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Editorial: Stop tech giants from destroying local news

Journalism is so fundamental to the workings of a democracy that the founders made freedom of the press first in the Bill of Rights. But this industry, so vital to an educated citizenry, is being financially undermined by two monoliths that have taken the content generated by newspapers, TV, radio…

Tribune News Service

Meta agrees $90m settlement in Facebook privacy suit

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook-parent Meta has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a 10-year-old lawsuit accusing it of tracking users online even after they logged off the social network, court records show.

Bangkok Post

‘Live in the future’: Zuckerberg unveils company overhaul amid shift to metaverse

CEO of company formerly called Facebook touts pivot at all-hands meeting as he faces investment concerns

The Guardian - US

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California bills aim at social media, medical disinformation

Two California Democratic lawmakers are targeting pandemic disinformation they say has received a broad audience and misplaced credibility through social media

The Independent UK

All the coronavirus news you need in one place — as it happened

Get up to speed on all the coronavirus news from across Australia, as it happened in our live blog.

ABC News

Facebook Parent Meta To Pay $90M To Settle Decade Long Privacy Lawsuit

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB), the parent company of Facebook,

Benzinga

Chicago man admits inciting city rioting in August 2020

Two people were shot and 13 police officers were injured amid the August 2020 rioting that led to standoffs with police and left heaps of shattered glass and empty storefronts from the South Loop to Lincoln Park.

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Facebook parent Meta settles decade-old data-privacy lawsuit

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. has settled a decade-old class action lawsuit over the company’s use of “cookies” in 2010 and 2011 that tracked people online even after they logged off the Facebook platform

The Independent UK

Mum conned out of £80k by Facebook lothario who poised as a lonely US soldier

Government warns of more than 100 fake profiles featuring snaps of suave Artis Pabriks

Wales Online

Asda brings back £1 biscuits that shoppers used to love

Facebook page Snack News and Reviews announced the news

Nottingham Post

My office is cooler than yours — from Google to Facebook, London’s most enviable workplaces

Google’s 11-floor King’s Cross campus will feature a basketball court, massage rooms and rooftop running track, and Facebook is offering staff free pick ‘n’ mix - so which work perks would lure you back? Katie Strick finds out

Evening Standard

Mum conned out of £80,000 after ending 29-year relationship for 'silver fox' scammer

The profile and face that Sharon Bulmer, 51, thought she knew as 'Murphy Townsend' was in fact Artis Pabriks, the Latvian Minister for Defence.

Daily Record

'I know I have been a fool but these are the things we do for love', says mum duped out of £80k by Facebook lover

The fake profile was one of more than 100 featuring images of the suave politician Artis Pabriks

Manchester Evening News

Moderator Inside Facebook's African 'Sweatshop' Says Work Is 'Mental Torture'

A company that moderates content for Facebook, owned by Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB), stands accused by employees of “mental torture” and underpayment.

Benzinga

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Texas sues Meta over Facebook’s dropped facial-recognition tech

Facebook claims it no longer collects and profits off users’ faces through controversial facial-recognition technology. Texas isn’t buying it.

ABC News

COVID updates: All the coronavirus news from around Australia in one place

Catch up on today's coronavirus news from across Australia.

Benzinga

Texas Attorney General Prosecutes Facebook Parent Meta: All You Need To Know

The Texas attorney general filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) for its longstanding and discontinued use of facial-recognition technology that violated that state’s privacy protections for personal biometric data,

The Independent UK

Texas AG sues Facebook parent Meta over facial recognition

The Texas Attorney General is suing Facebook parent Meta

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The Independent UK

Woman scammed out of £80,000 as 100 fake profiles use photo of ‘silver fox’ minister

Warning issued after online scam targets social media users

The Guardian - US

Incursion could start at ‘any time’, White House warns – as it happened

US relocating remaining embassy staff to Lviv, Antony Blinken confirms

TechRadar

Bright Data review

This proxy service isn't cheap, but could be well worthwhile for demanding users.

The Guardian - UK

French anti-vaxxers buying fake Covid passes online

Exclusive: fake passes often promoted on mainstream social media platforms, study shows

The Conversation

What is a 'soft' or 'hard' relationship launch? Explaining the celebrity-led trend

The days of speedily updating your Facebook status the moment a new relationship is made official are long gone. In fact the Facebook relationship update could be described as somewhat passé, replaced instead by a new form of social media relationship documentation – the “soft” or “hard” launch.

Daily Mirror

Family beg people to stop sharing images of murdered boy, 15, in coffin on Snapchat

A Facebook post by the family pleaded with people to check their children's phones for a disturbing image of Loui Phillips, calling the new heartache 'tormenting'

The Hindu

Strict anti-doxxing policies for Meta

What has Meta’s oversight board recommended? Why are these changes necessary?

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