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Elon Musk’s attacks on Europe’s leaders and embrace of its far right signals to U.S. allies their relationship is set to change

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a major force in U.S. politics, is taking his influence to Europe.

Fortune

Meta scrapped factcheckers ‘because systems were too complex’

Comments by co-chair of oversight board Helle Thorning-Schmidt come as X CEO welcomes rival’s move

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: What Elon Musk’s focus on grooming gangs reveals about alt-right online discourse

In today’s newsletter: The owner of X, who previously said ‘civil war is inevitable’ in Britain, has stoked online unrest with incendiary comments about the UK

The Guardian - UK

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X Corp welcomes Meta's thumbs-down for fact-checking

Rival social network X has applauded Meta's decision to follow its lead on ditching fact-checking, with its CEO calling the move an endorsement.

AAP

‘Trolling free-for-all’: Australian politicians and experts criticise Meta for ditching factchecking

Mark Zuckerberg says time to ‘get back to our roots’ around free expression but opponents argue ‘ordinary citizens should be very concerned’

The Guardian - AU

X boss Linda Yaccarino praises Meta’s decision to scrap fact checkers

The social media executive said it was ‘validating’ to see Mark Zuckerberg and Meta follow X in introducing user-based checks on content.

Evening Standard

Humza Yousaf responds to Elon Musk over 2004 murder post on X

The tech billionaire said he had ‘never heard of’ the murder of Kriss Donald before seeing a post on the killing on his platform X.

Evening Standard

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Facebook and Instagram are ditching fact-checkers in favor of a Community Notes system inspired by X: 'Fact-checkers have just been too politically biased,' Zuckerberg says

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg said the election of Donald Trump represents a "cultural tipping point" and so it's time to make some changes.

PC Gamer

Disinformation Experts Slam Meta Decision To End US Fact-checking

Tech giant Meta's shock announcement to end its US fact-checking program triggered scathing criticism Tuesday from disinformation researchers who warned it risked opening the floodgates for proliferating false narratives.

International Business Times

X's 'Community Notes': A Model For Meta?

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the group's platforms including Facebook and Instagram would in future imitate rival X's "Community Notes" feature rather than using professional fact-checkers.

International Business Times

Meta to move content moderators to Texas as part of plan to end fact-checking program

The tech giant’s decision to end the program comes as CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeks to mend ties with the incoming Trump administration.

The Texas Tribune

Elon Musk has expressed interest in buying English soccer club Liverpool, his father says

Elon Musk’s father says his billionaire son has expressed interest in buying English soccer club Liverpool

The Independent UK

'New year, new low, Microsoft'—even the search engines are firing shots on social media now, as Google employees take aim at Bing over 'long history of tricks'

Next we're going to see a passive-aggressive post-it note slapped on Safari's fridge.

PC Gamer

Titans fire general manager Ran Carthon

Tennessee Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk announced via X that the team is parting ways with general manager Ran Carthon after a 3-14 season.

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The Independent UK

Ski worker strikes cause three-hour lift lines at luxury Utah resort

Holidaymakers have been left out in the cold at the peak of ski season

The Guardian - UK

To see how Trump will control the US media, look at Viktor Orbán’s Hungary

Meta looks to be following X’s tilt towards the right. It leaves the way open for an insidious hollowing out of democracy, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Evening Standard

'I don’t want war with Elon Musk,' says Nigel Farage after US tycoon said he shouldn't be Reform leader

Musk turned against Farage after he refused to back Tommy Robinson

The Independent UK

Clive Myrie reassures concerned BBC viewers after eye ‘droops’ during news broadcast

Newsreader shared health update after presenting the ‘News at Six’

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The Guardian - UK

‘We stand by Jess’: Telford survivors criticise Musk’s attack on Phillips

Exclusive: Victims of male violence sign letter praising minister for devoting life to ‘fighting for women and girls’

The Independent UK

Musk suggests Americans should ‘liberate’ the British from their ‘tyrannical government’

His post on X marked a surreal new step in the billionaire tycoon’s escalating feud with Britain’s ruling Labour Party and its leader Keir Starmer

The Independent UK

Journalist’s X account reportedly restricted after debunking Elon Musk sock puppet rumors

The original post with Jacqueline Sweet’s story link had 1.5 million views

Space

India delays 1st space docking of SpaDeX satellites, 'further validation' needed

India postponed its first attempt to dock two SpaDex satellites in Earth orbit from Jan. 6 until Jan. 9, to allow more time for tests.

The Guardian - UK

Yvette Cooper says she will force professionals to report child sexual abuse claims

Home secretary announces plans to implement key demand from Jay inquiry in England

Fortune

Klarna CEO says he feels 'gloomy' because AI is developing so quickly it'll soon be able to do his entire job

“My work to me is a super important part of who I am,” Sebastian Siemiatkowski said.

Al Jazeera

Why has Justin Trudeau resigned – and what’s next for Canada?

After spats with allies, pressure from Donald Trump and falling poll numbers, Trudeau has decided to call it quits.

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