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'Tape or chewing gum:' Twitter's lapses echo worldwide

Twitter at its best is a tool to get a message out quickly, efficiently and directly, whether you're an activist or a local fire department

The Independent UK

Facebook parent settles suit in Cambridge Analytica scandal

Facebook’s corporate parent has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social network service allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump’s victorious presidential campaign in 2016

The Independent UK

Social Media: Instagram rolls out update to change default content settings for teens

Photo and video sharing platform Instagram has announced that they are rolling out a feature that defaults accounts for new users under 16 years old to 'less', the most restrictive setting for Sensitive Content Control. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Google will label which health clinics provide abortions

Google will start labeling which health clinics or hospitals provide abortions when users search for reproductive care online or in maps, the California-based company announced this week.

Los Angeles Times

Twitter and Meta took down pro-US propaganda campaign abroad, report says

The BBC reported that Twitter had identified the US and England as the possible country where the accounts had originated

The Independent UK

Microsoft Sues Mom Of Two Over Naming Her Business

A British woman is locked in a David versus Goliath trademark battle with Microsoft over the name of her firm called Word Window, which helps children learn to read.

Zenger

Commentary: Facebook helped police with an abortion investigation in Nebraska. That’s troubling news everywhere

After reports revealed this month that Facebook handed over to law enforcement messages between a Nebraska teenager and her mother about the teen’s pregnancy loss, the company released a statement claiming ignorance about the nature of the investigation. “The warrants did not mention abortion at all. Court documents indicate that…

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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

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Dublin Live

Facebook users baffled by celebrity posts glitch on their newsfeeds

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

Evening Standard

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.

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Glasgow Live

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

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

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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