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'You just need hands and half a brain' says shop desperate to find staff

Owners say this year it has been harder than ever to recruit staff

Wales Online

YouTube blocks account of Hong Kong's sole leadership candidate

YouTube blocked the account of Hong Kong's sole leadership candidate John Lee on Wednesday as part of U.S. sanctions against the city's former No. 2 official who said the move will not affect his bid to lead the financial hub for the next five years.

Reuters

Free speech: Casualty of Ukraine war?

Social media is now silencing anyone who challenges the dominant narrative, whether from the right or the left

Salon

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Vet shares heartbreaking images of lambs with broken necks after dog attack

Staff at Clyde Vet Group Equine Hospital in Lanark shared horrific images of the injured livestock as a stark warning to pet owners.

Daily Record

'Distressing' burger van advert banned for making light of missing Madeleine McCann

The advert had a picture of Madeleine and mum Kate and a caption reading: 'With burgers this good, you'll leave your kids alone. What's the worst that could happen. Happy Mother's Day to all the mums out there'

Daily Mirror

Otley Burger Company banned from using 'offensive' Madeleine McCann images to promote company

The Otley Burger Company was heavily criticised for an advert last month that 'made light' of missing Madeleine McCann

Leeds Live

Vietnam plans 24-hour take-down law for 'illegal' social media content

HANOI/SINGAPORE: Vietnam is preparing new rules requiring social media firms to take down content it deems illegal within 24 hours, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Bangkok Post

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Motorola patches to land on Padres jerseys in 2023

SAN DIEGO — The Padres and Motorola: Get used to that pairing.

Tribune News Service

Olympian and former Hockeyroos captain Sandy Pisani dies in Adelaide

The Olympian and former Hockeyroos captain dies in hospital in Adelaide two years after being diagnosed with cancer, with her family saying she "fought tirelessly and in true competitive spirit".

ABC News

Federal election: Albanese and Morrison focus on industrial relations ahead of tonight's first leaders debate

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese gear up for tonight's first leaders' debate in Brisbane.

ABC News

Ukraine-Russia war: Chernobyl engineers tell of dangerous conditions under Russian occupation - as it happened

Ukrainian engineers say they worked 35 days straight on minimal sleep in order to keep Chernobyl nuclear power plant safe while Russian soldiers controlled the site.

ABC News

Is Meta Stock Being Overlooked? Why This Investor Is Buying Ahead Of Earnings

Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) kicked off FAANG earnings Tuesday, announcing quarterly results after the bell, but there's another FAANG name on one investor's radar.

Benzinga

Woman's fatal stabbing livestreamed on Facebook; man charged

A livestreamed fatal stabbing of a woman on social media led police to her body in an office building parking lot in Louisiana’s capital

The Independent UK

This Plot Of Digital Land Just Sold For $17,496 In MANA In Decentraland

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $17,496, which is 2.09x the current floor price of 2.693 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) ($17,496 USD). The collection consists of over 97,000 plots of land –– at the current moment each plot Land parcels are 16m x 16m, or 52…

Benzinga

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Metaverse Land Just Sold For $71,038 (32,888 MANA) In Decentraland

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $71,038, which is 8.50x the current floor price of 2.693 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) ($71,038 USD). The collection consists of over 97,000 plots of land –– at the current moment each plot Land parcels are 16m x 16m, or 52…

Evening Standard

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan: a disquieting novel about the dark side of the digital age

Jennifer Egan’s sequel to A Visit from the Goon Squad is fiction’s latest attempt to make sense of where the digital age might be leading us, says Sam Parker

Daily Record

Police in Lanarkshire set to review CCTV footage of football crowd incident

It comes as a Rangers fan group is accused of leaving women and children 'terrified'

The Independent UK

For Russian diplomats, disinformation is part of the job

Governments and social media companies have moved to restrict the ability of Russia's state media to spread disinformation about the war in Ukraine

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Here's Why Meta Investors Remain Divided Over Board Member Election

A group of shareholders urged Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) shareholders to vote against the re-election of two board members, Marc Andreessen and Peggy Alford. PayPal Holdings Inc's (NASDAQ:PYPL) Peggy Alford joined the Facebook parent's board in 2019, whereas venture capitalist Marc Andreessen has served on the company's board since June 2008, Reuters reports. "We…

The Conversation

Pranks and propaganda: Russian laws against 'fake news' target Ukrainians and the opposition, not pro-Putin pranksters

When they launched their war on Ukraine in late February 2022, Russian authorities also unleashed an all-out assault on dissent at home. Within weeks, the Kremlin blocked access to nearly all remaining critical media outlets as well as to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Benzinga

No, Australian Commonwealth Bank Isn't Tying With Any Exchange For Trading Of Bitcoin Or Any Crypto

Australian Commonwealth Bank warned of a fake news article circulating on Meta Platforms, Inc's (NASDAQ: FB) Facebook and other social media platforms.

The Independent UK

Instagram adds fundraising to Reels to help nonprofits

Meta Platforms Inc., the social media giant formerly known as Facebook, plans to celebrate Earth Day by expanding its offering of fundraising tools and making them more easily available to more than 1.5 million nonprofits on its Facebook and Instagram platforms, including those involved in fighting climate change

Manchester Evening News

Prankster husband uses 'seductive' photo of wife to sell Ikea bookcase

"I jokingly made a pose and said 'go on take one like that, that'll sell it'."

Los Angeles Times

Mary McNamara: Elon Musk is not social media's biggest problem

If you had to manufacture a hot-take contest topic, Elon Musk offering to buy Twitter would do just fine. Twitter thrives on disagreement, and few people are as divisive as Musk.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ramadan Mass Iftar Table in Egypt Goes Viral on Social Media

Social media users in Egypt have shared photographs of a mass street iftar table surrounded by dozens of people breaking their fast. Before the sunset call to prayer, a 1,000-meter table was placed in the heart of the El Matareya neighborhood, Cairo. This mass iftar looked like a celebration with…

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