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Stephen L. Carter: Supreme Court’s social media ruling is a temporary reprieve

Did Big Tech just win big at the US Supreme Court? That seems to be the view of most commentators in the wake of Thursday’s unanimous decision in two cases that had the potential to challenge the so-called liability shield that protects internet service providers from liability for content posted…

Tribune News Service

Disney+ Walks Back On Removing Powerful Documentary About The Little Mermaid Lyricist Howard Ashman After The Internet Was Rightfully Upset

A 2018 documentary about Disney lyricist Howard Ashman, a gay man who wrote the songs for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin, was almost was removed from Disney+, sparking backlash.

Cinemablend

AI is exploiting our unwitting, unwaged labour

Google uses a tool to gather training data for AI-driven applications, such as self-driving vehicles, from how we interact with the internet. Companies may label us all as 'users' or 'customers', yet that conceals what they're really doing, argues Fabio Morreale

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DeSantis more likely to ‘double down’ than pivot as he enters presidential race

Thomas Massie had been in Congress less than a year when a colleague approached him with a controversial plan. Rep. Ron DeSantis of Florida, himself a freshman, was urging Republican lawmakers on to the U.S. House floor to rail against a proposed Internet sales tax that had the strong support…

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Australia’s ageing NBN satellites leave rural internet users struggling to connect

A strategic investment in OneWeb by the federal government could ensure equitable access to fast, reliable rural and remote broadband

The Guardian - AU

Internet Explorer is dying - but you can decide when to say goodbye

Microsoft is still killing off Internet Explorer, but will let users decide when the browser is removed from their systems.

TechRadar

Review: Everything I Need I Get from You Gives a Fangirl's View of the Internet

Author Kaitlyn Tiffany offers a history of fandoms.

Reason

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SpaceX aborts launch of Falcon 9 rocket carrying OneWeb, Iridium satellites (update)

SpaceX plans to launch its second mission in a span of seven hours on Friday morning (May 19), and you can watch the action live.

Space

Tech giants should help pay for 5G, say Europe’s mobile operators

Consumers will have to pay a lot more for 5G and broadband internet if companies like Meta, Apple, and Microsoft don’t contribute

Evening Standard

The Best US Cities for Remote Work

Two new remote work studies reveal a variety of cities across the country most amenable to fully online careers.

Kiplinger

$5 billion for broadband advances in Texas Legislature after Senate OKs bill

An estimated 7 million Texans don’t have access to high-speed broadband internet access.

The Texas Tribune

No, Elon Musk is not building a 'robot wife'

According to some internet users, pictures of Tesla founder Elon Musk kissing humanoid female robots are proof of Tesla's final stages of production for a "robot wife". But the images are AI-generated, including work by the same artist who created a viral image of the pope in a puffer jacket.…

France 24

Navy probe prompted by suicides condemns conditions at shipyard: 'We let our people down'

A Navy investigation triggered by a series of suicides is recommending widespread improvements in housing, food, parking and internet for sailors, as well as changes to mental health and other personnel programs

The Independent UK

Viasat expects to complete long-awaited acquisition of Inmarsat by the end of this month

Carlsbad satellite Internet provider Viasat expects to complete its pending buyout of rival Inmarsat this month — bulking up the combined companies' competitive position amid stiff competition in the satellite broadband market.

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The Independent UK

Explainer: Why Supreme Court tiptoeing past Section 230 helps Big Tech fueled by social media

Google, Twitter, Facebook and other tech companies fueled by social media have dodged a legal threat that could have blown a huge hole in their business models

Al Jazeera

US Supreme Court shoots down cases on social media liability

Two court decisions represent a victory for internet companies facing scrutiny over user content on their platforms.

Cinemablend

Andy Cohen Posed Nude For The Second Time In His Career, But We’re Just Here For The Comments

Bravo mogul Andy Cohen bore it all, and the internet is in a tizzy.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court sidesteps challenge to internet companies’ broad protections from lawsuits

The Supreme Court has sidestepped a case against Google that might have allowed more lawsuits against social media companies

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3 Internet Stocks to Own in May 2023

Digital transformation and increased internet penetration are poised to keep the internet industry buoyed in the foreseeable future. Given this backdrop, it could be wise to buy quality internet stocks Yelp Inc. (YELP), Opera Limited (OPRA), and trivago N.V. (TRVG) in May 2023. Read on….

Reuters

U.S. Supreme Court tosses case challenging internet legal shield

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sidestepped a challenge to federal protections for internet and social media companies that free them of liability for content posted by users in a case involving a lawsuit against Google LLC involving the practices of video-sharing platform YouTube.

TechRadar

Global Accessibility Awareness Day: PIA challenges VPN industry

Private Internet Access shares its new approach to digital accessibility issues, urging other providers to work closely with their customers.

Roll Call

Supreme Court sides with social media giants on liability laws - Roll Call

The Supreme Court left untouched an internet immunity law known as Section 230 and sided with social media companies in decisions Thursday.

The Conversation

If AI is to become a key tool in education, access has to be equal

The pandemic forced many educational institutions to move to online learning. Could the rise of chatbots, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, now further improve the accessibility of learning and make education more obtainable for everyone?

The Independent UK

Jill Biden touts efforts to bring better internet to Alaska Native villages

Alaska Native villages have long been caught on the wrong side of the digital divide with no internet connections or a sluggish link at best

TechRadar

Guinea shuts down internet access amid anti-government protests

Citizens are turning to VPN services to keep accessing key social media apps. Here's why Guinea's internet is going dark.

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