Responding to the “Twitter Files”, Jack Dorsey defends against attacks on Twitter staff, advocates for an open social media protocol, commits $1M/year to Signal (Jack Dorsey/Revue)

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Responding to the “Twitter Files”, Jack Dorsey defends against attacks on Twitter staff, advocates for an open social media protocol, commits $1M/year to Signal  —  By subscribing, you agree with Revue’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and understand that jack’s will receive your email address.

Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
Twitter plans to shut down newsletter platform Revue on January 12, 2023 and delete all data, after acquiring the company in January 2021  —  One day after Jack Dorsey took to Revue to share his thoughts on the Twitter Files, the company announced it would shut down the newsletter platform early next year.

Ben Brody / Protocol:
Square’s parent company Block sells access to customers’ email addresses used to receive receipts, which experts say falls short of best privacy practices  —  When COVID-19 forced Compass Coffee to close down its Washington, D.C.-area shops, the roastery’s owners turned to email to stay in touch with customers.

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Signal will start phasing out SMS and MMS support from its Android app; users have a few months to transition away from SMS and export messages to another app  —  Signal says it will start to phase out SMS and MMS message support from its Android app to streamline the user experience and prioritize security and privacy.

Nilay Patel / The Verge:
An interview with Signal president Meredith Whittaker on competition, government pressure to break encryption, what it’s like to hire a new CEO, and more  —  Signal messages are more private than iMessage and WhatsApp.  Here’s how.  —  Meredith Whittaker is the president of Signal …

Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
Signal appoints former Google manager Meredith Whittaker as its first president, helping shape strategy, comms, and policy  —  Meredith Whittaker, the former Google manager, is Signal’s first president.  She is out to convince users to pay for the free app.