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Australian social media ban both a success and failure

Australian laws banning children from social media have the world talking but two months in, experts say they are far from foolproof.

AAP

The moment I knew: ‘He told me my mum would have wanted him to help, so he would’

Best friends at school, Gabby Amadio and Russell lost touch for 40 years – but a message on Facebook brought them back into each other’s lives

The Guardian - AU

Police warn social media sleuths are harming search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother

Several theories about Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance have been circulating online

The Independent UK

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Harassment Restraining Order Stemming from Dispute Among Local Political Figures Vacated on Appeal

From J.W. v. T.S., decided Tuesday by Massachusetts Appeals Court Judges Justices Maureen Walsh, Robert Toone & Gloria Tan. The… The post Harassment Restraining Order Stemming from Dispute Among Local Political Figures Vacated on Appeal appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Moltbook is the talk of Silicon Valley. But the furor is eerily reminiscent of a 2017 Facebook research experiment

As Fortune’s Jeremy Kahn points out, we’ve seen this film before.

Fortune

Lecturer no longer teaching at Texas State University after expletive-filled message goes public

The Facebook message derided its recipient as a “leftist” and “whore” whom he hoped would be deported. The message gained widespread attention when it was shared online.

The Texas Tribune

Vet Tech Charged And Fired After Rescuing Abandoned Dog During Snowstorm

“It hurts deeply to be labeled a criminal for choosing empathy over indifference."

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Surrogate Sues Couple She Gave Baby To After Learning They Already Had 21 Kids

“Tell me the truth about what happened to the baby I carried — the baby you named Poppy,” wrote Tronderrica James in an email to the pair.

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Fact check: Sheffield bins, fake picture of Nigel Farage and rubbish video

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

Sex offender 'vigilante' spared jail for Facebook posts

A man posted the identity of a child sex offender on multiple community Facebook groups soon after a public registry site was launched, a magistrate has heard.

AAP

Terrifying death threats to Jewish body, MP revealed

The first man charged under an anti-Semitism taskforce has been sentenced for sending terrifying death threats to a Jewish body and a gay politician.

AAP

Does the exodus to UpScrolled signify the end of TikTok?

Until recently, you might have never heard of the TikTok competitor UpScrolled. But as of Jan. 29, the app reached No. 1 one in Apple’s app store as disgruntled TikTok users in the United States rushed to sign up.

The Conversation

The “Fake” $2,000 IRS Payment: Why Viral Social Media Claims of a “February Stimulus” Are Misleading Seniors

If you scroll through Facebook or watch YouTube finance channels, you have almost certainly seen the headline: “New $2,000 Direct Deposit Approved for Seniors in...

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44 Unreasonably Hilarious Selfies That Perfectly Capture The Chaotic Energy Of A Mom On Social Media

Many mothers are in a league of their own when it comes to taking selfies for social media. For them, it’s vibes over likes. It took just one brave person to try it out, a whole bunch followed, and “Facebook mom” suddenly became the aesthetic we never knew we needed.…

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OpenAI's Meta makeover

OpenAI will begin testing ads on ChatGPT this month.

The Independent UK

Libyan dictator Gaddafi’s son shot dead by armed men at home

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s political team say ‘four masked men’ stormed his house in Zintan

Fortune

Ending the world for the LOLs

It is people's devil-may-care attitude to the risk of AI agents that ought to really frighten us

Fortune

In Moltbook coverage, echoes of earlier panic over Facebook bots’ ‘secret language’

A 2017 Facebook experiment also drew alarming headlines. But then, as now, the danger was not what it seemed.

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“There is a strong possibility the guitar is sitting unrecognized in someone’s attic”: Search launched for Boston guitarist Brad Delp’s long-lost Taylor 12-string

The Taylor 885 – which went missing in 2009 – starred in the More Than a Feeling music video

Evening Standard

Jeremy Clarkson condemns ‘completely realistic’ AI hoax claiming Clarkson’s Farm star had died

The former Top Gear presenter said the fake stories — which circulated widely on Facebook — went far beyond harmless gossip

The Guardian - UK

Chumbawamba call on Spain’s far-right Vox to stop using their best-known song

British pop collective decry use of 1997 hit Tubthumping to promote the party’s ‘small-minded, hate-fuelled agenda’

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The “Sweetheart Scam” Targeting Widowers on Facebook This Month

Grief changes how people see the world, and scammers know it. Right now, a growing wave of romance fraud—often called the “Sweetheart Scam”—is quietly targeting widowers on Facebook, using emotional connection as the bait and money as the goal. These scams don’t look like obvious fraud at first glance; they…

The Independent UK

Teen accused of killing pregnant mother with over 70 stab wounds is back behind bars after suicide attempt, officials say

The susect was upset about the condition of a pickup truck he wanted to buy, according to court documents, and lashed out in a frenzied slaughter that also claimed the life of her unborn child

Euronews

From classroom game to niche meme: How AI character Amelia spread across Europe

An AI character created for education has been transformed into a political meme spreading across Europe, largely associated with far-right and misleading narratives.

The Guardian - US

‘Marketplace for predators’: Meta faces jury trial over child exploitation claims

New Mexico attorney general accuses Meta of failing to safeguard children against trafficking and sexual abuse

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