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Facebook, Instagram roll out paid subscription in Australia, New Zealand

Sydney (AFP) - Facebook and Instagram began a week-long rollout of their first paid verification service on Friday, testing users' willingness to pay for social media features that until now have been free.

AFP

Meta profited from anti-LGBTQ+ ads despite entering float in Sydney Mardi Gras

Company accepted money from groups such as Australian Christian Lobby, who labelling a drag queen event as ‘attempt to sexualise innocent toddlers’

The Guardian - AU

IBD 50 Software Growth Stock Drives Social Media Platforms; Spikes After Earnings

Sprout Social's market segment is expected to grow 21% annually. Its open-source framework taps a huge opportunity in social media management.

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South Shields burglar snared after victim uploads doorbell footage on Facebook

Christopher Tschida broke into a family home while they slept and helped himself to a quantity of tools

Chronicle Live

Mum who ran explicit 'Rosie Cheek' Facebook page had child sex abuse images

'Lonely' Julie Barnes used the pseudonym on page which featured a number of pictures of herself

Liverpool Echo

Facebook users urged to check accounts for 'hidden danger' of apps downloaded years ago

If you downloaded a game to play through Facebook years ago, chances are the app is still connected to your account and still able to access some of your current data

Daily Mirror

Meta shutters fake account 'cheerleaders' for Cuban, Bolivian governments

La Paz (AFP) - Facebook parent company Meta said Thursday it had taken down two fake account networks with links to the governments of Cuba and Bolivia that were used to spread official propaganda and discredit the opposition.

AFP

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TikTok's new feature is very similar to classic Facebook button

The feature is supposed to help small creators

Liverpool Echo

Editorial: Social media companies must curtail the spread of misinformation

About 500 hours of video gets uploaded to YouTube every minute. The online video-sharing platform houses more than 800 million videos and is the second most visited site in the world, with 2.5 billion active monthly users.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Word war: In Russia-Ukraine war, information became a weapon

In the year since Russia invaded Ukraine, disinformation and propaganda have emerged as key weapons in the Kremlin's arsenal

The Independent UK

Supreme Court sounds split on whether social media firms can be sued for aiding terrorists

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices sounded split Wednesday over whether social media firms can be sued and potentially held liable for aiding international terrorists.

Los Angeles Times

Former Facebook whistleblower advocates for better treatment of content moderators

In tonight's edition: South Africa plants seeds for a greener energy sector by announcing tax breaks for investors in clean power. Also, Namibia welcomes US First Lady Jill Biden as she arrives in Africa for a five-day tour. And we speak to a former Facebook content moderator who blew the…

France 24

Strapped for cash

Despite wages rising at a record pace, Australians are worse off because inflation has ballooned to 7.8%, and Treasurer Jim Chalmers looks at capping superannuation fund balances at $3 million.

Crikey

UNESCO chief urges tougher regulation of social media

The United Nations’ educational, scientific and cultural agency chief is urging a global conversation on the regulation of social media and its role in the spread of misinformation in order to make the internet a safer place

The Independent UK

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Meta has profited from more than 60 ads using homophobic slur ‘groomer’ since December

Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta has profited from more than 60 ads featuring the anti-LGBTQ slur “groomer” since December, according to a new report from Media Matters for America.

Manchester Evening News

JD Sports to build work campus in Bury including creche, sports arena and restaurant to rival ‘Facebook, Google and Nike’

The sports and leisure retailer said the new campus would lead to hundreds of new jobs being created

Reason

Biden Promised a Return to 'Rule of Law' Governance. His Record Says Differently.

Like his predecessors, the current president ignores the law when it suits him.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court weighs tech giants' liability in terror case

The Supreme Court will be weighing whether Facebook, Twitter and YouTube can be held responsible for a 2017 terrorist attack on a nightclub in Turkey

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The Independent UK

Surge in paedophiles using virtual reality tech in child abuse image crime in UK

Police recorded 30,925 offences involving obscene images of children in 2021/22, the highest number ever logged by forces in England and Wales

ABC News

Tasmanian Hemp Association fights Facebook ban after clarifying 'prohibited' products

The government-funded Tasmanian Hemp Association was initially banned from advertising on the platform, which they say happens to producers across the globe due to strict algorithms, before it successfully argued its case.

The Independent UK

Virtual reality tech appearing in child abuse image crime reports for first time

Police recorded 30,925 offences involving obscene images of children in 2021/22, the highest number ever logged by forces in England and Wales.

Fortune

Big Tech goes back to moving fast and breaking things

Thanks to financial woes and an A.I. arms race, it’s back to the future.

The Conversation

Five emerging trends that could change our lives online

The way we live our lives online is rapidly changing. Artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality and innovations such as blockchain – a kind of digital record for transactions — are set to transform the online world, affecting everything from social media to how people and businesses make money from their…

The Independent UK

Trump hits out at ‘boring’ Twitter and Facebook and dismisses his return

‘I think I get a very strong word out on Truth, and there’s something very beautiful about it,’ Trump says

Chronicle Live

Longbenton couple who found puppy had destroyed their cup final tickets to get new ones from Wembley

Alan Carling and his wife Jessica returned home to find 11-month-old Rudy had shredded their Wembley tickets

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