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Why I have finally quit Facebook (it’s not just about fact-checking)

For years I’ve overlooked the many good reasons for leaving the social media platform. But now there is no other choice, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m alive’: man who uses wheelchair tells of New Orleans attack ordeal

Family of Jeremi Sensky, from Pittsburgh, suggests wheelchair may have acted as ‘boulder’ to help stop attack

The Guardian - US

Biden just gave Trump a powerful weapon to use against EU tech regulation

Some EU countries will have to negotiate with Trump if they want large amounts of cutting-edge AI chips.

Fortune

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Mark Zuckerberg thinks corporate culture needs *more* “masculine energy”

Big Tech’s love affair with ‘free speech’ hurts women and minorities the most

Marie Claire

Project to 'free social media from billionaire control' plans to take on Musk and Zuck using Bluesky's open source protocol: 'It will take years and hundreds of millions of dollars'

Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales, actor Mark Ruffalo, and more have endorsed Free Our Feeds.

PC Gamer

California Governor Spars With Musk Over Wildfire 'Lies'

California Governor Gavin Newsom has accused tech billionaire Elon Musk of spreading "lies" about the state's response to deadly wildfires ravaging Los Angeles, escalating their online row over swirling misinformation.

International Business Times

How Awful Policies Fueled the L.A. Fires

Plus: A listener asks the editors if Donald Trump is the most libertarian president ever.

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Zuckerberg asks Trump to stop US companies from having to pay EU fines

Meta CEO says American companies shouldn't have to pay for violating EU regulations.

TechRadar

Frantic search underway for missing teenage girl in ‘throes of mental health crisis’

‘All [Lehigh Valley] police departments are on the job but we need your eyes, please’ urged her father

The Independent UK

Man attacked by shark says it wanted to kill him having mauled someone else – so he jabbed it in the eye

Peppino Fappani, 69, narrowly survived the attack in Egypt

The Independent UK

Rivian R3X Is Already A Hit With Rimac's CEO: 'Would Buy It In A Heartbeat'

Mate Rimac, the mastermind behind the Croatian electric hypercar brand and a bona fide EV visionary, is one of those CEOs who isn't afraid to gush about a good car when he sees it. I mean, what other CEO can confidently say that they drive a 20-year-old BMW E39 M5…

InsideEVs

Harry and Meghan criticise Meta over fact-checking changes

The Sussexes, in a statement on their Archewell website, said the new policy should ‘deeply concern us all’.

The Independent UK

Prince Harry and Meghan slam Meta over fact-checking changes

The Sussexes, in a statement on their Archewell website, said the new policy should ‘deeply concern us all’

Evening Standard

Meta’s oversight board blindsided by Zuckerberg's decision to relax hate speech restrictions

Michael McConnell fears the decision by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to eliminate fact checking will not work.

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The Independent UK

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry take aim at Mark Zuckerberg over ‘harmful’ Meta change

Duke and Duchess of Sussex urge Zuckerberg to reconsider changes affecting Facebook and Instagram

Fortune

Hollywood stars and geeks unite to billionaire-proof social media

The likes of Mark Ruffalo and Jimmy Wales are backing the Free Our Feeds project, to ensure Bluesky's tech will thrive even if the company goes bad.

The Conversation

The dynamics that polarise us on social media are about to get worse

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced big changes in how the company addresses misinformation across Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Instead of relying on independent third-party factcheckers, Meta will now emulate Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) in using “community notes”. These crowdsourced contributions allow users to flag content they…

The Guardian - US

The people fighting to get through to anti-science Americans: ‘It’s just talking to each other’

As science misinformation takes hold in the White House, those seeking to set the record straight need to meet people where they are

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International Business Times UK

Meta Drops Fact Checkers: What It Means for Trump's Presidency, Misogyny and Gender Bias

Meta is replacing independent fact-checkers with X's "community notes" system, allowing users to assess post accuracy amid rising misinformation concerns.

The Conversation

Did Covid really push some Italians out of the country’s cities?

During the summer of 2020, as highlighted by geographers Aurélie Delage and Max Rousseau, media across many European countries widely reported the idea that the Covid-19 pandemic had triggered a massive urban exodus.

The Guardian - UK

Fears for UK boomer radicalisation on Facebook after Meta drops factcheckers

For middle-aged users, it will be ‘even harder to discern the truth’ among extremist content, expert says

Salon

It's now worse than fake news

And our efforts to eradicate fake news could inadvertently exacerbate the problem

The Guardian - US

Biden calls Meta’s decision to drop factchecking ‘really shameful’

The president strongly criticized Meta’s decision to replace factchecking department with community notes

The Guardian - UK

As resolutions go, Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘nothing in moderation’ is a stinker

Between Elon Musk, a free-for-all Facebook and Donald Trump, truth and decency are likely to have a hard time of it in 2025

The Independent UK

Illegal ‘bully’ kitten breeders selling pets illicitly on Facebook and Instagram, investigation finds

Exclusive: Undercover investigator was offered kitten imported from Russia for £6,000 by unlicensed trader

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