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Tech firms plan thousands more Bay Area job cuts: Facebook, Amazon, Juul

Tech companies are eyeing layoffs that will eliminate jobs for thousands more workers in the Bay Area, a brutal new round of terminations poised to jolt the owner of the Facebook app, Amazon and Juul Labs.

Tribune News Service

Judge orders Southwest Airlines to reinstate flight attendant fired over abortion views

A North Texas federal judge ordered Dallas-based Southwest Airlines to reinstate a flight attendant who claimed she was unfairly fired for airing her views against abortion, but cut her $5.3 million jury award to just over $800,000 to abide by federal limits.

Tribune News Service

Facebook threatens to remove all news content if bill forcing payments to local media outlets passes

Meta/Facebook is threatening to remove all local news from its platform following reports that proposed legislation to force Big Tech to pay publishers for news content is being added to a defense bill in a bid to win approval during the lame-duck Congress session.

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Couple who got engaged two weeks after meeting divorce - but now they're back together

Alex Scanlon's relationship with her husband Josh has been a rollercoaster, but just three months after filing for divorce they realised they "made a mistake" and are now happier than ever

Daily Mirror

Meta had a system to protect celebrity Facebook and Instagram accounts from moderation

An independent review found Meta's "cross-check" program to have protected celebrity figures from moderation protocols.

Fortune

After Shanquella Robinson’s ‘femicide’, experts say US must do more to recognise violence against women

The US is obscuring an epidemic of violence against women by failing to classify gender-based killings, experts say

The Independent UK

LA Rams sign NFL free agent Baker Mayfield to scupper San Francisco 49ers plans

The LA Rams have claimed Baker Mayfield in what looks to be a lost season for them with a 3-9 and no chance of making the playoffs, but could have hugely impacted their rival teams Super Bowl hopes

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Facebook parent Meta threatens to remove news from platform

Facebook parent Meta Platforms says it will be forced to consider removing news content from its platform if Congress passes legislation that could require social media companies to pay news outlets

The Independent UK

Big Tech, free speech advocates join to oppose journalism bill

WASHINGTON — Top social media companies and free speech advocates, groups that usually take opposing views over tech policy, are coming together to oppose a measure that would allow journalism organizations to jointly negotiate with tech companies.

Tribune News Service

The Loop: January 6 committee to make criminal referrals, mass blackouts in Ukraine, Trump's company convicted of tax fraud

What's coming up today, what Australia is searching for and the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick look at this morning's key stories.

ABC News

Big Tech helped break local news. Does Congress have the right fix for the problem?

A late-arriving bill drew a sharp rebuke Monday from Meta and continues to produce split opinions.

Fortune

Cristiano Ronaldo's replacement scores hat-trick as Portugal thumps Switzerland 6-1 to reach quarterfinals, as it happened

With Cristiano Ronaldo benched, his replacement up front scores three goals and the man who took his captain's armband nets one as Portugal locks up the last FIFA World Cup quarterfinal spot in Qatar. Look back at the last day of round-of-16 matches in our live blog.

ABC News

Arsenal release Gabriel Jesus statement as Brazil striker undergoes surgery

The Gunners have broken their silence for the first time and confirmed the worst possible news for Arsenal as talismanic forward Gabriel Jesus is has gone under the knife

Daily Mirror

Facebook would rather pull news from its platform than pay publishers for their content

After nearly monopolizing the online news market, Facebook now says it might cut loose “content users don’t want to see and that’s not a meaningful source of revenue.”

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The Independent UK

The truth of Twitter’s role in the Hunter Biden laptop story and it’s not what you think

Former FBI counterintelligence officials tell Andrew Feinberg it would have been unusual for there not to have been any contact between the bureau and social media giants

Daily Mirror

Samuel Eto'o breaks silence after video of violent exchange with fan emerges

The Cameroonian football legend was filmed participating in a violent altercation with a fan out in Qatar who seemed to be provoking Eto'o who was exiting Brazil versus South Korea

Evening Standard

Tributes paid to ‘bright and talented’ schoolgirl named as ninth Strep A victim

Stella-Lily McCorkindale, 5, had been receiving treatment at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children after catching the invasive infection last week

Reason

Cronyist Journalism Measure Could Prompt Facebook To Ban News

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The Guardian - UK

Facebook moderation system favours ‘business partners’, says oversight board

‘Cross-check’ system appears to protect users who generate high revenue from content moderation more than ordinary users

Roll Call

Big Tech, free-speech advocates join to oppose journalism bill - Roll Call

Big tech companies and free-speech groups oppose a bill that would require social media platforms to negotiate with news producers.

Daily Record

Cars vandalised with 'move' spray painted on and windows smashed in overnight rampage

The shocking incident sparked a fiery debate about 'pavement parking'.

The Independent UK

Meta oversight board urges changes to VIP moderation system

Facebook’s quasi-independent oversight board says an internal system that exempted high-profile users, including former President Donald Trump, from some or all of its content moderation rules needs a major overhaul

Wales Online

Mum and daughter spot pair of breasts hidden in Louis Vuitton Christmas display

Mum and daughter in stitches over pair of breasts in Louis Vuitton shop front

Daily Mirror

Family who light up street every Christmas forced to cancel plans over electricity cost

Every December the Leach family light up their street in South East London for several charities and last year they raised more than £3,000 for Dementia UK - but this year they can't afford the electricity bill

WEKU

Facebook's own oversight board slams its special program for VIPs

Oversight board says Facebook parent Meta appears to be more concerned with avoiding "provoking" VIPs and evading accusations of censorship than balancing tricky questions of free speech and safety.

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