Saturday, April 23, 2022

Documents show wide-ranging opposition from Twitter and others to Canada's online harms proposals, which the government recently said it will delay implementing (Bill Curry/Globe and Mail)

Bill Curry / Globe and Mail:
Documents show wide-ranging opposition from Twitter and others to Canada's online harms proposals, which the government recently said it will delay implementing  —  Newly released documents reveal Twitter Canada told government officials that a federal plan to create a new internet regulator …



Amazon acquires GlowRoad, an Indian social commerce startup focused on women, which has 6M+ resellers across 2,000 cities and raised ~$31M from Accel and others (The Economic Times)

The Economic Times:
Amazon acquires GlowRoad, an Indian social commerce startup focused on women, which has 6M+ resellers across 2,000 cities and raised ~$31M from Accel and others  —  - Amazon has acquired Glowroad in an all-cash deal.  — Glowroad's team will join Amazon, but will continue to run as an independent unit for now.



Leaked sales pitch: Anomaly Six, a US government contractor that claims it can track ~3B phones, demonstrated its capabilities by tracking CIA and NSA personnel (The Intercept)

The Intercept:
Leaked sales pitch: Anomaly Six, a US government contractor that claims it can track ~3B phones, demonstrated its capabilities by tracking CIA and NSA personnel  —  In partnership with  —  In the months leading up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, two obscure American startups met to discuss …



EU's DSA requires Meta, Google, and other large online platforms to make their algorithms transparent to users, deal with misinformation during crises, and more (James Vincent/The Verge)

James Vincent / The Verge:
EU's DSA requires Meta, Google, and other large online platforms to make their algorithms transparent to users, deal with misinformation during crises, and more  —  The Digital Services Act will re-shape the online world  —  The EU has agreed on another ambitious piece of legislation to police the online world.



Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; it was last valued at $1.2B in 2024 (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Meir Orbach / CTech : Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; ...