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Facebook and Instagram could charge for ad-free services in EU

Meta’s social networks considering charge of €13 a month on mobile and €17 on desktop, say sources

The Guardian - UK

FTC, Justice take on digital giants as Congress dawdles - Roll Call

Antitrust lawsuits against Amazon.com Inc. and Google LLC are meant to correct market distortions in areas where Congress has not acted.

Roll Call

Cookies: adjusting to the cookie-less world

Online advertisers have been able to track your movements across the web – but, as Peter Bale finds out, that era is coming to an end.

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Facebook demands Twiggy docs in clickbait scam battle

Facebook parent company Meta has issued a summons for billionaire Andrew Forrest to hand over documents it says his lawyers failed to disclose.

AAP

Do Social Media Algorithms Polarize Us? Maybe Not.

A series of studies suggest it's not algorithms that are driving political polarization, ignorance, or toxicity online.

Reason

Why is Labor’s bill on combatting disinformation so controversial?

Coalition is ringing alarm bells about legislation, despite it containing many Morrison-era proposals. But they’re not alone in their concerns

The Guardian - AU

'Counterfeit people': The dangers posed by Meta’s AI celebrity lookalike chatbots

Meta announced on Wednesday the arrival of chatbots with personalities similar to certain celebrities, with whom it will be possible to chat. Presented as an entertaining evolution of ChatGPT and other forms of AI, this latest technological development could prove dangerous.

France 24

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‘Tech platforms haven’t been designed to think about death’: meet the expert on what happens online when we die

What happens to our digital profiles and possessions after our deaths? Tech companies are yet to offer a satisfactory solution, says the technology researcher Tamara Kneese

The Guardian - UK

S. Ct. Will Consider Constitutionality of Laws Limiting Social Media Platform Moderation Decisions

The Supreme Court has just agreed to hear these cases, limited to these questions (as articulated by the Solicitor General's brief for the federal government): These cases concern laws enacted by Florida and Texas to regulate major social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and X (formerly known as Twitter). The…

Reason

Republicans urge the ignorant to ‘just say no’ to science

Too many Americans now don’t trust the credentialed “elitists” with their graduate degrees and years of research. They’d rather go with the charismatic dunce who cheated his way through high school and can barely speak in complete sentences.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mark Zuckerberg’s Journey Of Transformation: From Facebook’s ‘Toddler CEO’ To Meta’s Seasoned Leader

Zuckerberg's Transformation: Meta CEO Embraces Maturity and Philanthropy, Drawing Inspiration from Bill Gates

Zenger

Slovakia swamped by disinformation ahead of parliamentary elections

As Slovakia heads toward parliamentary elections on Saturday, the country has been flooded with disinformation, ranging from pro-Russian propaganda, lies about the situation in Ukraine and the spread of anti-migrant hate speech.

France 24

Meta is bringing celeb chatbots and generative AI to Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook

A new digital assistant, art-effect filters, and a raft of chatbots are coming to the company’s family of apps

Evening Standard

Voice referendum battlegrounds: digital ad spending surges in South Australia and Tasmania

Yes and no camps have both honed in on two states considered to be critical to outcome, Facebook advertising data shows

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Musk ditches X’s election integrity team ahead of key votes around world

News comes after EU says platform formerly known as Twitter has highest disinformation of social networks surveyed

The Conversation

Canadian media is far too reliant on U.S. tech. Here's what the government can do about it

Meta’s blocking of Canadian news on its social media sites, Facebook and Instagram, poses serious problems for Canadian media. Outlets that rely on social media to reach their target audiences will likely struggle to get by. However, the problem also creates an opportunity to rethink communication funding in Canada.

The Guardian - UK

Meta to launch AI chatbots played by Snoop Dogg and Kendall Jenner

Host of celebrities to embody new assistants aimed at increasing young people’s interaction with AI

The Guardian - UK

Meta pays £149m to break lease on central London office building

Landlord British Land says decision will knock earnings for six months to next March

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The Guardian - US

‘Different set of rules’: how FTC head Lina Khan is fighting tech giants such as Amazon

Youngest ever Federal Trade Commission chief and antitrust scholar is suing Amazon in latest effort to take on big tech – not always with success

The Hindu

Meta’s India team delayed action against Army-led misinformation operation in Kashmir: Washington Post

Meta delayed action against Indian Army's Chinar Corps' misinformation operation for a year. Meta’s Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior team flagged it but Indian staff warned against antagonizing government. CIB employees quit after Indian staff stymied pushback.

Fortune

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says there are three Mark Zuckerbergs

Ek says the public has seen "The Social Network Mark" and "Evil Mark" before being introduced to the latest, more popular version of the Meta CEO.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago man gets 10 days imprisonment, 9 months’ probation for role in U.S. Capitol riot

Athanasios Zoyganeles pleaded guilty last year to misdemeanor parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.

The Guardian - US

A threat to Amazon and a test of the FTC: is this big tech’s antitrust reckoning?

At the core of the case is whether the company used its position to disadvantage rivals and the power of the agency to rein in tech firms

The Guardian - US

US government accuses Amazon of using its power to inflate prices

Federal Trade Commission and 17 states sue retail giant in major antitrust case

WEKU

U.S. sues Amazon in a monopoly case that could be existential for the retail giant

The Federal Trade Commission and 17 states accuse Amazon of suffocating rivals and raising costs for both sellers and shoppers.

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