Hacker News on 12 January 2021

• How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler
• Sci-Hub Is Now on the ‘Uncensorable Web’
• If it will matter after today, don't talk about it in a chat room
• Visa and Plaid Abandon Merger After Antitrust Division’s Suit to Block
• Facebook confirms data-sharing agreements with Chinese firms, including Huawei (2018)
• Teamspeak 5 to be based on the Matrix protocol
• Plain Text Accounting
• Amazon Echo Flex: Microphone mute button appears to be real and functional
• I received my first donation on my open-source side project
• U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for international air passengers