Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Facebook

If Meta bans news in Australia, what will happen? Canada’s experience is telling

At a parliamentary hearing late last week, Meta once again suggested it could ban links to news on Facebook and Instagram in Australia.

The Conversation

Children could be blocked from social media as well as porn sites in Australian trial of age check technology

Authorities in talks with Instagram and Facebook about taking part in $6.5m test of online safety measures

The Guardian - AU

US Supreme Court sidesteps ruling on Republican-backed social media laws

Top court declines to rule on Texas and Florida laws, but defends social media platforms’ right to moderate content.

Al Jazeera

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

The Supreme Court's Reasoning Prohibits the Deplatforming Limits that the Parties Care About

As the Moody v. NetChoice majority noted, the parties focused on Facebook's and YouTube's main feeds. The majority similarly focused on those main feeds in its extensive discussion of First Amendment principles, and, as co-blogger Ilya notes, it left little doubt about the unconstitutionality of the Texas and Florida statutes…

Reason

Supreme Court kicks cases about tech companies’ First Amendment rights back to lower courts − but appears poised to block states from hampering online content moderation

The U.S. Supreme Court has sent back to lower courts the decision about whether states can block social media companies such as Facebook and X, formerly Twitter, from regulating and controlling what users can post on their platforms.

The Conversation

'Looksmaxxing' is exacerbating the youth mental health crisis, psychologists say

One looksmaxxing app, UMax, ranks higher in the Apple app store charts than TaskRabbit and Zillow Rentals.

Fortune

S. Ct. Recognizes Platforms' Right to Choose What Appears in "Curated Feeds," Doesn't Resolve Other Content Moderation Questions

In today's Moody v. Netchoice, LLC, the Supreme Court sent back to lower courts the cases considering whether (and when) the Florida and Texas limits on social media content moderation are constitutional. The decision was complicated and limited, so here's a general summary. [1.] Remember that the lawyer's true superpower…

Reason

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Social Media Moderation Is Speech, Says Supreme Court

The Court is remanding these two cases for more analysis—but it made its views on some key issues clear.

Reason

US Top Court Sidesteps Ruling On Contentious Social Media Laws

The US Supreme Court on Monday ordered lower courts to review a pair of Republican-backed laws that imposed restrictions on social media content moderation, in a decision welcomed by the tech industry.

International Business Times

Texas’ social media law remains blocked after U.S. Supreme Court sends it back to lower court

The tech industry saw the measured ruling as a win. Attorney General Ken Paxton vowed to continue defending the law.

The Texas Tribune

EU Accuses Meta Of Breaking Digital Competition Rules

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, faces EU scrutiny for its ad model violating digital competition rules. Potential fines and investigations highlight ...

Top News

Meta accused of breaking EU digital law by charging for ad-free social networks

European Commission objects to ‘pay or consent’ model for users of Facebook and Instagram

The Guardian - UK

Meta Risks Fines Over 'Pay For Privacy' Model Breaking EU Rules

The EU accused Facebook owner Meta on Monday of breaching the bloc's digital rules, paving the way for potential fines worth billions of euros.

International Business Times

European Union accuses Facebook owner Meta of breaking digital rules with paid ad-free option

European Union regulators have accused social media company Meta Platforms of breaching the bloc’s new digital competition rulebook by forcing Facebook and Instagram users to choose between seeing ads or paying to avoid them

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Bored Panda

30 Creepy Dolls That Might Give You Nightmares

Are haunted dolls real? Who knows, but this Facebook group has some creepy ones to share. The post 30 Creepy Dolls That Might Give You Nightmares first appeared on Bored Panda.

The Guardian - UK

At least 30 Reform candidates have cast doubt on human-induced global heating

Exclusive: Analysis of social media posts, including by candidates projected to win seats, finds multiple mentions of ‘hoaxes’ and ‘the Illuminati’

The National (Scotland)

Fire service issues warning amid battle against massive blaze at Scottish landfill

THE fire service has issued a wide-ranging warning amid a fire at a Scottish landfill site ...

Reason

The TikTok Ban Is a Blueprint for More Social Media Censorship

China's free speech record is bad, but the federal government's isn't so great either.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Canberra Times

War monuments 'defaced' with pro-Palestine graffiti for third time

The Korean War and Vietnam War memorials were vandalised.

The Guardian - AU

‘We don’t know what’s going on any more’: how Australia lost its rural newspapers

The Country Press Association says up to 50 regional newspapers could close when Facebook funding agreements begin to lapse later this year

AAP

PM takes aim at 'arrogant' social media giants

Social media giants have been criticised by the prime minister after a Meta executive told a parliamentary inquiry their platforms hadn't harmed children.

The Texas Tribune

Essay: Life on the trail with Kinky

A Texas Tribune editor recalls working on the 2006 independent gubernatorial campaign of Kinky Friedman.

Windows Central

Ever put content on the web? Microsoft says that it's okay for them to steal it because it's 'freeware.'

Microsoft's CEO of AI said at a recent event that content on the web is fair game for training AI, being copied, and being reproduced. The comments will likely spark controversy, since Microsoft and other tech giants are being sued for doing what the CEO described.

Digital Camera World

We want to see your best drone photos

Send us your drone images with a chance to win a copy of 52 Assignments: Drone Photography by Fergus Kennedy

Reason

Why Does (It At Least Appear That) Justice Barrett Applies "New," "Heightened," and "Elevated" Standing Rules?

Justice Barrett adamantly resists the suggestion that she keeps leveling up the burden on plaintiffs, but it is becoming more difficult to deny.

1 … 135 136 137 138

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations