Facebook bans hundreds of accounts related to the Boogaloo extremist movement

Facebook on Tuesday banned hundreds of accounts, groups and pages that it said were linked to the Boogaloo movement, a loosely organized extremist collective whose members have occasionally shown up armed to racial justice and anti-quarantine protests around the country.

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Gaming world faces one of its biggest #MeToo moments yet

The popular gaming content creation group OfflineTV has removed Federico Michael Gaytan, better known as Fedmyster, in response to allegations of sexual harassment and unwanted touching from two of his housemates.

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Uber, hungry for a deal, now reportedly in talks to acquire Postmates

Just a few weeks after it lost out on a high-profile deal to acquire food delivery company Grubhub, Uber hasn't given up on bolstering its own meal delivery service with an acquisition.

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Beijing says it's 'strongly concerned' by India's decision to ban Chinese apps

Beijing is pushing back on a decision by India to ban dozens of Chinese mobile apps as tensions between the countries continue to rise.

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TikTok ban undercuts ByteDance in one of the world's biggest digital markets

TikTok's big bet on India just got hamstrung by rising geopolitical tensions.

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YouTube removes Richard Spencer and David Duke a year after saying it would ban supremacists

In June 2019, YouTube announced it would ban supremacist content. Even so, it did nothing to accounts belonging to some of the most prominent among that group, including white supremacist Richard Spencer and former KKK leader David Duke.

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Lululemon to buy at-home fitness startup Mirror for $500 million

As the appeal of at-home workouts has become more ubiquitous during the pandemic, Lululemon, the athletic apparel company, is going all in on the craze.

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India bans TikTok as tensions with China escalate

India is banning TikTok and several other well-known Chinese apps, saying they pose a "threat to sovereignty and integrity," in the latest indication of escalating tensions between the two countries.

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Amazon giving $500 million in one-time bonuses to front-line workers as a 'thank you'

Amazon is giving out more than $500 million as a "Thank You bonus" to front-line workers who were with the company throughout the month of June, a move that comes after the e-commerce giant eliminated a $2 hourly wage bump and double overtime pay for frontline workers at the end of May.

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