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Nigerian befriends man on Facebook, dupes him of Rs 60L

DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand cyber cell nabbed a 45-year-old Nigerian man, identified as Olive, on Wednesday for allegedly duping a man from Ranikhet of Rs 60 lakh on the pretext of gifting him $1 lakh after befriending him on Facebook through a fake profile of a foreign woman. Olive was nabbed…

The Times of India

EXPLAINER: Online privacy in a post-Roe world

With abortion now or soon to be illegal in over a dozen states and severely restricted in many more, Big Tech companies that collect personal details of their users are facing new calls to limit that tracking and surveillance

The Independent UK

Attorneys reshape arguments as testimony begins in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot retrial

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Testimony began Wednesday in federal court in the retrial of two men accused of a violent plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer with attorneys for both sides recasting and reframing their arguments four months after the first trial ended in a hung jury.

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Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide delivers interim report — as it happened

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has identified over 50 previous reports into the problem and more than 750 recommendations, finding the prevalence of suicide among serving and ex-serving ADF members is "something that should concern us all". Look back on today's events.

ABC News

Nebraska abortion case reveals ‘nothing is beyond’ Big Tech, law enforcement’s grasp

A Nebraska mother and daughter who were charged with abortion-related crimes after their private texts were subpoenaed poses a crucial test of the post-Roe legal landscape, experts say

The Independent UK

Study finds all rainwater now unsafe to drink, Donald Trump pleads the Fifth amid investigation, and what's causing Australia's egg shortage — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

ABC News

Nursery worker, 21, died after Covid result meant she couldn't have liver transplant

The family of nursery worker Katie Horne, 21, have been left "devastated" by her death in April 2020 a month after checking into hospital with jaundice, dark urine and cramps

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Concerned About Abortion Surveillance and Law Enforcement? Time To Treat Encryption Seriously

A mother-daughter arrest in Nebraska was fueled in part by unencrypted Facebook messages police accessed through a warrant.

Reason

Panic as 10 'distressed' dogs found locked in 'hot small car' in Leeds park before police called

Bystanders were left in a state of panic as a crowd gathered

Leeds Live

Facebook Use Plunges among US Teens, Shows Survey

US teens have left Facebook in droves over the past seven years, preferring to spend time at video-sharing venues YouTube and TikTok, according to a Pew Research Center survey data out Wednesday. TikTok has "emerged as a top social media platform for US teens" while Google-run YouTube "stands out as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Time traveller from 2090' warns of 'worst hurricane in history' in coming days

Kim Windell Necos, who claims to be from 68 years in the future, says the devastating storm will hit as soon as Sunday, August 14.

Daily Record

FB helps cops charge teen over abortion

The teen is being charged as an adult with a felony "removing/concealing/abandoning dead human body"

Salon

How to co-stream the Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2025

Share the excitement of the March 20 broadcast with your audience featuring over 40 games on PS5, Xbox, PC and Switch

GamesRadar

Erika Ettin: Let sleeping ghosts lie

I have a former (male) client who has what I’ll call “a ghosting pattern.” He will text someone after a date he thinks went well to ask her out again. She doesn’t answer. He writes to her again. She doesn’t answer again. He writes again (maybe this time on Facebook…

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The Independent UK

Social media offers parents more controls. But do they help?

As concerns about social media’s harmful effects on teens continue to rise, platforms from Snapchat to TikTok to Instagram are bolting on new features designed to make their services safer and more age appropriate

WEKU

A Nebraska woman is charged with helping her daughter have an abortion

Police say that in Facebook messages they've obtained, Jessica Burgess tells her 17-year-old daughter that she has abortion pills to end her 24-week pregnancy. They're both charged with felonies.

Glasgow Live

Outlander author Diana Gabldon left 'confused' after claims she wasn't hired for prequel

The Outlander prequel was announced earlier this month and will follow the love story of Jamie's parents, Ellen Mackenzie and Brian Fraser - however author Diana has been left confused after claims nobody has been in touch.

Daily Mirror

Man dies after being buried alive on beach as passer-by sees feet poking out of sand

Sean Nagel, 35, was killed after being buried alive in sand in Rock beach in Martin County, in the Treasure Coast region of Florida, on the eastern coast of the US

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Manchester Evening News

'Heartless' animal sanctuary who put down two dogs hit back after public backlash

It was agreed that it was "unfair" to the dogs to spend several more years in the kennels

Chronicle Live

‘No Karens, Darrens or Debbie downers’: South Shields pub sparks huge reaction with blunt job advert

The Sanddancer also told people not to turn up to the interview 'looking like they've been dragged through a hedge with the motivation of a sloth'

Evening Standard

Facebook criticised for handing over private messages in teen abortion case

The social network is facing a backlash for answering a warrant seeking private messages between a mother and daughter

Daily Record

Young Scots bouncer dies suddenly as loved ones pay tribute to 'loveliest person inside and out'

Chelsea Tant, 27, was a well-known face around the streets of Edinburgh working as a door steward at various pubs and nightclubs in the capital.

The Guardian - UK

Meta’s BlenderBot 3 wants to chat – but can you trust it?

Facebook’s parent company has created a bot capable of weighing in on almost any topic – from radicalisation to sending Mark Zuckerberg to jail

The Hindu

Fact check: As monsoon arrives, misinformation pours

As monsoon rains lash several parts of the country, social media platforms are awash with weather-related misinformation.

The Texas Tribune

“He has total veto power”: Greg Abbott takes control over who will lead Texas’ troubled power grid, sources say

Locked in a potentially tight reelection race and facing criticism over the grid’s 2021 collapse, the governor is exerting unprecedented influence over what the state grid operator shares with the public — and who will be its next CEO.

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