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Unity’s Marc Whitten shares apology note following backlash to controversial licensing policies

GeekWire

(LinkedIn Photo) After more than a week of controversy, Unity Technologies posted an apology letter to its community and promised to undo or rollback many of the changes it had planned to make to the licensing agreements for its game engine Unity. Unity, which has an office in Bellevue, Wash., Before moving to Unity in Feb. ”

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Here’s why so many video game developers are suddenly abandoning the Unity engine

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Unity image) In the wake of a controversial policy change by game engine developer Unity , dozens of small independent video game studios have announced they’ll abandon the engine and/or have called upon Unity to reverse course. 1, 2024, it would change the terms by which it licenses its engine. As an example, Vancouver, B.C.’s

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Platforms successfully stopped a lame COVID conspiracy video from going viral

The Verge

Enforcement of those misinformation policies has sometimes lagged behind the companies’ public statements, though. Makers of the original video promised that a second installment would premiere Tuesday, and promoted it at least 887 times on Facebook, from pages with hundreds of thousands of followers.

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Facebook strikes News Corp deal to license news from Australian media outlets

The Verge

Facebook last month shut off the ability for Australian users and media organizations to share news links in the country , and now it seems the company’s extraordinary measure has resulted in a compromise for the most interested parties as media giant News Corp has struck a licensing deal with the social network.

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Why the 2020 election will never end on social networks

The Verge

years discussing the degree to which foreign interference, particularly on social platforms, had affected the outcome. This “autocracy-in-exile” seems likely to manifest itself as a media operation — perhaps by licensing Trump’s name to the One America News Network, as Dan Sinker speculates ; perhaps by signing a deal with Fox News.

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As protests spread across the country, mobile video creates mosaic of violence and tool for change

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” Those early clashes were shared widely on social media, creating enormous pressure on Seattle Police to deescalate in the days that followed, and leading city leaders to sit down with organizers and make a series of concessions. Videos of violence.

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Mark Zuckerberg says there’s ‘no deal of any kind’ with Donald Trump

The Verge

Has Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg cut a secret deal with President Donald Trump, turning a blind eye to his lies and incendiary posts in the hope that the social media giant won’t become the president’s next target? Photo by Tobias Hase / Picture Alliance via Getty Images.

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