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Wikipedia's volunteer editors are fleeing online abuse. Here's what that could mean for the internet (and you)

We’re now sadly used to seeing toxic exchanges play out on social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and TikTok.

The Conversation · Dec 5, 2023

Instagram and Facebook users will soon no longer be able to chat in new update

Meta is planning on ending the cross-messaging feature for its platforms this December as it keeps scaling back Messenger.

TechRadar · Dec 5, 2023

State abandons effort to take back Fairfield Lake State Park land

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will stop pursuing eminent domain to take over the former park property south of Dallas. A private developer plans to turn it into a luxury subdivision.

The Texas Tribune · Dec 5, 2023

Auteur or provocateur? Animal and the event of hypermasculine cinema

A cinematic event has been invented to mark the beginning of the end of 2023. It has been carefully crafted by master filmmaker Sandeep Reddy Vanga, and meticulously aided by a blatant disregard for substance and wilful defenestration of empathy. The formula was tested in laboratories and has been deployed…

Newslaundry · Dec 5, 2023

Meta's AI Chief Says There's An AI War And Nvidia Is 'Supplying The Weapons'

Meta's AI chief Yann LeCun said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has much to gain from the AI craze.

International Business Times UK · Dec 5, 2023

Meta is breaking up the love between Instagram and Facebook Messenger chats

Meta is removing the cross-app feature of chatting with your Facebook friends via Instagram.

Android Central · Dec 5, 2023

Disinformation researcher says Harvard pushed her out to protect Meta

Joan Donovan accused Harvard of violating her free speech rights and the school's own commitment to academic freedom in an attempt to protect its relationship with the tech company and its executives.

WEKU · Dec 4, 2023

Deepfakes are another front in the Israel-Hamas war that risk unleashing even more violence and confusion in the future: ‘This is moving incredibly fast’

Companies are racing to detect videos that have been manipulated with the help of AI—before they cause even more problems in battle zones.

Fortune · Dec 4, 2023

Whistleblower allegation: Harvard muzzled disinfo team after $500 million Zuckerberg donation

A prominent disinformation scholar is accusing Harvard University in a whistleblower disclosure of muzzling her speech and stifling — then dismantling — her research team as it launched a deep dive into a damning trove of Facebook files

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2023

Spanish news giants pile into Meta's legal nightmare

The Facebook parent company's privacy practices are now being attacked on three different legal fronts in Europe.

Fortune · Dec 4, 2023