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Facebook's new ad-free tier could end annoying consent pop-ups, but it could also put a price on your privacy

We have reached a key juncture in the debate about online privacy, following Meta’s recent decision to offer some users paid-for ad-free access to Facebook and Instagram. The time has come to decide how much we value keeping our data, tastes and whereabouts to ourselves.

The Conversation

Meta and Amazon make a deal to put the shopping in your socials

Facebook and Instagram users with a Prime membership will begin to see tailored ads with real-time pricing next to them.

TechRadar

Why Google and Meta owe news publishers much more than you think – and billions more than they’d like to admit

In a time of war and populism, the world needs quality information and credible news outlets. Local news is a part of this healthy ecology.

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Google goes on the attack against Bard malware — here's how to protect yourself

Scammers love impersonating Google Bard and other AI tools online, but Google is taking the fight to them in court with new lawsuits.

Tom’s Guide

Meta's European privacy choice may not satisfy regulators

Facebook is arguably still coercing tracking consent from the user.

Fortune

Threads now has the feature I most wanted

Here's how to opt out of Threads' automatic post sharing to Facebook and Instagram

YouTube May Face Criminal Complaints in EU for Using Ad-Block Detection Scripts

An Irish privacy consultant wants to put a stop to YouTube (and Meta) checking data outside of permissible bounds.

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Israel-Hamas fake news thrives on poorly regulated online platforms

Claims on X and Telegram include downplaying 7 October Hamas attack and allegations Palestinians are faking scenes of suffering

The Guardian - UK

Meta thinks AI labels on Facebook and Instagram can stop people being fooled by political deepfakes

The social media company is threatening to remove ads that don’t contain adequate disclosures

Evening Standard

Advance Australia doubled donations to raise nearly $5m ahead of voice to parliament referendum

Documents lodged with corporate regulator also show the rightwing advocacy group spent $3.4m campaigning against Indigenous voice proposal

The Guardian - AU

The nuclear industry's dream of small modular reactors hits a snag

It's a big setback for the nuclear industry's dream of small modular reactors. But NuScale insists it learned a lot over the last 10 years it spent developing the Carbon Free Power Project.

Fortune

Judge Moves Forward With Trump Fraud Case With Cover From Facebook Fact Checker

An attorney accused the presiding Judge Arthur Engoron of undervaluing the Trump properties in current fraud case.

Zenger

He Was Strip-Searched and Jailed for Criticizing Cops. Now He's Fighting Back in Court.

In an apparent case of retaliation by humiliation, Jerry Rogers Jr. was arrested for speaking out about a stalled murder investigation.

Reason

41 US states are suing Meta for getting teens hooked on social media. Here’s what to expect next

In the United States, 41 states have filed lawsuits against Meta for allegedly driving social media addiction in its young users (under the age of 18), amid growing concerns about the negative effects of platforms.

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Sextortion Against Young People Is On The Rise W/ Image-Based Abuse Spiking By 117%

"It’s not uncommon for it to be a time period of only 20 to 30 minutes between the first contact, images being sent and then demands being made.”

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Optus faces outage fallout, sharehouses surge in housing crisis, Ivanka Trump testifies

The network outage is the latest setback for the telco after last year’s huge data breach, while cost of living crisis is causing a change in living arrangements

The Guardian - UK

Half of Australia left without internet or phone as Optus crashes

10 million people are cut off, train systems fall down and businesses cannot make sales in outage lasting hours

The Guardian - UK

Mirror and Express owner to cut about 450 jobs – 10% of workforce

Reach staff react with furious comments to CEO over plan to reduce costs by up to 6% in 2024

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The Guardian - AU

Optus network outage may have been caused by same issue that brought Facebook down in 2021

Australian IT company says ‘configuration issue’ may have been behind nationwide outage

Pedestrian.tv

2023 On Track To Be Hottest Year On Record, Which My Uncle On Facebook Says Is Total Coincidence

Scientists from the Copernicus Climate Change Service have declared that 2023 is on track to be the hottest year on record.

The Guardian - AU

RMIT’s fact check reinstated by Facebook two months after suspension over News Corp voice complaints

Exclusive: Meta suspended RMIT FactLab from Facebook’s fact-checking program after no campaigners claimed it was biased

WEKU

Meta failed to address harm to teens, whistleblower testifies as senators vow action

Former engineer Arturo Bejar says he repeatedly raised the alarm to company execs about Instagram's harm to teens and they failed to act. Senators vow to pass a social media law this year.

Reason

You can't spell INFOSEC without the SEC

Episode 480 of the Cyberlaw Podcast

Creative Bloq

Why I'm glad the Corporate Memphis art style is dead

It represents everyone and speaks to no one.

The Independent UK

Former Meta engineering leader to testify before Congress on Instagram's harms to teens

On the same day whistleblower Frances Haugen was testifying before Congress about the harms of Facebook and Instagram to children in the fall of 2021, Arturo Bejar, then a contractor at the social media giant, sent an email to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the same topic

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