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Saudi man sentenced to death for tweets in harshest verdict yet for online critics

A retired teacher in Saudi Arabia a death sentence for his tweets criticizing the country's leadership to just a handful of followers, according to rights advocates and his family.

WEKU

Apple may stop offering customer support on social media

The tech giant is apparently retraining some online support agents to offer advice over the phone

Evening Standard

Musk’s X now wants your biometric data, as well as your job and education history

The new policy also includes plans to use user data to train its artificial intelligence systems.

Fortune

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Was Tesla really trying to build a glass house for CEO Musk?

A large order of glass reportedly triggered an internal investigation into the use of Tesla resources—and now U.S. prosecutors are interested, too.

Fortune

Today’s Cache | Google brings generative AI home; Social media firms failed to stop Russian misinformation; India tops YouTube video removals

Google has rolled out generative AI in web searches for India-based users

The Hindu

Elon Musk’s ‘X’ To Introduce Biometric Data Collection In Updated Privacy Policy, Raising Concerns

The Company's privacy policy evolution sees biometric data as key to enhanced job recommendations and tailored advertising

Zenger

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 554

As the war enters its 554th day, these are the main developments.

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Studies criticise big tech firms over Russian disinformation

Tech titans, including TikTok and Twitter, failed to effectively tackle Russian disinformation online during the first year of the war in Ukraine, according to a study published Wednesday by the EU. A separate study points at the ways TikTok has been profiting from pro-Russian related narratives.

Radio France Internationale

Interim No More: NBCU Names Mark Marshall Named Chairman, Global Advertising & Partnerships

Executive has filled post since Linda Yaccarino left for Twitter

Broadcasting & Cable

Hurricane Idalia brings fresh backlash to Airbnb

‘Seems surprising and off brand to prioritize profits over guest safety,’ user says

The Independent UK

Can a Controversial User Really Get Kicked off the Internet?

In theory, yes; in practice, perhaps soon.

Reason

Marc Benioff warns he may pull Salesforce conference from San Fran over rampant homelessness and drug use

San Francisco may be about to lose one of its headline events.

Fortune

WhatsApp for Mac is now one step closer to replacing FaceTime with latest update

Meta has released a big update to WhatsApp on Mac, with a redesign and better ways to make group calls.

iMore

Twitter allows US political candidates and parties to advertise in policy switch

Announcement by the Elon Musk-owned social media platform has experts concerned over misinformation ahead of 2024 election

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Social media company X to allow political ads, reversing previous ban

Platform says decision builds on commitment to ‘free expression’ and pledges to prohibit promotion of misinformation.

The Independent UK

Elon Musk booed at video games contest as crowds shout: ‘Bring back Twitter!’

‘Getting booed by Valorant players is like getting wedgies by the anime club in middle school’

The Conversation

X users will need protection after the 'block' feature is removed – here's why businesses are better than people at moderating negative comments

In a recent post, the owner of X, (formerly Twitter), Elon Musk, announced his plans for the social media platform to remove its blocking feature, except for in direct messages.

The Independent UK

UNC shooting suspect’s social media complaints about murdered faculty member revealed

Tailei Qi complained about his head of lab in posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, before Monday’s shooting

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The Guardian - AU

Meta closes nearly 9,000 Facebook and Instagram accounts linked to Chinese ‘Spamouflage’ foreign influence campaign

Company says users targeted in Australia, UK, US and elsewhere by political spam network across more than 50 platforms

WEKU

Meta says Chinese, Russian influence operations are among the biggest it's taken down

Facebook's parent company says both operations used fake accounts across social media sites to promote Chinese and Russian interests

The Guardian - UK

TechScape: What was really behind Twitter’s mysterious disappearing images?

With Elon Musk in command, it can be hard to tell if changes at X are a mistake or a direct order from the boss. Plus, linkrot is coming for your movies and video games

Newslaundry

As Bahujan stories get commercialised, controversies will only deepen. Made in Heaven is a case in point

Let’s be honest. We all love to witness a noisy, bitter quarrel on Twitter (or X, or whatever it might be called before this piece is published!). Of course, it is fun only when we aren’t the ones getting beaten up. It allows us to self-appoint ourselves as a credible…

Creative Bloq

Could the defunct Twitter logo get a second life?

It could help save a real blue bird.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Elon Musk gets booed at Valorant esports finals

Billionaire and Twitter owner Elon Musk attended the final match of the Valorant Champions 2023 tournament, and the crowd wasn’t very happy

USA Today Sports Media Group

Quick takeaways from postgame press conference vs. Chiefs

Takeaways from the final Browns' preseason press conference against the Chiefs.

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