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Websites stop promoting plantation weddings

In response to urging by a civil rights advocacy group, Pinterest and The Knot Worldwide, which owns prominent wedding platforms WeddingWire and the Knot, recently announced they were changing the way they feature wedding venues that romanticize former slave plantations.

Pinterest pops 28% in its Wall Street debut

For years, Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann has insisted his company is not an outright social network. As he told CNN Business in a recent interview, the platform is not focused on hard news or amassing followers. "At its most basic level, it's just about you," he said.

Pelosi suggests tech companies need more regulation

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is signaling support for changing a provision in the law that says internet companies aren't considered publishers of anything that's posted on their platforms, and thus aren't held responsible.