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Technology: Instagram introduces new parental supervision tool in India

Parents will get access to supervision tools and resources from the experts at the Family Centre. They will be able to keep a track of the time spent on screen by their children. Read more on Dynamite News:

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The scourge of fake news in Brazil’s presidential election

Just a few weeks ahead of the presidential elections, authorities in Brazil are trying to limit the flood of disinformation circulating online. Although the country is better prepared to deal with fake news than it was during the 2018 campaign, which saw Jair Bolsonaro win the presidency, certain types of…

France 24

Will today’s tech giants reach a century? It’s all about the quality of the product

If you want to be an internet-age version of General Motors or IBM, you need to sell something people want and steer clear of political pitfalls

The Guardian - UK

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Techies paying hefty amount to get taller; know what a cosmetic surgeon has to say

A report has come to fore about a bizarre trend that is going on among IT employees. A Las Vegas surgeon has revealed that employees from tech giants Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta are paying loads of money just to get 3 inches taller.

The Times of India

Texas social-media law on web censorship upheld by federal appeals court

A federal appeals court upheld the validity of a Texas social media law that companies like Meta Platforms Inc. and Twitter Inc. say will prevent them from blocking hate speech and extremism.

Tribune News Service

Dragons' Den entrepreneur Sara Davies warns of hoaxers impersonating her on social media

Meta confirmed that two accounts had been taken down for impersonation

Birmingham Post

‘Gifs are cringe’: how Giphy’s multimillion-dollar business fell out of fashion

Generational divide threatens future of tech firm as it seeks approval for $400m takeover by Facebook owner Meta

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Bombay High Court stays order directing Facebook to pay man for non-delivery of product

The Commission had directed the companies to pay ₹599 for non-delivery of a product purchased online and ₹25,000 for causing mental agony

The Hindu

California's new age rules for sites and apps raise a ruckus

The state's new law aims to protect kids and teens online from privacy violations and safety risks.

Axios

California and New York aim to curb diet pill sales to minors

California and New York are on the cusp of going further than the FDA in restricting the sale of non-prescription diet pills to minors as pediatricians and public health advocates try to protect kids from extreme weight-loss gimmicks online.

Tribune News Service

Google, Meta Face Record Fines in South Korea over Privacy Violations

South Korea has fined Google and Meta more than $71 million collectively for gathering users' personal information without consent for tailored ads, regulators said Wednesday, the country's highest-ever data protection fines. Investigations into the two US tech giants found they had been "collecting and analyzing" data on their users, and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Facebook gets High Court nod for appeal

Facebook, now known as Meta, has been granted special leave to appeal an aspect of the Cambridge Analytica scandal in the High Court of Australia.

AAP

Why Facebook Parent Meta Platforms Looks Ready To Bounce

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) saw some volatility early in the trading session on Thursday, but by midafternoon was trading mostly flat.

Benzinga

Meta Oversight Board objects to removing positive newspaper report on Taliban

Meta Platforms Inc's independent Oversight Board said on Thursday that Facebook should not have taken down a newspaper report about the Taliban that it considered positive, backing users' freedom of expression and saying the tech company relied too heavily on automated moderation.

Reuters

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Meta commences Community Chats testing for Facebook Groups in Messenger

Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Meta is starting to test Community Chats for Facebook Groups inside the Messenger app. Read more on Dynamite News:

Bangkok Post

How the tide turned on data centres in Europe

PARIS: Every time we make a call on Zoom, upload a document to the cloud or stream a video, our computers connect to vast warehouses filled with servers to store or access data.

Benzinga

What Are Whales Doing With Meta Platforms

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

The Guardian - UK

Google fails to overturn €4bn fine over Android bundling

Europe’s competition commission has imposed €8.25bn in antitrust fines on the company

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Asharq Al-Awsat

South Korea Fines Google, Meta over Privacy Violations

South Korea’s privacy watchdog has fined Google and Meta a combined 100 billion won ($72 million) for tracking consumers’ online behavior without their consent and using their data for targeted advertisements. South Korea’s Personal Information and Protection Commission said it fined Google 69.2 billion won ($50 million) and Meta 30.8…

The Independent UK

South Korea fines Google, Meta over privacy violations

South Korea’s privacy watchdog has fined Google and Meta a combined 100 billion won ($72 million) for tracking consumers' online behavior without their consent and using their data for targeted advertisements

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Court’s Wednesday Ruling on Record $4.4b Google Fine May Set Precedent

A ruling on Wednesday by Europe's General Court on whether Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google should face a record EU antitrust fine of 4.34 billion euro ($4.4 billion) for using its Android mobile operating system to quash rivals could set a precedent for other regulators looking into its business practices. Google will…

Reason

Biden's Sneaky Censors

Behind the scenes, federal officials pressure social media platforms to suppress disfavored speech.

The Conversation

5 challenges of doing college in the metaverse

More and more colleges are becoming “metaversities,” taking their physical campuses into a virtual online world, often called the “metaverse.” One initiative has 10 U.S. universities and colleges working with Meta, the parent company of Facebook, and virtual reality company VictoryXR to create 3D online replicas – sometimes called “digital…

The New Daily

Social media is the most distrusted industry in Australia, survey finds

A recent survey by Roy Morgan shows social media was the most distrusted industry in Australia for the last 12 months to June 2022.

Roll Call

Twitter whistleblower unlikely to spur congressional action - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary hearing from a Twitter whistleblower isn't a prelude to congressional action regarding tech platforms.

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