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A Former Twitter Executive's Highly Selective Concern About 'Coercive Influences' on Social Media

Yoel Roth worries about government meddling in content moderation, except when Democrats target "misinformation."

Reason

2 Black TikTok workers claim discrimination: Both were fired after complaining to HR

Two Black employees bring charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging they suffered discrimination and retaliation while working at the social media giant.

WEKU

Goodbye to Twitter, the once cool app

Twitter gave me community and my writing career. Now it's a joke, and charging a fee is the end

Salon

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Social media users abusing monkeys in sickening videos for money and hits

Exclusive: Baby animals tortured, killed and have limbs amputated in horrific clips of physical and psychological torment, research finds

The Independent UK

Your Face Belongs to Us by Kashmir Hill review – nowhere to hide

From stalkers to authoritarian states, the use and abuse of facial recognition tech

The Guardian - UK

The joke's on us – how big tech is replicating our laughter online

Human laughter as we know it likely developed between ten and 16 million years ago. For context, the stone tools our distant human ancestors made in the Early Stone Age date back around 2.6 million years. These are vast time spans, but it was perhaps good that our Palaeolithic ancestors…

The Conversation

U.K. Online Safety Act: The good, the bad, and the ugly

The now-agreed bill will mandate age verification or estimation, introduce a new censorship regime, and possibly undermine encryption.

Fortune

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Revealed: EU plan for ‘schoolyard guardians’ to help tackle illegal online content

Exclusive: EU commissioner Thierry Breton reveals ‘big, big fight’ to get tech giants to better police the content they deliver

The Guardian - UK

UK's new online safety law adds to crackdown on Big Tech companies

British lawmakers have approved an ambitious but controversial new internet safety law with wide-ranging powers to crack down on digital and social media companies like TikTok, Google and Facebook and Instagram parent Meta

The Independent UK

Ex-Foursquare president Steven Rosenblatt lays out plans for Oceans Ventures’ second seed-stage fund

The six-person venture firm is looking for teams, not “hero” founders.

Fortune

Meta’s encryption plans will create ‘safe haven’ for paedophiles, Braverman says

Suella Braverman accused the company of failing to provide assurances that underage users will be protected from predators.

The Independent UK

Pour One Out For These Brisbane Brides Who Found Out Their Wedding Venue Shut Down Via Facebook

Brisbane brides-to-be have been left fuming after learning via Facebook that their wedding venue, The Golden Ox, had closed down.

Pedestrian.tv

Fearne Cotton deletes Russell Brand podcast episodes after ‘unfollowing’ him on Instagram

Cotton has removed all mention of the comedian from her podcast after he was accused of sexually assaulting four women, which he denies

The Independent UK

Ads reveal pathway to success for 'yes', 'no' campaigns

Facebook ads targeting different states and a variety of age groups have shone a light on how the 'yes' and 'no' campaigns plan on winning the voice referendum.

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The Independent UK

Meta’s new end-to-end encryption ‘means thousands of criminals could go undetected’

Suella Braverman urges social media giant to reconsider plans to “go dark” amid fears it could leave children vulnerable to predators

Pedestrian.tv

It’s 2023 And We’ve Only Just Had A Study That Used Actual Blood To Test Menstrual Products

1 in 5 Aussie women still suffer from period poverty and with the rise of cozzie livs, almost two thirds of women are unable to afford menstrual products.

The Independent UK

Braverman urges Meta not to ‘go dark’ on detecting child abuse with encryption

Suella Braverman accused the company of failing to provide assurances that underage users will be protected from predators.

The Guardian - AU

No campaign spreads through TikTok ‘like wildfire’ as pro-voice creators struggle to cut through

Fair Australia’s memes and slick videos are surging on social platform, garnering far more views and followers than the yes campaign

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Solana co-founder: 'To keep the next great American founder in America, Congress must regulate crypto. But first lawmakers should learn how it works'

'There’s no viable path to reasonable regulatory certainty in the space," writes Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko.

The Guardian - AU

I quit Facebook and Twitter cold turkey – and I barely know myself

All of that humblebragging and oversharing – and my obsessive checking of it – was driving me insane. Why did I stay so long?

The Independent UK

American white nationalists are fleeing US sites for Russian platforms. Here’s why

The Russian government doesn’t need to do anything to encourage the spread of extremism ‘because it’s already cooking,’ Neil Johnson tells Gustaf Kilander

WEKU

Hawaii's spirit of aloha helps restore a wildfire-damaged community

Native Hawaiians say the aloha spirit is unique — and it's helping them recover.

The Independent UK

American white nationalists are fleeing US sites for Russian platforms. Here’s why

The Russian government doesn’t need to do anything to encourage the spread of extremism ‘because it’s already cooking,’ Neil Johnson tells Gustaf Kilander

Al Jazeera

‘Day without Meta’: Canada journalists urge boycott of Instagram, Facebook

Journalists urge one-day boycott of Meta platforms for company’s decision to block news in Canada over contentious law.

The Guardian - AU

Chris Kenny cops it from his viewers for sticking by the voice

The columnist has stood out among News Corp colleagues for his stance and fans are not happy. Plus: latest from the factchecking war

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