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YouTube's crackdown on conspiracy theories in the wake of the Parkland mass shooting has had some unintended casualties. The streaming video firm has confirmed to Bloomberg that its human moderators inadvertently removed videos and took down channel…
Source: Engadget | YouTube moderators inadvertently removed right-wing channels

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Walmart Joins Dick's Sporting Goods In Tighter Limits On Gun Sales

March 1, 2018

Walmart Joins Dick’s Sporting Goods In Tighter Limits On Gun Sales NPR

Walmart, Dick’s Say They Will Stop Selling Guns to Those Under 21 Wall Street Journal
Walmart will raise age for purchase of guns and ammunition to 21 Washington Post
Gun control: Dick’s Sporting Goods will no longer sell assault-style rifles, CEO says Cincinnati.com
Maybe companies can sway politicians on gun control Newsday

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Source: Google News | Walmart Joins Dick's Sporting Goods In Tighter Limits On Gun Sales

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Monumentally stupid tweet blows up in blockchain company's face

March 1, 2018

The blockchain can’t solve for stupid.

That painful truth hit the internet-of-things blockchain project Waltonchain hard today, with one Twitter huge fuck up leading to the erasure of tens of millions of dollars in the market cap of its associated Walton Coin.

And people are pissed.

Here’s what went down: On Feb. 8, the team behind Waltonchain posted a contest to Medium with the goal of spreading awareness about the platform. If you followed the @Waltonchain Twitter account, quote retweeted a specific tweet, dropped #WaltonchainLove in your comment, and tagged someone, then you were eligible to split a pot of 564.96 Walton Coins (WTC) with 213 other people. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Monumentally stupid tweet blows up in blockchain company's face

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