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Instagram introduces safety controls to limit ‘sensitive content’ shown to younger users

The change will also see existing users under 16 prompted to update their own account to bring it in line with this new setting

Wales Online

Facebook parent culls large Proud Boys network from sites

Facebook parent Meta says it has removed a network of accounts linked to the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group it banned in 2018

The Independent UK

Google accused of ‘airbrushing’ impact of flights after changing its climate calculator

The search engine giant is accused of having ‘airbrushed’ the impact of plane travel from its pages

The Independent UK

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Meta, Twitter bust ‘deceptive’ pro-US influence campaign: report

Fake accounts promoted pro-Western narratives while trying to discredit China, Russia and Iran, researchers say.

Al Jazeera

Who'll establish ethical norms for the metaverse?

The "metaverse" isn't here yet, and when it arrives it will not be a single domain controlled by any one company. Facebook wanted to create that impression when it changed its name to Meta, but its rebranding coincided with major investments by Microsoft and Roblox.

Bangkok Post

Snap's Illinois privacy lawsuit settlement could net residents some cash

The lawsuit alleges that Snapchat's filters violated Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act.

Input

Facebook responds to 'weird glitch' which saw users flooded with celebrity spam

On Wednesday morning, Facebook users around the world began reporting what some deemed "spam" messages

Liverpool Echo

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Mum slammed for 'Photoshopping hourglass figure' on eight-year-old daughter

A woman's Facebook post about sending her children back to school has provoked widespread outrage after Reddit users pointed out she appeared to have digitally edited her daughter's body.

Daily Record

Privacy Complaint Targets Google over Unsolicited Ad Emails

Google has breached a European Union court ruling by sending unsolicited advertising emails directly to the inbox of Gmail users, Austrian advocacy group noyb.eu said on Wednesday in a complaint filed with France's data protection watchdog. The Alphabet unit, whose revenues mainly come from online advertising, should ask Gmail users…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Facebook users baffled by celebrity posts glitch on their newsfeeds

Posts to celebrity pages are unknowingly popping up on people’s screens

Dublin Live

What is wrong with Facebook? Users’ feeds full of celebrity fan messages

Instead of seeing the usual posts from their family and friends, Facebook users’ feeds are flooded with fan messages to celebrity pages.

Evening Standard

Facebook down as glitch makes homepages only show posts on celebrity pages

Facebook users have been flocking to Twitter this morning to report issues with their homepages which are reportedly only showing other users' posts on celebrity fan pages

Glasgow Live

5 takeaways from Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko

Startling new revelations from Twitter’s former head of security, Peiter Zatko, have raised serious new questions about the security of the platform’s service, its ability to identify and remove fake accounts, and the truthfulness of its statements to users, shareholders and federal regulators

The Independent UK

Mum photoshops hourglass figure on EIGHT-year-old daughter to horror of social media

A woman's innocuous Facebook post about sending her children back to school has provoked widespread outrage after Reddit users pointed out she appeared to have digitally edited her daughter's body

Daily Mirror

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The Independent UK

Yelp to add more flags to anti-abortion pregnancy centers

The online reviews site Yelp said Tuesday it is rolling out a new feature to protect users seeking abortions from being misled about anti-abortion pregnancy centers listed on its platform

The Guardian - UK

UK teacher’s Word Windows literacy tool sparks Microsoft trademark dispute

Kate McKenzie from Northampton receives letter opposing name of device created for people with dyslexia

Wales Online

Whistleblower claims Twitter poses national security risk and contains spies

Peiter Zakto was recently sacked as the social media giant's head of security but he is now claiming that the company has major vulnerabilities that put its users at risk

Irish Mirror

Google Maps users appear to find 'ghost' plane downed in Australian rainforest

The keen-eyed Maps users came across the image of a white, aircraft-shaped image among the trees in the Cardwell Range, between Townsville Range and Cairns in North-eastern Australia.

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Liverpool Echo

How to fix Facebook's edit post option as it disappears

How to fix no edit option on Facebook posts

Chicago Tribune

Snapchat parent reaches $35 million biometric privacy class-action settlement in Illinois

Illinois residents who use Snapchat may be eligible for payouts of between $58 and $117 in a class-action privacy settlement reached this month by the app’s parent company, Snap Inc.

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel urges Meta to rethink end-to-end encryption plans

UK home secretary says plans of Facebook owner could hinder child abuse investigations

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a modern-day Facebook’ – how BeReal became Gen Z’s favourite app

A new wave of social media apps are taking advantage of the revolt against Instagram and TikTok. Will these ‘authentic’ networks change the way we connect?

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia to Enforce Search Engine Disclaimers on Five Foreign IT Firms

Russia's state communications regulator said on Friday it was taking punitive measures against five foreign IT companies for violating online content laws, which could require search engines to include a disclaimer about the violations. The regulator, Roskomnadzor, said it was imposing measures against ByteDance's TikTok, Telegram messaging service, Zoom Video…

Axios

House panel probes online threats to federal law enforcement

The panel sent a letter to eight social media companies.

The Independent UK

Robert Kennedy Jr’s anti-vaccine group banned from Facebook and Instagram

Kennedy’s Children’s Health Defense is known for cherry-picking facts and conspiracy theories to spread mistrust of the Covid-19 vaccines

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