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Alex Macgillivray, Twitter’s General Counsel:

The Trust and Safety team does not actively monitor users’ content. In all cases, whether the user is the head of a major corporation, a celebrity, or a regular user, we require a report to be filed at our abusive users webform. Not only do we need a report, but we need a report from the person whose private information has been posted, or someone who is able to legally act on their behalf. We do not proactively report or remove private information on behalf of other users, no matter who they are.

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First, Mad Men in sixty seconds.

Secondly, Sesame’s Street take on the show. via my wife

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Thanks to The Theme Foundry for sponsoring the RSS feed this week! — SH

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Seriously uncool, Twitter.

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Jim Dalrymple agrees with the aforelinked iMore report.

Remember kids, until Apple sends the invites, nothing’s official, no matter how certain things appear to be.

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Rene Ritchie at iMore:

iMore has learned that Apple is planning to debut the new iPhone at a special event on Wednesday, September 12, 2012, with the release date to follow 9 days later on Friday, September 21. This information comes from sources who have proven accurate in the past.

The iPad mini will be announced at the same September 12 event, as will the new iPod nano. We haven’t heard a release date for the iPad mini yet, but it could be the same as the iPhone 5. It seems likely the new iPod touch will make an appearance on September 12 as well, though we haven’t heard any specific information about that yet either.

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The tech news site is now using in-line and source links. Good for them.

via The Loop

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Jody Callahan at The Commercial Appeal:

Backers of the University of Memphis’s student newspaper, The Daily Helmsman, are alleging the publication suffered a sharp cut in funding because of its controversial coverage of the campus.

A seven-member committee voted this spring to slash funding for the Helmsman by a third. Whether that action violated the First Amendment as several allege may be a matter for the courts; the claim is rejected by U of M administrators.

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TJ Luoma at TUAW has the details. Lots of good stuff, but I’ll still be running Homebrew as well.

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Sanity is just a keyboard shortcut away.

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Apple PR:

Apple today announced that downloads of OS X Mountain Lion have exceeded three million in four days, making it the most successful OS X release in Apple’s history. With more than 200 innovative new features, Mountain Lion is the ninth major release of the world’s most advanced desktop operating system and is available through the Mac App Store as an upgrade to Lion or Snow Leopard users for $19.99 (US).

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John Moltz gets it right:

It’s still a switcher-based game for Apple. In order to increase Mac sales, they have to get people to switch from Windows. Ads like these (if not necessarily these exact ads) are integral to the game plan.

Still, I can’t say the ads are great.

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