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The far-right is flocking to MeWe, a privacy-focused Facebook alternative that has Tim Berners-Lee on its board, with membership growing to 15M in recent months (Sarah Emerson/OneZero )

Sarah Emerson / OneZero : The far-right is flocking to MeWe, a privacy-focused Facebook alternative that has Tim Berners-Lee on its board, with membership growing to 15M in recent months — ‘Have you tried to moderate 15 million people?’ MeWe founder Mark Weinstein told OneZero — 'm an American who is sick … https://bit.ly/3nRcyZG

Internal docs: in hours ahead of Capitol riot, user reports of violent content on Facebook jumped 10x, and false news surged to ~40K reports/hour, 4x daily peak (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Internal docs: in hours ahead of Capitol riot, user reports of violent content on Facebook jumped 10x, and false news surged to ~40K reports/hour, 4x daily peak — Following surge in reports of violent content ahead of Capitol attack, executives took their most aggressive steps yet to rein in the president and his supporters https://bit.ly/3sr0D83

Jack Dorsey says Trump ban was the right decision for Twitter, but reflects a "failure" to promote healthy conversation and sets a dangerous precedent (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post)

Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: Jack Dorsey says Trump ban was the right decision for Twitter, but reflects a “failure” to promote healthy conversation and sets a dangerous precedent — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey explained in a tweetstorm that the company faced an ‘extraordinary and untenable circumstance’ https://bit.ly/3nHnr02

E-commerce optimization startup Tradeswell raises $15.5M Series A led by SignalFire (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: E-commerce optimization startup Tradeswell raises $15.5M Series A led by SignalFire — After launching in October, Tradeswell is announcing today that it has raised $15.5 million in Series A funding. — Co-founder and CEO Paul Palmieri previously led digital ad company Millennial Media … https://bit.ly/3qijaSq

Report: IBM was granted most US patents in 2020 with 9,130, Samsung was second with 6,415, followed by Canon and Microsoft; Samsung leads overall with 80,577 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Report: IBM was granted most US patents in 2020 with 9,130, Samsung was second with 6,415, followed by Canon and Microsoft; Samsung leads overall with 80,577 — One year in, the COVID-19 global health pandemic continues to have something of a dragging effect on many aspects of life. https://bit.ly/3qdVi28

White House launches the National AI Initiative Office, which will implement national AI strategy and coordinate research across gov., industry, and academia (Dave Nyczepir/FedScoop)

Dave Nyczepir / FedScoop: White House launches the National AI Initiative Office, which will implement national AI strategy and coordinate research across gov., industry, and academia — The White House on Tuesday fulfilled its requirement to establish an office responsible for coordinating artificial intelligence research … https://bit.ly/3oFFoNK

A look at those unlucky enough to forget the password to access their bitcoin; Chainalysis says 20% of all bitcoin, or ~$140B, appears to be lost or stranded (Nathaniel Popper/New York Times)

Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: A look at those unlucky enough to forget the password to access their bitcoin; Chainalysis says 20% of all bitcoin, or ~$140B, appears to be lost or stranded — Bitcoin owners are getting rich because the cryptocurrency has soared. But what happens when you can't tap that wealth … https://bit.ly/3bA396e