The country adopted Bitcoin as legal tender on Tuesday, but we have reservations as to how a decentralized currency designed to operate outside government control will support its economic goals.
"In recognition of the increasingly challenging business and legal environment in China, Yahoo's suite of services will no longer be accessible from mainland China as of November 1," a Yahoo spokesperson told Reuters. "Yahoo remains committed to the rights of our users and a free and open internet.".
Giphy was supposed to be Meta’s way to make money on the messaging platform without compromising users’ privacy, but absent a long legal appeal, that’s now looking unlikely. Still, Meta seems to have known this scrutiny was coming, as it spent the past year exploring alternative monetization routes for the messaging service.
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 shields interactive computer services from legal liability for anything posted on those services by others. This shield applies regardless of whether the interactive computer service engages in content moderation, including moderation of constitutionally protected speech.