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Social media giants face the heat in child safety lawsuits

Social media platforms are under scrutiny for their lack of child safety measures after a US district judge dismissed their demand for immunity under section 230.

Tom’s Guide

Casual, distant, aesthetically limited: 5 ways smartphone photography is changing how we see the world

Smartphones are a staple of modern life and are changing how we see the world and show it to others. Almost 90% of Aussies own one, and we spend an average of 5.6 hours using them each day. Smartphones are also responsible for more than 90% of all the photographs…

The Conversation

Parents and therapists worried about teen social media addiction say Meta's lifelike, celebrity AI bots are exactly what you would design to keep kids hooked

Using the likenesses of Kendall Jenner, Tom Brady and 20-plus other mega-stars, Meta has created an army of AI bots available for friendship on WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger.

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How AI will transform porn and erotica

Don’t have a partner? No worries. AI has the solution, writes Flora Gill

Evening Standard

Nohema Graber murder: Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale sentenced

Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale have now both been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Spanish teacher Nohema Graber

The Independent UK

Stocks Surge as Soft CPI Report Bolsters Speculation Fed Is Done Raising Rates

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Tuesday closed up +1.91%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +1.43%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +2.13%. Stocks on Tuesday rallied sharply, with the S&P 500...

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Stocks Soar as Easing U.S. Price Pressures May Keep the Fed Sidelined

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +2.10%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +1.67%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +2.17%. Stocks are sharply higher, with the S&P 500 posting...

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Markets Today: Stocks Jump and Bond Yields Tumble as U.S. CPI Eases

Morning Markets December E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESZ2 3) are up +1.23% at a 1-3/4 month high, and Dec Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ2 3) are up +1.59% at a 3-1/2 month high. Stock index futures this morning jumped, and bond yields tumbled, after U.S. Oct consumer prices rose less...

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Third of teenagers have seen real-life violence on TikTok, research suggests

A total of 7,500 teenagers were surveyed for Home Office-backed charity the Youth Endowment Fund

The Independent UK

Davis 'pressured' teen to keep relationship quiet

The 17-year-old says he came forward due to doubts the Greens would name Mr Davis.

The Canberra Times

Former bikie allegedly threatens to kill 'snitch' over love 'feud'

'Canberra get ready for ur first daylight hit,' he allegedly said.

The Canberra Times

Disappearing messages aren't just for kids

A pair of profile legal cases involving Sam Bankman-Fried and Amazon highlight a familiar issue for parents: the use of self-deleting messages.

Fortune

Instagram is taking a massive leap into AI — here's what it means for you

Instagram is working on a series of AI tools including one that will let you create your own virtual friend.

Tom’s Guide

Armed teen arrested for ‘Lewiston Part 2’ shooting threat

Michael Bowden, 18, is accused of taking a picture of himself holding a rifle and ammunition outside a Walmart in Maine

The Independent UK

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Betfred ads featuring boxer Anthony Joshua banned because of appeal to under-18s

The ruling forms part of wider work by the Advertising Standards Authority banning gambling ads which are likely to have a strong appeal to under-18s.

Evening Standard

Will Twitter/X survive? One year on from Musk's takeover, we look at what's changed

Elon Musk remains defiant, insisting the prognosis is rosy as he redesigns the social media platform in his own image

The Conversation

Why Elon Musk is obsessed with casting X as the most 'authentic' social media platform

With X, formerly known as Twitter, hitting the one-year anniversary of Elon Musk’s US$44 billion takeover of the social media platform, it can feel disorienting to try to make sense of all that’s gone down.

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The $200 billion playbook that kneecapped Big Tobacco is coming for Mark Zuckerberg and his social media offspring

"Substitute algorithms for Joe Camel," says Fordham Law School professor Kenneth Rashbaum.

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The Independent UK

Teenagers admit assaulting black girl in video which went viral online

Video of the incident outside Thomas Knyvett College in Ashford, Surrey, showed a pupil being assaulted while her attackers were egged on by adults.

The Independent UK

Former British police officer jailed for abusing over 200 girls on Snapchat

A former British police officer has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 12 years after he pleaded guilty to over 100 child sex offenses

The Guardian - UK

Ex-police officer who abused 200 girls via Snapchat jailed for life

Lewis Edwards was on duty with South Wales police when he coerced some of the children into sending explicit images

The Independent UK

Smirking paedophile police officer jailed after grooming 200 girls on Snapchat

Lewis Edwards posed as a teenager to abuse young girls while working for South Wales Police

Fortune

Snap’s stock wobbles as it yanks guidance on ‘unpredictable nature of war’

“We believe it would be imprudent to provide formal guidance for Q4,” the Snapchat parent said, although it disclosed an “internal forecast.”

The Independent UK

States sue Meta claiming its social platforms are addictive and harm children's mental health

Dozens of US states, including California, New York, Arizona and Indiana are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people’s mental health and contributing the youth mental health crisis by knowingly designing features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to the platforms

The Independent UK

US military detain and charge Travis King with desertion and possessing sexual images of child – report

King, who fled to North Korea before being returned home earlier this month, detained by US military

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