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Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for June 25, 2021. We have a great block of startup news and Amazon coverage for you today. But before we get into all of that, a note that there are only two weeks left before our TechCrunch Early Stage 2021: Marketing & Fundraising event. Its going to rock, so check it out and get prepped. Alex

TechCrunch stretched its legs today, giving us a lot to discuss past the usual funding round roll call. Heres what you should read:

And, of course, a host of startups raised more money. Here are a few highlights to keep you up to date:

With more than 50 million Americans suffering from chronic pain and musculoskeletal (MSK) medical problems, a number of startups are offering patients new products that dont resemble the cookie-cutter status quo, reports Natasha Mascarenhas.

Startups hoping to enter this space have an uphill climb. Setting aside regulations that cover aspects like product packaging and marketing, they must compete with well-entrenched competition from Big Pharma as they try to partner with health insurance companies.

Natasha profiles three companies that are each taking a different approach to personalized health: Clear, Hinge Health and PeerWell.

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From the world of Big Tech today we just have one more entry, as we covered Amazons big news up above. Natasha Lomas reported today that Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has committed to doing more to quickly purge illegal hate speech from its platform in the European Union by formally signing up to a self-regulatory initiative that seeks to tackle the issue through a voluntary Code of Conduct.

I wanted to raise this particular story because it somewhat underscores how internet regulation is shaping up around the world. You wouldnt see this story, say, in the United States, or at least not in the same format. And in China, for example, another key internet market, it would also have a very different flavor. To some degree it feels like were dealing with three different and increasingly distant internets. Something for startups to chew on.

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