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Meta charging European users to remove ads is a privacy red herring

This November, Meta rolled out a new subscription model for Facebook and Instagram users in the European Union, where they could pay a fee in exchange for an ad-free browsing experience on Facebook and Instagram. Referred to by critics as a “Pay or Okay” model, and charging 9.99 to 12.99…

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Pakistan Ex-PM Khan Uses AI Voice Clone To Campaign From Jail

Artificial intelligence allowed Pakistan's ex-prime minister Imran Khan to campaign from behind bars on Monday, with a voice clone of the opposition leader giving an impassioned speech on his behalf.

International Business Times

After viral video shows Cybertruck struggling on hill, Forest Service makes Tesla cheeky offer

The agency offered to partner with Tesla on off-road education and said "this really happened" to a Cybertruck at Stanislaus National Forest.

Fortune

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UK anti-abortion charity with links to MPs ran misleading Facebook ads

Right to Life UK, which has links to MPs, has multiplied its spend tenfold

The Guardian - UK

What to do about Sunak’s silly plan to curb social media for under-16s? Highlight and delete

The worries about online encryption are overblown. As for teenagers obeying a blanket ban: good luck with that, says tech writer Chris Stokel-Walker

The Guardian - UK

Canada Print Media To Get Two-thirds Of Google's Payment To News Outlets

Canada's print media will receive nearly two-thirds of an annual Can$100 million (US$75 million) payment from Google to the country's news outlets in exchange for distribution of their content, the federal government announced Friday.

International Business Times

Instagram adds AI-powered background editing tool — here's how to use it

Instagram has added a new background-generating AI tool to let you take the power of generative AI to your stories.

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Instagram’s new AI image editor makes your life look more exciting than it is

After their announcement at Meta Connect 2023, AI image generating and editing tools are now being rolled out in Instagram.

TechRadar

Reports Government plans to curb under-16s’ social media use ‘speculation’

Science minister Andrew Griffith would not be drawn on reports the Government was considering plans to restrict social media access for teenagers.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak considers crackdown on social media use for under-16s

Ministers mulling new action to limit children’s exposure to harmful content

The Independent UK

Meta Rolls Out Twitter Rival Threads In The EU

Threads went live in 100 countries earlier this year but not in the EU. Meta officials cited regulatory clarity as the reason for delaying the social network's arrival in Europe.

Latin Times

A new Facebook roll-out means parents are being advised to “think carefully” about letting their children use the social media platform – here’s why

If your child has a Facebook account, you’ll want to know about the controversial decision from Meta

GoodToKnow

Meta Rolls Out Twitter Rival Threads In The EU

Facebook owner Meta's text-based app Threads arrived in the European Union on Thursday, months after its global launch in July, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.

International Business Times

Parliament breach: Papers profile unemployed suspects, Sudhir, Arnab say terrorists, andolanjeevi

It was a security breach at the Parliament complex on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack, and it was also a protest against “dictatorship”. While some voices, such as BJD MP Bhartruhari Mehtab, cautioned that the incident could not be compared to the terrorist attack, hawkish faces on television…

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Latin Times

More Hispanic Teens Are 'Almost Constantly' on TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat than Any Other Group

A new study by the Pew Research Center showed that almost a third of Hispanic teens spend a sizable part of their time on TikTok

Evening Standard

Don’t make it harder to catch online ‘paedophiles,’ minister tells Facebook chiefs

Police fear use of encryption could lead to thousands fewer reports of online child abuse a year

WEKU

Fake social media accounts are targeting Taiwan's presidential election

The influence operation identified by Graphika researchers involved a network of more than 800 fake Facebook accounts that reposted Chinese-language TikTok and YouTube videos about Taiwanese politics.

The Guardian - UK

Eight in 10 convicted in UK over child abuse images avoid prison, NCA says

National Crime Agency calls for tougher sentencing and a new offence of running abuse websites

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What is 'Sharenting' and how can you post about your children safely? We ask a child therapist to explain the 7 risks of oversharing

We also share five ways to share on social media 'responsibly'

Tom’s Guide

7 best Netflix movies based on true stories

Our picks for the best Netflix movies based on true stories including Social Network and The Wolf of Wall Street

The Independent UK

Pew survey: YouTube tops teens' social-media diet, with roughly a sixth using it almost constantly

Teen usage of social media hasn’t dropped much, despite rising concerns about its effects on the mental health of adolescents

TechRadar

Meta has done something that will get Nvidia and AMD very, very worried — it gave up on GPU and CPU to take a RISC-y route for AI training and inference acceleration

The RISC-V ecosystem has a huge supporter in the form of Meta, which sees the ISA as a means to acheive its AI ambitions

The Guardian - UK

TechScape: Will Meta’s encryption plans be a ‘devastating blow’ to child safety online?

The Facebook and Instagram owner is miles ahead of the competition, say regulators, who suggest that could change when it rolls out default end-to-end encryption for Messenger

International Business Times

Threads Countdown Teases App's Potential EU Launch

The wait could be over for internet users in the European Union keen to sign up to Threads, an Instagram app.

Fortune

TikTok is spending $1.5 billion on a joint venture to solve the problem of Indonesia's surprise social media shopping ban

In September, Jakarta banned social media platforms like TikTok and Facebook from offering e-commerce services on their social media platforms.

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