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Leaders: Buying Meta’s blue tick won’t buy you respect

When the entry requirement for verification is a monthly fee, instead of actual influence, the badge is no longer an indicator of anything other than that you paid for it.

Fortune

Silicon Valley tech layoffs: Why so many jobs were slashed, and who’s hiring amid fierce competition?

A growing barrage of technology industry layoffs means slim pickings for job-seeking software engineers and other tech workers amid a fiercely competitive Bay Area job market that has tipped from bountiful to brutal.

Tribune News Service

What is Section 230, the rule that made the modern internet?

Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today

The Independent UK

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Here's why Bitcoiners are flocking to Nostr

Exactly how high is the ceiling for the decentralized social network?

Fortune

How two supreme court battles could reshape the rules of the internet

Lawsuits brought by families of terrorist attack victims will consider whether companies are responsible for users’ content

The Guardian - US

High court takes 1st look at law that shields internet firms

The Supreme Court is taking up its first case about a federal law that is credited with helping create the modern internet

The Independent UK

Pocock pushes gambling, alcohol advertising regulation

Independent senator David Pocock is pushing for social media advertising reform on gambling, alcohol and unhealthy food products.

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Splitting up social media may be its only hope

By now it should be evident that Twitter Inc. is a shadow of its former self. What’s not clear is which alternatives might replace it, or how the market will look a few years from now. This chaos offers an opportunity to rethink the entire structure of the social media…

Tribune News Service

Facebook Says Noting the CDC's Scientific Misrepresentations 'Could Mislead People'

The social media site slapped a warning on a column in which I criticized the CDC for exaggerating the evidence supporting mask mandates.

Reason

Illinois Supreme Court allows massive damages in biometric privacy cases but says lawmakers should weigh in

The Illinois Supreme Court issued a much-anticipated opinion on the state’s biometric privacy law Friday, leaving the door open for massive damages when companies are found to violate residents’ privacy rights but suggesting lawmakers revisit the issue.

Chicago Tribune

Supreme Court for first time casts doubt on Section 230, the legal shield for Big Tech

WASHINGTON — Internet giants like Google, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter owe much of their success to a legal shield erected by Congress in 1996.

Los Angeles Times

Does paid-for Facebook and Instagram signal end of free-access orthodoxy?

Creators and influencers on Meta’s platforms are an obvious market for verified users’ monthly fees

The Guardian - UK

Meta to roll out paid subscription service to 'verify' account

It follows Twitter's announcement last month

Irish Mirror

Energy crisis drives Hungarian ballet to rehearse in Audi factory

Unable to pay its heating bill amid soaring energy costs, one Hungarian ballet company is getting a little extra help from one of its sponsors by rehearsing in an Audi factory. We take a closer look. Also, Meta unveils paid verification status for Facebook and Instagram. Plus, the US Supreme…

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The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Joe Biden arrives in Kyiv in surprise visit

US president meets Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy ahead of anniversary of invasion. Plus, the disruptors who want to make death greener

Evening Standard

Meta starts selling Instagram and Facebook verification in the UK

For £9.99 per month, you can grab a blue badge and boost your profile’s visibility

The Guardian - UK

Still Shady: how did Eminem’s 2005 greatest hits become last year’s biggest rap album?

Released in 2005, Curtain Call: The Hits has spent 552 weeks in the UK album charts. Are young fans thrilling to his outrageous lyrics – or is the truth more prosaic?

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Mother’s harrowing robodebt testimony; paid blue ticks coming to Facebook and Instagram; and a Roman dildo found

Jennifer Miller tells inquiry she was stonewalled as she sought answers about the debt of her son, who took his own life

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Facebook and Instagram to get paid verification as Twitter charges for two-factor SMS authentication

Mark Zuckerberg follows Elon Musk’s lead in introducing fee for blue ticks, while Twitter to restrict 2FA via SMS to paid users

ABC News

Founder of Alice Springs crime page, Action for Alice, says his account has been suspended by Facebook

The founder of a social media page highlighting crime and anti-social behaviour in Alice Springs says his Facebook account has been temporarily suspended, barring him from sharing content with his more than 60,000 followers.

Fortune

Kroger workers who quit are getting texts and emails from the company asking them to come back

A tight labor market has bosses doing something they don't generally do: Asking workers who left to please return.

Manchester Evening News

Instagram and Facebook set to get paid-for verification

The feature will be made available this week

Axios

Meta to test out monthly paid verification subscription service

Meta Verified is aimed at "increasing authenticity and security across our services," Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.

Tribune News Service

Meta launches subscription service for Facebook and Instagram

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. is launching a subscription service called Meta Verified that will include a handful of additional perks and features, including account verification badges for those who pay.

Fortune

Mark Zuckerberg announces Meta Verified subscription service for Facebook and Instagram following Elon Musk’s Twitter Blue

Facebook and Instagram users will need to confirm their identity with a government ID to receive a verification badge.

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