Social media Trump ban, Section 230 in Biden era, nationalizing Alibaba

• Social networks begin to ban President Trump.
• Should a few giant enterprises decide which speech is heard?
• China is nationalizing Jack Ma's Alibaba.
• Signal sees an uptick in light of the WhatsApp controversy.
• Stripe stops payment processing for the Trump campaign.
• Happy birthday to Wikipedia.
• Happy 13th anniversary of the iPhone unveiling.
• Hyundai announces it's in talks with Apple.
• Facebook's smart glasses are coming "sooner than later."
• Ajit Pai announced he would not move forward with Section 230.
• Will Section 230 see less of a threat in the Biden era?
• SolarWinds hired Chris Krebs, Trump's former cybersecurity chief.
• The Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies bureau is set.
• Bitcoin and Tesla's performance is a win for day-traders.
• Father of Fiber Optics Narinder S. Kapany dies at 94.
• Roku acquires Quibi assets for less than $100M.

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