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- Lawmakers say Facebook, Google, Apple, and Amazon are monopolies that need to be broken up. A 449-page report from House Democrats followed a years-long antitrust investigation.
- Facebook has banned the QAnon conspiracy group. The move will not target individual posts, only QAnon accounts.
- Oracle and Google will face off Wednesday before the Supreme Court. The court will decide a landmark patent infringement case that could have far-reaching implications for software development.
- Facebook deleted a post in which President Trump claimed COVID-19 was less lethal than flu. Facebook has said it's cracking down on coronavirus misinformation.
- European lawmakers have written to Amazon boss Jeff Bezos asking if the company spies on politicians. 37 MEPs wrote expressing concerns about the firm's union-busting activity.
- Employees at Big Tech firms overwhelmingly donated to support Joe Biden. Collectively, they've donated $4.8 million.
- Twitter locked Trump's account after he shared a columnist's email address. On Monday evening, Trump shared the email address of New York Post journalist Miranda Devine.
- Apple stopped selling headphones from competitors like Sonos and Bose. Apple may be clearing the decks ahead of announcing its own new audio products.
- Claudia Conway's popular, unfiltered TikTok account is a communications problem for the Trump administration. Kellyanne Conway's daughter has 1 million followers on TikTok where she regularly blasts Trump.
- Instagram's boss warned of foreign adversaries using social media to 'their own end.' Adam Mosseri said the election was a huge test in terms of disinformation.
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