Is There a Way to Enable More Transparency on Ads?

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In a world of abundance, what you need is not to try to cut off the spigot because that's not going to work. In this case, it's basically all the ads are out there and see what you can find. And we just didn't know about it. That applies very much to this question of masks and whatever else you want to talk about. But now it's being revealed and exposed and being cleaned up.

Ben and James discuss masks and Twitter’s decision to delete tweets about COVID-19.

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Zeynep Tufekci: Why Telling People They Don’t Need Masks Backfired — The New York Times
Ben Thompson: Unmasking Twitter — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Compaq and Coronavirus — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Zero Trust Information — Stratechery
China’s Decision to Leave Asymptomatic Patients off Coronavirus Infection Tally Sparks Debate — Caixin
Ben Thompson: Apple’s Organizational Crossroads — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Books and Blogs — Stratechery
Why It’s So Freaking Hard To Make A Good COVID-19 Model — FiveThirtyEight