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2022 was tech's year of big endings

From social media to the long bull market and from the techlash to the crypto bust, this year was full of finales.

Axios

Lawmakers will face familiar technology issues next Congress

WASHINGTON — The 118th Congress will face some long-standing policy challenges as well as a few new ones but may not get to the finish line on any of them — even the federal data privacy bill that has bipartisan backing in both chambers.

Tribune News Service

Putsch back – Inside the 16 December Guardian Weekly

Inside Germany’s failed coup plot. Plus: a moment of truth for Iran

The Guardian - UK

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Commentary: Entrepreneurial students should not fear Big Tech’s layoffs

Many of my students have a lifelong dream to work in Big Tech after graduation. Regardless of whether a student is a computer science or a marketing major, the allure of working for Google, Meta or Amazon — or any of the major tech companies — is deep-seated and fierce.

Chicago Tribune

‘Public interest’: Meta panel upholds move to restore Insta video showing sexual assault on Dalit woman

Meta’s Oversight Board has upheld the social media giant’s decision to restore an Instagram video showing a Dalit woman being sexually assaulted by a group of men, citing larger public interest and the need to raise awareness about discrimination against Dalits and Adivasis in India, especially women. However, the board…

Newslaundry

Meta accused in lawsuit of allowing posts that inflamed Ethiopia conflict

Meta Platforms was accused in a lawsuit filed in Kenya on Wednesday of letting violent and hateful posts from Ethiopia flourish on Facebook, inflaming the Ethiopian civil war.

Reuters

Big Tech sat out this year’s generative A.I. craze. Will it join the party in 2023?

Alphabet, Meta, and other tech titans are investing heavily in consumer-facing A.I., but the time hasn’t been right to go public.

Fortune

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Lawmakers will face familiar technology issues next Congress - Roll Call

Bipartisan support isn't enough to get bills through Congress. The 2023 agenda includes several tech bills left unfinished 2022.

Roll Call

ChatGPT Successfully Imitates a Talented Sociopath with Too Many Lawyers

Episode 434 of the Cyberlaw Podcast

Reason

Concern as US media hit with wave of layoffs amid rise of disinformation

Wider economic uncertainty is behind cuts at companies including CNN, BuzzFeed and Gannett, executives say

The Guardian - US

Five Great Reads: Facebook’s virtual insanity, looking back on Qatar, and an awkward breakup

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

The Guardian - AU

‘Your job isn’t safe from AI and the metaverse is an enormous waste of money’: five tech realities for 2023

The year that evangelists become realists? Tech CEO Matt Hay on his industry predictions for 2023

Evening Standard

Central teams up with Instagram to launch pop-up spaces

Central Department Store, in collaboration with Instagram, has launched "The Instagrammable Store", which is divided into two parts on the first and seventh floors of CentralWorld.

Bangkok Post

Instagram To Inform Creators Bbout Posts Blocked From Being Recommended

Professional accounts can now check if any of their posts are banned from being recommended to users who don't follow them by going to the settings menu, under the account and then account status.Read on for details:

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Chicago Tribune

Lawmakers drop journalism act from ‘must-pass’ defense spending bill under pressure from Facebook

An effort to add proposed journalism legislation to an annual “must-pass” defense spending bill was shot down by lawmakers after a public face off with Meta/Facebook over required payments to publishers for online news content.

Fortune

‘If you’re in tech, buckle up—it’s gonna be a tough ride’: The analyst who says Big Tech's layoffs show 'a new reality' sees 'more cuts' ahead

“The new reality is that demand is fading,” Jefferies analyst Brent Thill told Fortune. If we're headed for a recession, “it’s only inevitable that we’re going to have more cuts.”

Fortune

Microsoft keeps pulling the right political strings. Is it enough to get the Activision Blizzard deal over the finish line?

The tech giant is making shrewd moves, but regulators remain wary of its $68.7 billion purchase of the video game developer.

Daily Mirror

WhatsApp brings in new avatar feature for its 2billion users starting today

WhatsApp is making a huge change it its app today as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that it will finally start rolling out 3D avatars that can be personalised

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Will the metaverse be an inclusive workspace?

As companies return to physical and virtual offices, it's an important question.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Democrats celebrate as Raphael Warnock wins Georgia runoff

Republican Herschel Walker concedes as Warnock celebrates bolstering the Democratic party’s Senate majority

Evening Standard

WhatsApp introduces avatars for personality and privacy

Make a cartoony version of yourself for use with 36 custom stickers

The Guardian - UK

‘The metaverse will be our slow death!’ Is Facebook losing its $100bn gamble on virtual reality?

The company now known as Meta has spent staggering amounts on creating an immersive successor to the traditional 2D internet. But what has it got to show for it, apart from 11,000 job losses?

Daily Record

Warning issued over Facebook and Instagram ads which give misleading financial advice

Consumer experts found a number of investment ads which it says could 'mislead' Facebook and Instagram users.

Chicago Tribune

Facebook threatens to remove all news content if bill forcing payments to local media outlets passes

Meta/Facebook is threatening to remove all local news from its platform following reports that proposed legislation to force Big Tech to pay publishers for news content is being added to a defense bill in a bid to win approval during the lame-duck Congress session.

Fortune

Meta had a system to protect celebrity Facebook and Instagram accounts from moderation

An independent review found Meta's "cross-check" program to have protected celebrity figures from moderation protocols.

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