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Musk deputy's words on Starlink 'weaponization' vex Ukraine

Ukrainians have reacted with puzzlement and some ire to comments by a top Starlink official that their country has “weaponized” the satellite internet service

The Independent UK

Woman sues after Louisiana lawmaker blocked her on Twitter

A New Orleans woman says in a federal lawsuit that she was illegally blocked from a state senator's Twitter account after posting comments critical of the lawmaker's anti-abortion efforts

The Independent UK

Trump news – live: Mike Pence subpoenaed in special counsel probe as Trump gets Facebook account back

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The Independent UK

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Twitter's ex-safety chief says he got a 'wave of homophobic and antisemitic threats' and had to sell his home after the 'Twitter files'

Yoel Roth said Elon Musk shared “a defamatory allegation that I support or condone pedophilia."

Fortune

Twitter's report on fighting disinformation doesn't fly with Euro regulators

Elon Musk has said that Europe's efforts to combat online disinformation are aligned with his own. But European regulators are not so sure.

Fortune

GOP asks for records from Biden's family on business deals

House Republicans have made the first official requests for documents from Hunter and James Biden regarding foreign business dealings

The Independent UK

Mother targeted by anti-vaxxers after 6-year-old daughter’s death

‘There was never a thought that it could be from the vaccine,’ mother says of daughter who suffered from chronic conditions

The Independent UK

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Paul Mescal Oscar nod a ‘very welcome respite’ amid mum’s cancer battle

The Aftersun star earned his first Academy Award nomination last month

Manchester Evening News

Investors still trust anonymous crypto founders with millions—even after the FTX meltdown

Crypto investors have put millions into ventures run by 'anons.' Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX collapse have only strengthened their faith.

Fortune

Melanie Lynskey’s husband Jason Ritter defends wife after America’s Next Top Model winner body-shamed her

‘You could have just… not tweeted it,’ the actor wrote on Twitter

The Independent UK

House GOP Twitter bias hearing backfires

"What happens when you hold a hearing, and you can't prove your point?” a Democrat questioned

Salon

Waitrose shoppers outraged over 'tone deaf' food message in UK supermarkets

Waitrose has defended its "perfect for the food bank" promotion which aims to encourage supermarket shoppers to purchase products to give to its food bank donation scheme

Daily Mirror

Fury in Ukraine as Elon Musk’s SpaceX limits Starlink use for drones

SpaceX says satellite communications service ‘never, never meant to be weaponised’

The Guardian - UK

Social media campaign linked to Chinese government spreading disinformation about Australian politics, thinktank says

Posts amplify content about sexual assault and misconduct allegations in Parliament House to undermine trust in political system, researchers say

The Guardian - AU

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Twitter cutoff in Turkey amid earthquake rescue operations: A social media expert explains the danger of losing the microblogging service in times of disaster

Twitter was blocked in Turkey on Feb. 8, 2023, according to internet monitoring service NetBlocks. The outage came amid the massive rescue operation and humanitarian crisis in the aftermath of the earthquakes in southern Turkey and northern Syria two days earlier. Access to Twitter appeared to be restored about 12…

Reuters

Anger over Turkey's temporary Twitter block during quake rescue

Turkey's decision to block access to Twitter for about 12 hours from Wednesday afternoon to early Thursday as people scrambled to find loved ones after devastating earthquakes has compounded public frustration at the pace of relief efforts.

Liverpool Echo

Twitter bug means thousands of social media users unable to post or follow others

Accounts will now be limited to sending 500 direct messages, 2,400 tweets a day and following 400 new accounts each day

The Independent UK

EU calls out Twitter for incomplete disinformation report

Twitter has failed to provide a full report to the European Union on its efforts to combat online disinformation, drawing a rebuke from top officials of the 27-nation bloc

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Twitter gets EU yellow card for disinformation reporting effort

Elon Musk's Twitter was hit with a yellow card from the European Commission on Thursday as its reported efforts to tackle disinformation fell short of those by Alphabet's Google, Meta Platforms, Microsoft and TikTok.

The Guardian - UK

Why did Google’s ChatGPT rival go wrong and are AI chatbots overhyped?

Alphabet’s shares plummeted after Bard gave incorrect answer in a demo

WEKU

Twitter's new data access rules will make social media research harder

Twitter will start charging users for downloading and uploading data. Everything from bots giving out earthquake alerts to ambitious research about how misinformation spreads could be affected.

The Guardian - UK

Turkey and Syria earthquake: what we know so far on day four

Deaths pass 19,000; first aid convoy reaches north-west Syria

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: ‘homophobic and antisemitic’ abuse and the Hunter Biden story

Yoel Roth testifies that Elon Musk’s release of records led to harassment. Plus, Shell directors face landmark lawsuits

The Independent UK

Trump news – live: Trump offers DNA in E Jean Carroll case as Twitter exposes bid to get Teigen post deleted

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Tribune News Service

Commentary: Facebookopoly

The recent news is that Facebook’s parent, Meta, had record earnings that have driven the stock up over 20% in trading. In the world of social media, Facebook is ubiquitous. Coming from humble beginnings as a Harvard student’s pet project, it’s now expanded to 2.89 billion users worldwide, making it…

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