Here comes the lockdown; you get a ban, and you get a ban, and you get a ban – India bans TikTok, other Chinese apps; Reddit bans 2,000 subreddits; Twitch bans Trump; YouTube bans alt-right figures; Facebook versus Natural News; deep fakes for good; dealing with racist terms in tech; As Told by Emoji; LOTR, Band of Brothers; live concerts in Nashville; Gigi Edgley on cons; Olympus exists camera market; feedback.
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IN THE NEWS
India Bans TikTok, Dozens of Other Chinese Apps After Border Clash
The_Donald Was Over Before Reddit Banned it
Twitch has suspended Donald Trump’s account
YouTube bans Richard Spencer and David Duke over hate speech
Facebook’s war against one of the internet’s worst conspiracy sites
This new high-tech glove translates sign language into speech in real time
How deepfakes could actually do some good
MEDIA CANDY
Someone taped Steve Carell’s picture over Space Force’s top officer at the USAF museum
GIGI EDGLEY
SETH MIRANDA
MORON OF THE WEEK
Chase Rice says ‘Please go by the rules’ after being criticized for packed concert
FEEDBACK LOOP
Quibi to remake ‘The Princess Bride’ with Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner
Somewhere Over The Rainbow_What A Wonderful World
Supreme Court sides with Uber drivers, opening door to $400M class-action lawsuit
Jalopnik: Burger King Is Leveraging Tesla Autopilot’s Confusion To Sell Whoppers.