Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Facebook

41 US states are suing Meta for getting teens hooked on social media. Here’s what to expect next

In the United States, 41 states have filed lawsuits against Meta for allegedly driving social media addiction in its young users (under the age of 18), amid growing concerns about the negative effects of platforms.

The Conversation

Sextortion Against Young People Is On The Rise W/ Image-Based Abuse Spiking By 117%

"It’s not uncommon for it to be a time period of only 20 to 30 minutes between the first contact, images being sent and then demands being made.”

Pedestrian.tv

Morning Mail: Optus faces outage fallout, sharehouses surge in housing crisis, Ivanka Trump testifies

The network outage is the latest setback for the telco after last year’s huge data breach, while cost of living crisis is causing a change in living arrangements

The Guardian - AU

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Half of Australia left without internet or phone as Optus crashes

10 million people are cut off, train systems fall down and businesses cannot make sales in outage lasting hours

The Guardian - UK

Mirror and Express owner to cut about 450 jobs – 10% of workforce

Reach staff react with furious comments to CEO over plan to reduce costs by up to 6% in 2024

The Guardian - UK

Optus network outage may have been caused by same issue that brought Facebook down in 2021

Australian IT company says ‘configuration issue’ may have been behind nationwide outage

The Guardian - AU

2023 On Track To Be Hottest Year On Record, Which My Uncle On Facebook Says Is Total Coincidence

Scientists from the Copernicus Climate Change Service have declared that 2023 is on track to be the hottest year on record.

Pedestrian.tv

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

RMIT’s fact check reinstated by Facebook two months after suspension over News Corp voice complaints

Exclusive: Meta suspended RMIT FactLab from Facebook’s fact-checking program after no campaigners claimed it was biased

The Guardian - AU

Meta failed to address harm to teens, whistleblower testifies as senators vow action

Former engineer Arturo Bejar says he repeatedly raised the alarm to company execs about Instagram's harm to teens and they failed to act. Senators vow to pass a social media law this year.

WEKU

You can't spell INFOSEC without the SEC

Episode 480 of the Cyberlaw Podcast

Reason

Why I'm glad the Corporate Memphis art style is dead

It represents everyone and speaks to no one.

Creative Bloq

Former Meta engineering leader to testify before Congress on Instagram's harms to teens

On the same day whistleblower Frances Haugen was testifying before Congress about the harms of Facebook and Instagram to children in the fall of 2021, Arturo Bejar, then a contractor at the social media giant, sent an email to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the same topic

The Independent UK

Jill Dutton, Brent Money advance to runoff for Texas House special election

Five Republicans and one Democrat were on the ballot for the ruby-red seat, but most of the drama has focused on two GOP candidates, Dutton and Money.

The Texas Tribune

UFC Fight Night 231 reactions: Winning and losing fighters on social media

UFC Fight Night 231 winners and losers react on social media outlets such as X, Instagram and Facebook.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

As Ohio and other states decide on abortion, anti-abortion activists look to rebrand themselves as not religious

Abortion has become an increasingly polarized, political issue in the United States since 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed the constitutional right to an abortion. This decision threw the question of abortion rights back to states.

WEKU

A Philippine radio anchor was shot and killed while on a Facebook livestream

Juan Jumalon was the 199th journalist to be killed in the country since 1986, when an uprising toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the current president's father.

The Independent UK

A Philippine radio anchor is fatally shot while on Facebook livestream watched by followers

A radio anchor has been fatally shot by a man inside his southern Philippine station in a brazen attack that was witnessed by people watching the program live on Facebook

Total Film

The 32 most iconic movie posters

Hand-drawn illustrations, iconic stills, and clever taglines

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Reason

These Public Officials Blocked Critics on Social Media. Was That Constitutional?

The Supreme Court considers whether and when banishing irksome constituents violates the First Amendment.

The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Guardian - UK

Amazon and Facebook owner Meta agree to protect consumers, CMA says

Sites agree to stop practices that give them an unfair advantage over businesses and shoppers

Multichannel News

Ex-Meta Executive Gives Senate Critics a New Hammer To Pound Big Tech

Sens. Blumenthal, Blackburn cite story on Instagram whistleblower to push protective legislation

Evening Standard

East London ‘cyberbully’ sex therapist must pay her rival £75,000 after Facebook abuse

Siobhain Crosbie led 'nasty' campaign against former protégé Caroline Ley

Threads will reportedly kill off its most controversial feature soon

Meta made a mis-step by adding this feature with no way to opt out of it, but it looks like that's going to change

The Guardian - AU

Taylor Swift: warning over fake tickets as NAB urges punters to be wary of social media scams

Concern around fake Taylor Swift ticket scams comes as bank reveals $220,000 worth of transactions abandoned daily

1 … 196 197 198 199

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations