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Big Tech Urges US Top Court To Block Social Media Law Curbing Political Opinion

Lobbying groups representing Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Google, and other tech companies filed an emergency request with the U.S. Supreme Court, Reuters reports. The groups looked to block a Texas law prohibiting sizeable social media platforms from banning users based on their political views. Also Read: Google, Facebook Restrict…

Benzinga

Buffalo might never have happened if online hate had been tackled after Christchurch

Meta, Twitter and Google have done little to fight radicalisation, violating their own rules, says the CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, Imran Ahmed

The Guardian - UK

Trump partially restricts himself from using Twitter

This filing was written in a way to hedge in case Trump runs again for president.

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Online hate under scrutiny after Buffalo shooter streamed massacre on Twitch

Analysis: Call for social media firms to be held accountable for violent racist views ‘spreading like a virus’

The Guardian - UK

Manchester United training ground scuffle proves two players still care

There was a training ground fracas involving two Man United players but not the two some have named on Twitter.

Manchester Evening News

India's rocky road to social media independence

The prospect of freeing India from the grip of big social media platforms is alluring, but an embrace of local start-ups comes with its own risks.

360info

Nietzche vs. Big Tech

"In Emergency, Break Glass" author Nate Anderson says the German philosopher can help us live more fulfilled lives

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Buffalo shooting: Sites yank videos faster, but not by much

Social platforms have learned to remove violent videos of extremist shootings more quickly over the past few years

The Independent UK

TikTok Is Eating Up Rivals. Can It Keep Users Hooked?

If the sun is setting on Facebook, then TikTok is dancing in the moonlight. How long can its short-form video hold consumers' fickle attention?

Bangkok Post

Inside the secret chat rooms censoring critics on a pro-Trump 'free speech' social media app

An ABC investigation uncovers how covert chat rooms partly run by Australian followers of an anti-Chinese government movement are targeting and censoring critics on "free speech" platform Gettr.

ABC News

Conor McGregor wants to buy Twitter despite Elon Musk agreeing £35bn deal

McGregor took to the social media platform on Sunday to claim he wants to buy it, despite the Irishman having nowhere near enough money to do so

Daily Mirror

Ted Nugent accused of hate speech for telling Trump fans to go ‘berserk on the skulls of the Democrats’

Singer calls Biden administration ‘the enemies of America’

The Independent UK

Seamy side of social media gets a boost from federal court ruling

The judges’ ruling not only plunges social media platforms into uncertainty but also threatens to supercharge spam, harassment, hateful speech, bots, personal attacks and outright lies.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mike Solana Wants You To Commit Thoughtcrimes

The Hereticon organizer on deplatforming, tribalism, and why tech dudes and journalists are natural enemies

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Tech Titans Curb Hiring in a 'Challenging Macro Environment'

From e-commerce colossus Amazon to social networking star Facebook, US tech firms that once grew with abandon have reined in hiring to endure tumultuous times. Internet giants that saw business boom during the pandemic have taken a hit from inflation, war, supply-line trouble and people returning to pre-Covid lifestyles, said…

The Guardian - US

‘Unstoppable until they aren’t’: are tech market losses signs of a bust?

Apple is no longer the most valuable company, Meta took a $230bn hit, Amazon reported its first loss since 2015, but a slump ‘is a big question mark’

The Independent UK

‘It makes our voice as a country louder’: A Ukraine photographer’s battle against Russian propaganda

Photographer Alina Smutko explains the challenges of documenting the invasion, fighting misinformation, and keeping the world’s eyes fixed on the destruction

The Independent UK

As Musk buyout looms, Twitter searches for its soul

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The Independent UK

As Musk buyout looms, Twitter searches for its soul

A toxic cesspool

Benzinga

Bitcoin Advocate Jack Dorsey Believes BTC Price Will Again Rise: Here's Why

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) founder and an avid Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) bull Jack Dorsey has said that the price of the apex crypto will again rise after the recent plunge.

Axios

How one Elon Musk tweet showed Twitter's impact on the stock market

Musk’s tweet set off a ripple effect across a slew of companies.

The Guardian - US

Data the dog: Twitter turns its privacy policy into an old-school video game

In Twitter Data Dash, players take control of a blue puppy who eats bones that inform him of site regulations

Bangkok Post

Bezos, Biden spar about inflation on Twitter

Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos on Friday accused United States President Joe Biden of “misdirection” on Twitter in response to the US leader’s tweet saying inflation could be tamed by making wealthy corporations “pay their fair share.”

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tech Firms Ask US Supreme Court to Block Texas Social Media Law

Lobbying groups representing Facebook, Twitter, Google and other tech companies filed an emergency request with the US Supreme Court on Friday, seeking to block a Texas law that prohibits large social media platforms from banning users based on their political views, Reuters reported. The Texas law went into effect on…

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Bitcoin, NFTs, SPACs, meme stocks — all those pandemic investment darlings are crashing

The finance world, which is constantly on the lookout for rules and laws it can break in the interest of making more money, may have come up against the one law that can't be broken: the law of gravity.

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