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+21 +1Online age-verification system could create ‘honeypot’ of personal data and pornography-viewing habits, privacy groups warn
As the government develops online safety guidelines, digital rights groups says any approach requiring the use of ID is ‘invasive and risky’
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+22 +3Departed Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Is Launching a New Social Network
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey claims to be closer to launching Bluesky Social, a new "decentralized social network" that allegedly seeks to reclaim user data.
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+30 +4Social Media Giants Systemically Fail on Hate and Disinformation, Report Says
The report warns that the platforms are not prepared to combat efforts that sow doubt about upcoming midterm outcomes.
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+22 +2YouTube’s richest creator is seeking a $1.5 billion valuation in a huge milestone for influencers turned entrepreneurs
MrBeast wants to raise $150 million for his YouTube channels and businesses combined.
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+23 +2Young children exploited on OnlyFans, says US agent
An investigator says images of pre-pubescent children being exploited were traced back to the site.
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+19 +1Four years after being acquired by Microsoft, GitHub keeps doing its thing
An interview with GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke on the company's journey, four years after its acquisition by Microsoft.
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+21 +1Twitch’s Relationship With Its Streamers Shows Its Cracks
The service recently said it was going to take a bigger cut of the money it shared with streamers. At an annual gathering in San Diego, they vented about the decision.
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+27 +3The Hunt for Wikipedia's Disinformation Moles
Custodians of the crowdsourced encyclopedia are charged with protecting it from state-sponsored manipulators. A new study reveals how.
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+31 +4Kanye West Wants to Build His Own Mini-City Called the 'Yecosystem'
Two Yeezy sources say West’s plan for his own small “universe” has been in the works for years, describing it as a self-sustained enterprise that would have its own branded products and services
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+19 +2EU Lawmakers Must Reject This Proposal To Scan Private Chats
Having a private conversation is a basic human right. Like the rest of our rights, we shouldn’t lose it when we go online. But a new proposal by the European Union could throw our privacy rights out the window.
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+24 +7Amazon is quietly shutting down Fabric.com, one of the largest online fabric stores
Fabric.com was acquired by Amazon in 2008.
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+24 +4Parler managed to accidentally expose most of its elite members’ private email information in message announcing Kanye West takeover
Several well-known right-wing politicians and commentators were affected by the breach.
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+14 +3As midterms near, immigrants and voters of color being targeted with rampant misinformation
Voting rights groups fight back against widespread misinformation aimed at foreign-language voters and others
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+28 +1The Internet Is Not Facebook: Why Infrastructure Providers Should Stay Out of Content Policing
Cloudflare’s recent headline-making decision to refuse its services to KiwiFarms—a site notorious for allowing its users to wage harassment campaigns against trans people—is likely to lead to more calls for infrastructure companies to police online speech.
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+13 +1A social network for bigots? No wonder Kanye West wants to buy Parler | Arwa Mahdawi
The rapper’s antisemitic remarks have got him banned from Twitter and Instagram. But here’s a safe space where he’ll be able to say just what he likes, writes Arwa Mahdawi
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+19 +4‘I am 30 years old and I miss the old internet. The beautiful people are in charge, just like everywhere else’
Journalist Marie Le Conte has published a book in which she nostalgically describes how the online world was better at the turn of the century, without cell phones, social media and influencers
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+21 +4Even as inflation bites, consumers are still turning to Amazon
New signs of rising inflation likely mean more pain for retail stocks, but club holding Amazon (AMZN) is consumers' most preferred online shopping platform.
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+19 +2Smackdown at the self-checkout: Video of massive brawl at Walmart goes viral
The video shows chaos in the self-checkout area of the Walmart off West Florissant Avenue.
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+22 +4Is Alex Jones verdict the death of disinformation? Unlikely
NEW YORK (AP) — A Connecticut jury's ruling this week ordering Alex Jones to pay $965 million to parents of Sandy Hook shooting victims he maligned was heartening for people disgusted by the muck of disinformation.
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+20 +3Eyeballs and AI power the research into how falsehoods travel online
Getting a sense of falsehoods online might sound straightforward, but it isn't. Researchers use state-of-the-art algorithms but it also comes down to lots of scrolling and reading.
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