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Google, Meta Face EU Probe into Possible Competition Breach

The European Union threatened to crack down on an agreement between Google and Facebook parent Meta for online display advertising services, saying Friday that the deal may breach the bloc’s rules on fair competition. The EU’s competition watchdog opened a probe into a 2018 pact involving the participation of Meta’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat

War makes social media an ethical minefield

Violent images can tell the true story of war, but sharing them has many pitfalls.

Axios

Benefits cheat who lived in sunny Spain while claiming for UK properties foiled by Facebook boast about Costa Blanca lifestyle

Louise Jones claimed disability benefits for almost a decade after moving to Alicante

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Benefits cheat caught after Facebook boast about living in Spain while claiming benefits in England

She claimed housing and disability benefit while running a property business on the Mediterranean coast

Wales Online

Twitter Names New Leaders of Consumer Unit in Push to Add Users

Twitter Inc named three new leaders in its consumer division on Thursday to oversee development of new features and services as it races to reach 315 million daily users by the end of 2023, up from 217 million now. Over the past year, Twitter has added features such as Spaces,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Facebook will allow posts calling for Putin's death and violence against Russian soldiers

Social media giants Meta have temporarily relaxed rules in some countries which will allow people to post "forms of political expression" such as the death of Putin

Daily Mirror

Facebook and Instagram ‘temporarily’ allow posts calling for violence against Putin and Russian soldiers

Terms such as ‘death to Russian invaders’ will now be allowed on the platforms, Meta said

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Facebook Allows Calls for Violence against 'Russian Invaders'

Facebook has temporarily eased its policy on violent speech after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, allowing statements like "death to Russian invaders" but not credible threats against civilians, the tech giant said Thursday. Moscow's internationally condemned attack on its neighbor has provoked unprecedented sanctions from Western governments and businesses, but also…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Facebook allows posts urging violence against invading Russians

Tech giant says will not allow credible threats against civilians as Russia demands stop to ‘extremist activities’.

Al Jazeera

Hungary PM Orban says EU will not sanction Russian gas or oil

The European Union will not impose sanctions on Russian gas or oil, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a video posted on his Facebook page on Friday, amid a summit of EU leaders in France.

Reuters

Ukraine morning briefing: Russia bombs experimental nuclear reactor site, say reports

Accusations fly as bombs fall on beleaguered country

Wales Online

The murky world of Prashasak Samiti: Meet BJP and Adityanath’s social media warriors

Last year in May, the village of Noorpur in Uttar Pradesh made news when its Dalit residents alleged that a marriage procession of theirs had been stopped by a group of local Muslims. The situation became tense enough to warrant armed police being deployed in the area.

Newslaundry

Facebook Reportedly Relaxes Hate Speech Rules To Let Some Users Call For Violence Against Russian Soldiers, Putin

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) would allow users of its social media platforms in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of the country's invasion of Ukraine, according to a Reuters

Benzinga

Boris Johnson’s controversial statements removed by Facebook

Comments made by Nadine Dorries and Angela Rayner were also removed by the platform

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The Independent UK

Facebook and Instagram to permit posts calling for violence against Russians and death of Putin

Once-banned content will be accepted under revised hate speech rules in context of war

The Independent UK

Twitter and Facebook remove Russian embassy posts claiming Mariupol hospital bombing was faked

Embassy repeats without evidence claims that hospital was ‘non-operational’

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: UN stresses ‘urgent’ need for talks

Ukraine-Russia news from March 11: UN says it is not aware of Ukraine biological weapons programme.

Reuters

Facebook temporarily allows posts on Ukraine war calling for violence against invading Russians or Putin's death

Meta Platforms will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of the Ukraine invasion, according to internal emails seen by Reuters on Thursday, in a temporary change to its hate speech policy.

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George Christensen says 'elites' have suddenly started hiding vaccinated death statistics. Here's why that's wrong

Coalition backbencher George Christensen took to Facebook this week to claim the government has suddenly stopped reporting vaccinated death statistics. Is that correct?

Reuters

Twitter, Facebook remove Russian embassy tweet on Mariupol hospital bombing

Twitter Inc and Meta Platform's Facebook have removed posts from the Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom about the bombing of a children's hospital in Mariupol for breaking its rules against denying violent events, the companies said on Thursday.

Input

‘Instagram for kids’ project head leaves company amid public backlash

Pavni Diwanji's most high-profile project has been put on indefinite hiatus.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

California man touts business empire built of Philly rowhouses bought at sheriff's sales. Some are skeptical

When Tylisha Slaughter learned that the West Philadelphia rowhouse she rented was going to be auctioned off in a sheriff's sale, she sensed opportunity.

Benzinga

Twitter Introduces New Version To Secure User Activity, Information From Russian Surveillance: Bloomberg

Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) launched a version of its social media service for the Tor internet browser, Bloomberg reports. The Onion Router version looks to keep user activity and information secure from potential Russian surveillance. Users can access websites on Tor via a Tor browser, which hides a user’s location and activity. Related…

Daily Mirror

Victory! Fraud levels could 'plummet' with new law to tackle online scam advertising

Ignore the moaning from Facebook etc, they had plenty of time to stop carrying scam adverts and failed - that's why the Government is right to act

The Guardian - US

Canadian pipeline groups spend big to pose as Indigenous champions

Oil and gas companies are ‘Indigenous-washing’ their ads to garner support for projects on First Nation lands

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