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Protocol:Netflix is surveying users about their interest in features such as podcasts and user-generated playlists of shows and music, for a project called N-Plus  —  In a survey, Netflix is asking users how they would feel about a “future online…

Abram Brown / Forbes:Interviews with 17 current and former TikTok employees detail a dysfunctional workplace, beset by secrecy and poor management, as tensions with Trump mounted  —  One of the world's hottest startups, the social media app has faced…

Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE:Drivers say Amazon's US delivery companies are ordering them to turn off an app called Mentor that is designed to prevent accidents by monitoring speed  —  Drivers say they're being asked to quietly disable a driver safety system…

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:Singapore-based Rainforest, which wants to consolidate Asia-Pacific Amazon Marketplace brands, raises $36M in seed funding led by Nordstar  —  Singapore-based Rainforest is one of the newest entrants in the wave of startups that…

Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:Q&A: Facebook Oversight Board director Thomas Hughes on upholding Trump's ban, why the Board isn't a PR stunt, Facebook refusing to answer its questions, more  —  Following months of speculation, Facebook's Oversight Board issued…

Jon Porter / The Verge:Google Play will add an App Store-like safety section starting next year, requiring apps to show details about the data they collect and other privacy info  —  In a new safety section  —  Starting next year, apps on Google Play…

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:Huntress, which offers an endpoint security service to IT resellers, raises $40M Series B led by JMI, bringing its total raised to $60M  —  Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16.  Register fo r the AI event of the year.  — …

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:Snap to launch a Creator Marketplace later this month to let businesses find Snapchat creators, including lens makers, with plans to expand to Snap Stars  —  Snap on Wednesday announced its plan to soon launch a Creator…

Jemima Kelly / Financial Times:Substack adds Sections to let writers set up and manage multiple newsletters or podcasts within one publication, a feature reminiscent of traditional newsrooms  —  Substack, the $650m Andreessen Horowitz-backed…

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:TikTok announces new tools for developers, including TikTok Login Kit to let users sign into apps using their TikTok credentials and sound sharing  —  TikTok is expanding its integrations with third-party apps.  The company today…

Makena Kelly / The Verge:NY AG's office says fake comments, including 8.5M funded by largest US ISPs, accounted for ~18M of the 22M+ net neutrality comments received by the FCC in 2017  —  The New York attorney general's office released a new report…

Cayce Clifford / American Banker:California regulators say neobank Chime has agreed to stop using the words “bank” and “banking” in ads  —  The fintech Chime is nearing a deadline to stop implying that it operates as a bank, according to a…

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE:Google says it will start verifying users with 2FA enabled using a prompt on their phones, and will soon start automatically enabling 2FA for all users  —  The company is making some changes to encourage more people to…

Clara Hill / Yahoo News:Twitter suspends @DJTDEsk, an account reportedly created by Trump's staff to post updates from his new website  —  Twitter account reportedly created by the  —  Donald Trump has been suspended a day after its creation.  — …

Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review:Sources: US quietly informed Apple that a Qihoo 360 researcher's iPhone 0-day, which won China's 2018 top hacking contest, was used by China to spy on Uyghurs  —  An attack that targeted Apple devices was used…