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‘There’s angry people out there’: inside the renewable energy resistance in regional Australia

In community meetings and Facebook groups, true stories of mismanaged projects mesh with conspiracy theories to build distrust against the renewable energy rollout

The Guardian - AU

Artists stand up for their rights against AI threats

The steps artists are taking to protect their work from being used to train generative AI models.

Creative Bloq

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Controversial memes, mandatory recusal, and punitive damages caps.

Reason

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Don’t stop believing! Woman, 75, duped into giving $125K to scammer posing as Journey’s Steve Perry

The unnamed Ohio woman told police she fell for fake rock star’s scheme after they met on Facebook

The Independent UK

The Man with 1000 Kids donor Jonathan Jacob Meijer says his kids could use social media symbol to avoid incest

Meijer made the suggestion during 2023 trial that saw him banned from sperm donation

The Independent UK

New Microsoft ads tout unavailable Recall feature, don't mention it was indefinitely delayed due to privacy concerns

Microsoft has been running new ads exclusively about Recall functionality since July 1st. The new ads directly from the Windows X account raise questions about the future of Recall, which has been indefinitely cancelled for weeks.

Tom’s Hardware

Court Vacates "Stalking … Protective Order" Entered Against Critic of Elected Official

The official argued, among other things, that defendant's speech constituted "words of incitement" intended "to rile up the Black community to attack [her]."

Reason

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Microsoft is inexplicably running ads for Copilot+ PCs featuring its canceled Recall feature — the indefinitely delayed AI feature fueled an intense backlash

Tom’s Hardware

FarmVille at 15: how a cutesy Facebook game shaped the modern internet

On its 15th anniversary, the creators of FarmVille reflect on the compulsive cartoon farm sim that paved the way for a data-driven world

The Guardian - UK

Sangomas with ring lights: Zimbabwe’s traditional healers take to TikTok

As a new generation of healers shares African spiritual practices on social media, critics say the two cannot mix.

Al Jazeera

UK political parties on track to spend £1m on election day online ads

Digital campaigning gets round media blackout rule restricting broadcasters’ coverage while polls are open

The Guardian - UK

New Meta Quest 3 update adds Facebook-like social features and a productivity boost

There's a new Meta Quest 3 update rolling out that adds new 2D app features and more.

TechRadar

Woman Sparks Online Debate After Sharing A Heated Facebook Rant About Airplane Leg Room

"I hate not having an aisle seat."

Pedestrian.tv

30 Times People Spotted Something That Confused Them So Much They Had To Share The Pics Online

Brimming with all sorts of entertaining material, this group is a treasure trove of fails, bizarre happenings, and ideas that you simply know are not going to end well caught on camera. The post 30 Times People Spotted Something That Confused Them So Much They Had To Share The Pics…

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6,000-year-old burial mound in Czech Republic may be one of earliest funeral monuments ever found in Europe

The structure is thought to be made by the people behind the Neolithic Funnel-Beaker culture.

TV Tech

Reuters: Local TV News Remains Most Trusted News Source; But Only 28% Access It Each Week

Interest in TV news has ticked up among Americans in 2024 but is significantly down in the last decade, according to a massive new survey from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

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The Role of Social Media in Disseminating Sports News

The advent of social media has transformed how we consume sports news.

The Independent UK

Farage amasses 39 billion video views as Reform dominates social media election battle

Facebook is the right-wing party’s biggest stronghold, while Farage and Labour both rack up billions of views on X videos

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Assam ministers return to hate politics

In sharp contrast to the BJP’s Lok Sabha poll campaign, communal remarks have returned to the state’s politics with ministers trying to portray the Congress’s victory in three seats as a boost to criminal elements within the minority community.

The Conversation

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 Guardian - AU

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

Al Jazeera

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.

Reason

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…

The Conversation

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.

Fortune

'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.

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