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Facebook Libra: the inside story of how the company’s cryptocurrency dream died

It had the blue-chip partners, the tech and the right players. None of which could save it

Financial Times

Facebook's new Group admin tools won't stop the misinformation flood

Meta is introducing new moderation tools for Groups, but tools are only as effective as the admins using them.

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Just a few days before I arrived in Koh Mak, Trat province, veteran marine ecologist Thon Thamrongnawasawat posted on Facebook about his collaboration with Bang Chak Corporation to rehabilitate a 10 rai field of seagrass around Koh Mak and Koh Kradat to build blue coastal carbon ecosystems. That would allow…

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Morrison says Qld premier ‘consulted’ on emergency; Rio Tinto ditching Russia; 21 Covid deaths – As it happened

All the day’s news as it unfolded

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine-Russia war updates: US House votes to ban Russian oil as Ukraine wakes to third week of war — as it happened

The US lower house overwhelmingly approves legislation that would ban Russian oil imports to the United States.

ABC News

Twitter Looks To Solidify E-Commerce Push With Latest Tool

Twitter Inc's (NYSE:TWTR) Twitter Shops tool will help businesses promote up to 50 products in a digital catalog attached to their profile, Bloomberg reports. The beta test for Twitter Shops will be available for select businesses in the U.S. and visible to people using the Twitter iPhone app, Reuters reports. In recent months,…

Benzinga

ACCC says investigation into Facebook's response to scammers is in advanced stage, hints legal action may follow

Facebook could soon be legally defending its record on scammers, with the Australian consumer watchdog revealing an investigation into the company is "very advanced".

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US Lawmakers Urge DOJ To Probe Amazon: WSJ

A U.S. congressional committee urged the Justice Department to investigate Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) for potential criminal obstruction of Congress, the Wall Street Journal reports. The committee alleged Amazon's refusal to disclose information as part of its investigation into Amazon's competitive practices. Amazon allegedly attempted to cover up a lie that Amazon told lawmakers…

Benzinga

Ex-Radio One DJ Mark Page guilty of series of child sex offences after trial

The offences came to light after Facebook raised concerns over messages on its platform

Wales Online

Social media is being misused in Kenya's political arena. Why it's hard to stop it

The information landscape in Africa – as elsewhere in the world – has expanded exponentially over the last decade. The proliferation of platform media, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, has been instrumental in this expansion. This has created important new debating spaces.

The Conversation

Lawsuit Accuses Facebook Parent Meta Of Misguiding Investors Regarding Apple's Privacy Policy

A proposed class-action lawsuit alleged Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) misguided investors into believing that the impacts of privacy tweaks to Apple Inc's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS software for iPhones "were manageable," Bloomberg reports. The lawsuit corroborated that Meta made the statement before disclosing its expectation to lose $10 billion in ad revenue in 2022 due to the changes. The…

Benzinga

China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line on war

State media outlets are finding ways around social media platforms' efforts to limit them.

Axios

"The tip was shut - it was during the scamdemic": Fly-tipper hits back on Facebook after being caught dumping rubbish from her Fiat Punto

Keighley Whyte was fined in court for dumping the waste - she has now said that her crime was 'exaggerated massively'

Manchester Evening News

Ban on restrictions of social media content passes Georgia Senate

Facebook and Twitter would be prohibited from deleting posts or removing users based on the views they express, according to a bill that passed the Georgia Senate on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

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Chicago Sun-Times

Kids Online Safety Act would help protect children from social media harm

Children are suffering from eating disorders, depression and bullying as a result of too much time spent online, and big tech has been complicit.

Liverpool Echo

Facebook and Spotify down: Thousands of users kicked out of apps report problems

Users have been reporting issues with the app since around 6pm on Tuesday

ABC News

Ukraine-Russia war updates: Humanitarian corridors open in six cities, Ukraine authorities say — as it happened

In the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol there have been claims of shelling as elsewhere residents are looking to exit through humanitarian corridors.

Manchester Evening News

Spotify and Facebook down: Users report problems including being logged out and passwords reset in outage

Reports of issues have been appearing from customers since shortly after 6pm today.

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Daily Mirror

Spotify and Facebook down: Users logged out of accounts and can't get back in

Spotify users have reported that many have been logged out of their accounts and their passwords changed, whilst online users of Facebook, Discord and other sites have reported problems too

Benzinga

Twitter Appoints This Silicon Valley Prodigy To Compete With TikTok

Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) appointed Michael Sayman to help court younger users as it looks to compete against ByteDance Ltd's TikTok, the Washington Post reports. Sayman is known as Silicon Valley's product-building prodigy for youth. At Twitter, Sayman will be working on "0-1," a new group focused on building experimental features within the company.…

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh bubble tea Chinese grocery opens despite having no planning permission

The City of Edinburgh Council has only just received the planning application but a Facebook post shows that the store seems to have been open since October of last year

The Hindu

CID to probe derogatory posts on ‘Manglore Muslims’ page

The social media monitoring cell of Mangaluru city police noticed posts derogatory to Harsha, the Bajrang Dal activist who was murdered in Shivamogga, on the ‘Manglore Muslims’ Facebook page on February 21

ABC News

Evacuation orders, traffic chaos as deadly floods sweep through Sydney

An east coast low causes significant rainfall over Greater Sydney and its surrounds, as Manly Dam spills and two bodies are pulled from the water at Wentworthville, in the city's west.

ABC News

Ukraine-Russia war updates: Ukrainian officials say evacuation of civilians from bombarded cities is underway — as it happened

Ukraine officials say humanitarian corridors out of the cities of Sumy and Irpin are open, but some remain sceptical that civilians will be able to leave safely.

Reason

Justice Thomas Argues Again for Reading § 230 Immunity More Narrowly

From Justice Thomas's statement respecting denial of certiorari today in Doe v. Facebook, Inc. [UPDATE: just saw that Jonathan beat me to it, but I thought I'd keep this up; the main extra matters in this post are the excerpts from the Texas Supreme Court opinion, which may help explain…

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