public record and usually gettable.

But in this case, the FTC denied my requests for all five reports.
The FTC claimed that it didn't have to hand over the records under FOIA exemption 7(A).

7(A) lets agencies withhold records compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only if revealing those records "could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings." 🤔
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Brian Fung | @b_fung@masto.ai Profile picture
Nov 9, 2022
Our full story on Elon Musk's Twitter Q&A with advertisers today, wherein he sketched out his plans for the platform's future and pleaded with brands to use the service more: cnn.com/2022/11/09/tec…
Here are a few highlights:
– Banking is coming to Twitter, with P2P payments, a "money market fund" and debit cards/checks

– Twitter Blue subscribers' tweets get shown by default but non-paying users' tweets will have to be manually sought out

cnn.com/2022/11/09/tec…
– Brands would need to pay for their own blue checks

– Musk thinks Birdwatch/Community Notes will "obviate" the need for much official content moderation

– Twitter Blue won't have any ID verification, just requires phone number and credit card

cnn.com/2022/11/09/tec…
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Brian Fung | @b_fung@masto.ai Profile picture
Nov 7, 2022
Like many of you, I've been rethinking my relationship to Twitter. For me, it kind of began after I went on parental leave a year ago. I've always been pretty good at unplugging on off hours (or maybe just bad at my job?) but becoming a dad *really* tanked my drive to be on here.
At this point my daily Twitter use most closely resembles @cwarzel's description newsletters.theatlantic.com/galaxy-brain/6… Image
As more of the experts and sources I follow head to platforms like Mastodon, though, I have to decide how and where to spend my attention. Starting over on a new site sounds exhausting (hello, network effects!) but until it's clear we've hit a tipping point, I'll be on both.
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Brian Fung | @b_fung@masto.ai Profile picture
Sep 13, 2022
Good morning from Capitol Hill, where Twitter whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko is set to testify before US lawmakers on his damning allegations against his former employer. Things kick off at 10 ET, but our liveblog is already up and running: cnn.com/tech/live-news…
And here we are:
The Twitter whistleblower hearing is now getting underway. Follow live updates here: cnn.com/tech/live-news…
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Brian Fung | @b_fung@masto.ai Profile picture
Aug 23, 2022
NEW: Twitter execs have tried to conceal enormous security vulnerabilities that put users, investors and even US national security at risk, according to a damning new whistleblower report by the company’s former head of security: cnn.com/2022/08/23/tec…
Among its allegations, the disclosure obtained by CNN claims half of Twitter employees, including all engineers, enjoy excessive access to the live Twitter product and user data, and coding/testing happens right in the product rather than in a sandbox: cnn.com/2022/08/23/tec…
It alleges serious breaches of Twitter's 2011 privacy settlement with the FTC, which legal experts including former FTC Chair Jon Leibowitz told CNN could lead to billions in new fines: cnn.com/2022/08/23/tec…
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Brian Fung | @b_fung@masto.ai Profile picture
May 13, 2022
If you’re not following this week’s court decision on Texas’s social media law, you need to tune in. Right frickin’ now. cnn.com/2022/05/13/tec…
This week’s decision letting Texans sue social media companies is hugely significant. Three reasons why.

1. The law is in effect—right now. A wave of suits may be being prepared as we speak. Plaintiffs have never had a law like HB 20 to help them before. cnn.com/2022/05/13/tec…
2. Lots of uncertainty on how social media is allowed to work in Texas going forward. Companies need to figure out how to comply. Do they stop all moderation? Shut down and pull out? Do they need to engineer Texas-specific systems? What’s the impact to UX? cnn.com/2022/05/13/tec…
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