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Australian safety watchdog fines social platform X $385,000 for not tackling child abuse content

Australia’s online safety watchdog has fined X — the social media platform formerly known as Twitter — 610,500 Australian dollars ($385,000) for failing to fully explain how it tackled child sexual exploitation content

The Independent UK

X, formerly Twitter, fined and may face slavery charges

Australia's eSafety Commissioner says some of the biggest tech companies are not living up to their responsibilities to tackle child sexual exploitation.

AAP

X fined $610,500 in Australia first for failing to crack down on child sexual abuse material

Company formerly known as Twitter becomes the first online platform to be issued a fine under Australia’s Online Safety Act

The Guardian - AU

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Musk’s plan X: keep users in the dark, feed them dung and watch sales mushroom

The social network owner’s business model appears to include a slurry of unmoderated toxicity, such as footage of a murder

The Guardian - UK

Twitter reacts to Stanford’s unbelievable comeback win over Colorado

Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes suffered the biggest collapse in school history against Stanford, and Twitter had a LOT to say about it.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Falcons release final injury report for Week 6 matchup

Falcons release final Week 6 injury report ahead of Sunday's game against the Commanders

USA Today Sports Media Group

Ex-Falcons QB Matt Ryan attends Friday’s practice

Ex-Falcons QB Matt Ryan attends Friday's practice. Ryan will be in the broadcast booth for Sunday's game vs. the Commanders

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EU investigates Musk's X, as harmful content surges from Israel-Hamas war

The European Commission has opened an investigation into X, Elon Musk's social media platform formerly known as Twitter. The move comes after Brussels ordered X, as well as rivals Meta and TikTok, to act quickly to tackle the spread of disinformation, which has surged on each of these platforms since…

France 24

EU investigates X over Israel-Hamas disinformation in test of new tech rules

The European Commisson has launched a probe into X (formerly Twitter) – the first under new EU tech rules – over allegations the platform was spreading disinformation about the Hamas-Israel war.

Radio France Internationale

Israel-Hamas war poses early disinformation test for Meta’s Threads

Young app seems to have few viral falsehoods, perhaps because it’s still small and used differently from competitors

The Guardian - US

2023's Strangest Viral Thriller Has Been 5 Years in the Making

The director best known for Christmas musical cult classic 'Anna and the Apocalypse' returns to features with a Twitter-fueled horror movie.

Inverse

Twitter reacts to Broncos’ 19-8 loss to Chiefs on ‘Thursday Night Football’

Here's how Twitter/X reacted when the Broncos lost to the Chiefs on Thursday evening.

USA Today Sports Media Group

The chaos at X since Elon Musk’s takeover has gotten worse

A flood of fake news, multiple changes in policies may keep advertisers off X, threatening its business model.

Al Jazeera

'Walk the talk' or face fines: EU boss tells Musk, Zuckerberg and TikTok chief

As Hamas-Israel misinformation spreads, EU digital chief says social media platforms have to quickly remove content featuring hate speech and disinformation or face big fines under new laws.

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Fortune

Linda Yaccarino: X working 'around the clock' to tackle disinformation on Hamas attacks

President Biden illustrated the scale of X's problem after claiming he saw incendiary evidence of a Hamas atrocity that the White House later walked back.

The Independent UK

Musk's X has taken down hundreds of Hamas-linked accounts, CEO says

The head of Elon Musk’s social media platform X says the company formerly known has Twitter has removed hundreds of Hamas-linked accounts and taken down or labeled thousands of pieces of content since the militant group’s attack on Israel

France 24

Meta and X respond to EU calls for vigilance over disinformation on social media

Meta, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, as well as X, formerly known as Twitter, have responded to a letter from EU Commissioner Thierry Breton urging caution over an increase in disinformation and illegal content. Both social media giants have said they've taken action on social…

Evening Standard

The podcasts by black creators that you need to listen to now

From food to film, to music and pop culture, here are the best podcasts from black creators to tuck into this year

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EU threatens fine for Elon Musk’s X over Israel-Hamas disinformation

Fake videos from older conflicts and false accounts of casualties and foreign aid are being shared on the platform

Evening Standard

New Twitter setting only lets paying users reply to tweets

The social media platform has introduced yet another new feature

The Guardian - UK

Social media urged to act on violent content after Hamas attack

UK minister calls urgent meeting as EU criticises X over misleading content such as repurposed historical footage

The Guardian - UK

EU warns Elon Musk over ‘disinformation’ on X about Hamas attack

Failing to moderate content such as fake news could incur fine of 6% of X revenues or EU blackout under new laws

The Guardian - US

Don’t look to Elon Musk’s X for reliable information on Israel or Palestine

Twitter’s accelerating demise is not among the worst atrocities of the past week. But, at a crucial time, it has managed to add to the world’s misery

Reason

California Trial Court Allows First Amendment Claim Against L.A. Department of Public Health …

to go forward based partly on allegations that "DPH caused the suspension of [Alliance of Los Angeles County Parents'] Twitter Account."

Fortune

Twitter/X rolls out a new feature that further restricts replies to posts

It's the latest in a series of limitations from the social media company.

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