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Book Review: Novelist and blogger Cory Doctorow pens a manual for destroying Big Tech

“There is no fixing Big Tech,” Cory Doctorow, a novelist and public-interest technologist who gained online fame with the blog “Boing Boing,” writes in his new book “The Internet Con: How To Seize The Means of Computation,” a manifesto for people who want to destroy it."

The Independent UK

TechScape: TikTok took over social media with its uncanny algorithm – but at what cost?

In their attempts to mimic the video-sharing site’s uncanny success, Facebook, YouTube and others might have signed their own death warrants

The Guardian - UK

Google fails to list voice ads from prominent organisations in political ad disclosure database

Exclusive: Search giant investigating whether ads should be included with further detail about targets and spending

The Guardian - AU

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The 5th Circuit Agrees That Federal Officials Unconstitutionally 'Coerced' or 'Encouraged' Online Censorship

The appeals court narrowed a preliminary injunction against such meddling but confirmed the threat that it poses to freedom of speech.

Reason

Facebook Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin Is Now Singapore’s Richest Person

Singapore's wealthiest resident fell out with Mark Zuckerberg over his diluted investments in a lawsuit settled out of court.

Zenger

Free Speech, Social Media Firms, and the Fifth Circuit

The Fifth Circuit was right to rule it was illegal for the federal government to coerce social media firms, but wrong to uphold a Texas law requiring those firms to post material they prefer to keep out.

Reason

Meta deletes Al Jazeera presenter’s profile after show criticising Israel

Tip of the Iceberg episode investigated how Facebook targets Palestinian content related to Israel.

Al Jazeera

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Appeals court slaps Biden administration for contact with social media companies

The panel of judges say that the administration's efforts to flag what it considered to be harmful content likely amount to a violation of the First Amendment.

WEKU

Number of sexual partners changes as we age, study shows

British researchers questioned more than 5,000 people aged 18 and older during the 2022 mpox outbreak.

The Independent UK

Amazon and other companies invested in affordable housing. Did it work?

Technology firms, healthcare groups and banks have thrown money at affordable housing, but even billions in short-term private capital can’t solve the crisis

The Guardian - US

TikTok might have accidentally revealed the new features it's working on thanks to a hiring spree with one particular focus

The social media giant is looking for experts to help improve a specific function on the TikTok app.

Fortune

Reputed ‘Goonie Gang’ member gets 6 years in federal prison for threatening witnesses

Javion Bush admitted in a plea agreement to sending a direct message on Facebook to one of the witnesses stating ‘All rats must die,’ according to prosecutors.

Chicago Sun-Times

EU unveils ‘revolutionary’ laws to curb big tech firms’ power

Digital Markets Act aims to allow more competition and let consumers delete preloaded phone apps

The Guardian - UK

EU targets Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft in next phase of digital crackdown

The European Union is targeting Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Facebook owner Meta and TikTok parent ByteDance under new digital rules aimed at reining in the market power of online companies

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Zenger

Is Meta’s Data Request Form A Real Defense Against AI Intrusion?

Facebook's Privacy Center contains a privacy feature that explicitly covers "Generative AI Data Subject Rights."

Salon

Welcome to the Big Tech company town

Behold the new god-kings of American kleptocracy, who will soon buy out your local government like a sale at IKEA

The Independent UK

Carlee Russell’s ex speaks out about kidnapping hoax: ‘I was mad, I was sad’

Ms Russell has admitted to lying about her supposed kidnapping on 13 July

Evening Standard

British newspapers to take multi-million pound knock as Meta pulls plug on European news content deals

The firm is withdrawing payments to news publishers because ‘people don’t come to Facebook for news’

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The Guardian - US

Revealed: how US immigration uses fake social media profiles across investigations

Records from the Department of Homeland Security show it sought to expand undercover operations online despite pushback from Facebook

The Guardian - AU

Help us monitor campaign ads and misinformation in the Indigenous voice referendum

By reporting ads – on TV, in print, online and on social media – you can help make campaign advertising more transparent and disrupt misinformation

The Independent UK

Crooked House pub bricks locked away after being ‘sold for £50 on Facebook’

Locals gathered for ceremony as campaigners secured remains of famous pub

The Guardian - AU

‘Trumpian era’ of disinformation makes voice yes campaign job more difficult, Megan Davis says

Architect of the Uluru statement criticises some media outlets for highlighting misinformation being shared on social media platforms

Al Jazeera

Canada proposes rules to implement contentious Online News Act

The law requires social media companies to pay Canadian media outlets for news content shared on their platforms.

Fortune

New Hampshire woman learns on Facebook that her $4 thrift store purchase was a rare painting worth as much as $250,000

The holy grail of bargain hunters.

Fortune

What bankers and investors are watching as Arm’s September IPO approaches

If Arm performs well, expect plenty of other companies to get in line to go public this fall.

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