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A Russian court has ruled to block Meta from operating in the country, citing alleged "extremist activities." Russia has now banned Facebook and Instagram — but not WhatsApp — after Meta temporarily relaxed its policies to allow some violent rhetoric toward Russia's military. More: - The Kremlin previously blocked both Facebook and Instagram, citing Meta's restrictions on Russian media and recent policy changes.
- The Russian prosecutor general’s office then requested that Moscow's Tverskoi District Court uphold the ban and label Facebook and Instagram as "extremist" organizations, which it did on Monday.
- Meta's WhatsApp will not be blocked in Russia because it's not considered a "public platform," officials said.
- The move comes after Meta altered its hate speech rules earlier this month to permit users in Ukraine and a few other countries to post some violent rhetoric against Russian soldiers.
- The allowance doesn't permit calls for violence or death against Russian citizens or heads of state, which includes President Vladimir Putin, the company later clarified.
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 Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes Brazil's Supreme Court said the Telegram messaging app can resume operations after making changes to comply with a court order. Telegram was blocked for less than 48 hours in the country after the court found that it had failed to moderate the spread of misinformation. More: - Approximately 70 million Brazilian smartphone owners are believed to have Telegram downloaded. It is considered a favorite platform of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
- On Friday, Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered the ban on Telegram, saying the app had failed to block users from spreading "fake news" and polarizing misinformation.
- The suspension was lifted after Telegram complied with the judge's order. It blocked posts spreading misinformation as well as posts on Bolsonaro’s channel that detailed a secretive federal police investigation.
- Telegram CEO Pavel Durov said the company didn’t take action sooner because it failed to read emails from the court.
Zoom-out: - Telegram, an online messaging app, offers similar services as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.
- Telegram has now surpassed WhatsApp as the most popular messaging tool in Russia, according to mobile operator Megafon.
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GOODS NEWS: Xbox and Epic Games pledged to donate all their proceeds from "Fortnite" for the next two weeks to humanitarian relief for people impacted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. As of today, Epic said it has already raised $36M. More: - Epic, the developer of "Fortnite," will donate the funds to Direct Relief, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP), and the UN Refugee Agency.
- Microsoft-owned Xbox has joined the effort, committing all the proceeds from the game from March 20 through April 3.
- This includes things like real-money Fortnite purchases for V-Buck packs, cosmetic packs, and more.
- Epic said it will log and then release the funds "as quickly as" it can to the organizations.
- Epic announced the move shortly before releasing "Fortnite's" Chapter 3 Season 2 update on Sunday.
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Thoma Bravo LLC, a private equity investment firm, has agreed to buy business software company Anaplan for $10.7B. Anaplan sells cloud-based business planning software and analytics services to customers including Coca-Cola Co., VMware Inc., and Zillow. More: - Companies use Anaplan's subscription-based software to manage and plan their supply chains, inventories, sales operations, and more.
- Originally founded in Yorkshire, England, it has 1,900+ customers globally and competes with Microsoft, SAP, and Oracle.
- Anaplan’s board approved the acquisition, which will see the SF-based software company delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.
- Thoma will pay $66 a share for Anaplan, up from its $50.59 share closing price on Friday.
- Thoma Bravo has snatched up several business-software and tech firms in the past, including Veracode Inc., Proofpoint Inc., and Medallia Inc.
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 General Motors said it will acquire SoftBank Vision Fund 1's stake in Cruise for $2.1B, giving it 80% ownership of the autonomous driving company. The move comes after Cruise was set to receive $1.35B from Softbank's tech-focused Vision Fund, a venture capital fund with $100B+ in capital. More: - GM will now pay the outstanding $1.35B, which was supposed to be paid out once Cruise deploys its vehicles commercially.
- SoftBank Vision Fund 1 previously invested $900M in Cruise in 2018. The remaining 20% stake in Cruise is owned by Honda, Microsoft, Walmart, and T. Rowe Price.
- The move comes after Cruise launched a public waitlist for its autonomous ride-hailing service in San Francisco, which is currently free for passengers.
- Cruise has received the three permits required to operate self-driving cars in California and is awaiting approval to be able to charge for rides.
- The company expects to have a fleet of 1 million by 2030.
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Apple is no longer allowing Google and Android TV users to rent or buy shows and movies through the Apple TV app. Reports speculate Apple made the move to dodge Google’s 30% commission fees. More: - On-device Apple TV Plus subscriptions are also gone.
- The removal comes after Apple TV app was made widely available to Android TV and Google TV in 2021, allowing those users to rent and buy shows using their Apple accounts.
- A new "How to Watch" button informs Android TV users that they can "buy, rent, or subscribe in the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, and other streaming devices.”
- Users on Reddit's r/appletv Subreddit first noticed the change two days ago.
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 |  | Beth is a writer and analyst at Inside.com covering artificial intelligence and daily tech news. Since starting work at Inside, she has covered various topics including virtual reality, drones, and e-commerce. Prior to that she was a public policy and investigative reporter for The Arizona Republic, where she won a Pulitzer Prize nomination and First Amendment Award for reporting on the rising costs of pensions. Reach her at Beth.Duckett@inside.com. |   | | Editor | Eduardo Garcia is a writer and editor based in New York. He is writing an illustrated book about climate change that will be published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Bylines in The New York Times, The Guardian, Slate, Scientific American, and others. In one of his previous lives, Eduardo worked as a Reuters correspondent in Latin America for nearly a decade. | |
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