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TikTok repeatedly urged AEC to join app during voice campaign, FoI reveals

Exclusive: calls to electoral watchdog came despite Australia banning use of platform on government devices

The Guardian - AU

Elon Musk’s X back online after global outage

Thousands of users reported being unable to access social media platform for more than an hour on Thursday

The Guardian - UK

Australia’s eSafety commissioner sues X over lack of transparency

Commission accuses social media platform of failing to provide information about how it is tackling online child sexual exploitation material

The Guardian - AU

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Google Approaches US Elections With Caution, Restricts Election-Related Queries For Bard, SGE

In November, Facebook owner Meta announced it would restrict political campaigns and advertisers from using its new generative AI advertising products.

International Business Times UK

Brazil President's Wife Clashes With Elon Musk, Threatens To Sue X

This is not the first time that Musk has been involved in a Twitter feud with someone.

International Business Times UK

eSafety Commission launches legal action against X

The eSafety Commission has filed legal action against the parent company of social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

AAP

EU's Digital Law Targets Porn Giants Pornhub, XVideos, and Stripchat

EU expands digital law to include age verification for porn websites Pornhub, XVideos, and Stripchat, in a bid to keep users safe online. Big fines or ban ...

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From AI and inflation to Elon Musk and Taylor Swift, the business stories that dominated 2023

The tide turned against inflation

The Independent UK

Xbox is not allowed X-Men games until 2036, according to illegally breached Insomniac Games materials

PlayStation studio Insomniac Games was hacked, resulting in a breach of personal data, as well as revealing that no X-Men games can be on Xbox until 2036.

Windows Central

Hollywood star Nicholas Hoult embarks on an epic journey in new Rolling Stones video

X-Men and About A Boy star Nicholas Hoult stars as a video for the Charlie Watts-driven Mess It Up is launched

Louder

Marvel, crypto, Tucker Carlson: eight of 2023’s most spectacular downfalls

Experts on tech, politics and culture weigh in on the year the hype faded and what could come next

The Guardian - US

EU launches proceedings against X over Israel-Hamas disinformation

The European Union has announced "formal infringement proceedings" against X after identifying suspect posts related to the war between Israel and Hamas. It is the first such move against a major online platform under a new EU law designed to combat disinformation and hate speech.

Radio France Internationale

European Union Launches In-Depth Investigation into Elon Musk's X Under Digital Services Act

The European Commission, responsible for enforcing the DSA on major platforms like X, announced the initiation of the investigation, citing potential breaches related to risk management, content moderation, dark patterns, advertising transparency, and data access for researchers.

International Business Times UK

Social media must tackle child abuse content: advocates

About 0.8 per cent of survey respondents purposefully sought out child sexual abuse material online, the Australian Institute of Criminology has found.

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The Independent UK

A group representing TikTok, Meta and X sues Utah over strict new limits on app use for minors

A trade group that represents TikTok and other major tech companies has sued Utah over its first-in-the-nation laws requiring children to get parental consent to use social media apps

WEKU

Pope Francis approves Catholic blessings for same-sex couples, but not for marriage

In a major development, the Vatican said priests may bless same-sex couples in informal settings, such as a meeting or visit to a shrine, so long as the blessing does not appear to endorse a marriage.

Evening Standard

Elon Musk's X facing landmark EU investigation into illegal content

The investigation, the first of its kind, could see the social media giant fined billions

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EU Launches First EU-TECH-X Probe against X!

It's showtime in the tech world as the EU sets the stage for its first investigation under newly minted rules, with X company caught in the limelight.

Fortune

Elon Musk's content moderation decisions make X the first target of the EU's new Digital Services Act

X's failings in the Israel-Hamas war could result in fines of up to 10% of global revenues.

International Business Times

EU Launches 'Illegal Content' Probe Into Elon Musk's X

The EU announced "formal infringement proceedings" against Elon Musk's X platform on Monday, under a law cracking down on illegal online content, after identifying disinformation related to Hamas's October 7 attack in Israel.

The Guardian - UK

X to be investigated for allegedly breaking EU laws on hate speech and fake news

EU launches proceedings against Elon Musk’s social media platform under new Digital Services Act

The Independent UK

European Union investigating Musk's X over possible breaches of social media law

European Union authorities are looking into whether Elon Musk’s online platform X breached tough new social media regulations, in the first such investigation since the rules designed to make online content less toxic took effect

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Elon Musk's X in big trouble as EU opens formal proceedings over breaches of its Digital Services Act

The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into X, formerly Twitter, over concerns it breached the EC's Digital Services Act on several counts.

Radio France Internationale

Sixty-one migrants drown in shipwreck off Libya

Sixty-one migrants, including women and children, drowned following a shipwreck off Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya said.

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