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Facebook's not-so-intelligent AI bans female photo charity Hundred Heroines

The inability of Facebook algorithm to differentiate between 'heroine' and 'heroin' seems to be behind the blacklisting

Digital Camera World

Trump Endorsed by Muslim Mayor of Only US City with All-Muslim Government: 'A Man of Principles'

A Muslim mayor of a city in the battleground state of Michigan has endorsed former President Donald Trump despite Trump's past Islamophobic comments

Latin Times

Michigan Library Closed After DVD Returned With Bugs In Case

Facebook users shared their concerns in a flood of comments.

International Business Times

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Victims identified in Birmingham mass shooting as mayor calls for action

‘I don’t give a damn about partisan, I don’t care about Democratic politics and Republican politics,’ the mayor told reporters on Sunday

The Independent UK

How sheriffs define law and order for their counties depends a lot on their views − and most are white Republican men

Many Americans will find on their November 2024 ballot a space to vote for an important office: local sheriff. While there are exceptions, sheriffs have a long history of using their power to maintain a particular, unequal balance of power in society, often along racial and class lines.

The Conversation

The family of a doctor accused of blasphemy in Pakistan says police killed him in a fake encounter

The family of a doctor accused of blasphemy says he was killed by police while in custody in southern Pakistan after he voluntarily surrendered following assurances that he would be given a chance to prove his innocence, denying a police account that he was accidentally killed in a shootout

The Independent UK

Am I The Asshole? How judging other people’s dirty laundry became the internet’s favourite pastime

You don’t have to be an avid Reddit user to know about r/AITA, or Am I the Asshole? This subreddit’s digital afterlife reaches endlessly across the vast plains of social media – particularly on Facebook, where spin-off pages abound. There are dedicated AITA podcasts, X accounts and copycat columns –…

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Meta Loses Appeal In Kenyan Labor Court Ruling

Kenyan court allows lawsuit against Meta for mistreatment of content moderators to proceed, raising concerns over well-being of moderators.

Top News

Facebook loses jurisdiction appeal in Kenyan court paving the way for moderators' case to proceed

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has lost an appeal in a Kenyan labor court

The Independent UK

4 social media mistakes that can ruin relationships

By being aware of so-called social media transgressions, couples can identify them before they do real relationship damage.

Fortune

The LinkedIn AI saga shows us the need for EU-like privacy regulations

Following EU backlash on previous attempts from X and Meta, LinkedIn chose not to use European users' data for training its AI. Is that the way the world should go?

TechRadar

‘We are staying in this race’: behind the unraveling of Mark Robinson’s campaign in North Carolina

The Republican candidate for governor’s own words have been landing him in trouble long before the latest reports

The Guardian - US

Mark Zuckerberg declares Meta ‘the opposite’ of Apple

Zuckerberg argued Apple seeks out praise over constructive feedback.

Fortune

"Slipknot used to have taser fights." Morgan Lander talks nu metal, pranks and the wildest tours Kittie have been on

Almost 30 years since Kittie were formed, Morgan Lander and co. are still as fired up and fierce as ever

Metal Hammer

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This Facebook Page Shares Humorous Memes About Womanhood, Here Are 79 Of The Funniest Ones

Brat summer might be over but most of us can probably agree that being a girl is so confusing sometimes, right? The post This Facebook Page Shares Humorous Memes About Womanhood, Here Are 79 Of The Funniest Ones first appeared on Bored Panda.

The Guardian - US

Social media and online video firms are conducting ‘vast surveillance’ on users, FTC finds

Agency accuses Meta, Google, TikTok and other companies of sharing troves of user information with third-parties

Latin Times

Disturbing Social Media Post Sparks 'Gut-Wrenching' Allegations of Mistreatment at Kansas Day Care Center

One father claimed that he had received a message from the day care saying that his 2-year-old had been left alone and "was told to clean up his own urine."

The Guardian - UK

Gambling firm appears to trivialise Lebanon pager blasts in social media post

London-listed Evoke, which owns William Hill, apologises for post on Israeli Facebook page linking to job ads

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Row over plans for new Scottish national park as survey 'finds strong opposition'

A ROW has broken out over plans for a new Scottish national park after a controversial survey found strong opposition to the proposals ...

The Independent UK

The Thai zoo home to baby hippo and internet sensation Moo Deng is patenting the pygmy

Only a month after the adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled on Facebook, her fame became unstoppable both domestically and internationally

TechRadar

Meta in EU antitrust crosshairs for classified advertising practices

Meta could be the latest tech giant to face EU regulations.

International Business Times

Meta And Spotify Blast EU Decisions On AI

A group of companies including Meta and Spotify blasted the European Union Thursday for its "fragmented and inconsistent" decision-making on data privacy and artificial intelligence (AI).

The Conversation

‘Side job, self-employed, high-paid’: behind the AI slop flooding TikTok and Facebook

TikTok, Facebook and other social media platforms are being flooded with uncanny and bizarre content generated with artificial intelligence (AI), from fake videos of the US government capturing vampires to images of shrimp Jesus.

The Conversation

Instagram has announced it will be removing beauty filters – but the damage is done

Meta has announced third-party augmented reality (AR) filters will no longer be available on its apps as of January 2025. This means more than two million user-made filters offered across WhatsApp, Facebook and, most notably, Instagram will disappear.

Salon

Russia behind anti-Harris smear campaign

One Russian-produced video received more than 7 million views on X and claimed Harris had left a girl paralyzed

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