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Metaverse Land Just Sold For $21,228 (6 WETH) In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $21,228, which is 2.83x the current floor price of 2.189 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Benzinga

Facebook hired company to spread negative stories about TikTok, report says

The firm Targeted Victory reportedly told its employees to ‘get the message out that while Meta is the current punching bag, TikTok is the real threat’

The Independent UK

B&M shopper spots unusual new Pringles flavours and not everyone's convinced

Pringles have released two new products as part of its Passport range of crisps, and the unusual flavours have received a mixed response after one shopper posted them online

Edinburgh Live

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Camilla keeps hi-tech watch over Charles at new Meta headquarters

The couple later took part in their first digital plaque unveiling to officially open the tech giant’s new King’s Cross campus.

The Independent UK

GMP slammed for taking pics in 'problem areas' - then driving away

One resident said two officers 'giggled' before getting back in their car

Manchester Evening News

Meta Hired GOP Consulting Firm To Badmouth TikTok In Media: Report

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: FB) has reportedly paid a Republican consulting group to operate a campaign against TikTok that depicted the social media video platform as being a threat to young people.

Benzinga

BeReal: the new app for people who hate social media

Sick of Instagram? Can’t stand TikTok? Lost your Facebook login? Flora Gill has found the antidote

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Facebook owner reportedly paid Republican firm to push message TikTok is ‘the real threat’

Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, solicited campaign accusing TikTok of being a danger to American children

The Guardian - US

This is not just any store...It's the all new Hamilton M&S Foodhall

Shoppers queued around the block at the new Hamilton Retail Park store.

Daily Record

Facebook enlisted a Republican PR firm to nationally smear TikTok

Targeted Victory is being paid major money to orchestrate bad faith attacks on Meta's biggest rival.

Input

Algorithms, bots and elections in Africa: how social media influences political choices

The rise in the use of smartphones and an increased adoption of mobile internet in Africa are fundamentally altering the media ecology for election campaigns.

The Conversation

Burger joint promotes Mother's Day with 'sick' Madeleine McCann joke

Otley Burger Company owner Joe Scholey has refused to apologise for the 'joke' post on Mother's Day

Manchester Evening News

RTE's Miriam O'Callaghan rubbishes retirement talk and says she plans to work into her 90s

“So yes, I do still love it just as much. And I feel during the pandemic, we were blessed.”

Irish Mirror

Four-word scam on Facebook Messenger users warned to 'never open'

The tempting message comes with an emoji and a link that users are warned not to open.

Daily Record

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The Guardian - UK

Ministers accused of using public funds for ‘Tory propaganda’ ads

Government spent more than £100,000 on Facebook ads in addition to taxpayer cash spent on local newspaper campaigns

The Guardian - US

Why are we obsessed with symmetrical faces? An investigation

We’ve all heard that symmetrical faces are more beautiful and believed it without question – but our most compelling traits are imperfect and out of our control

ABC News

Ernie Carroll, pioneering entertainer behind Ossie Ostrich, dies aged 92

Australian entertainment pioneer Ernie Carroll, best known as the puppeteer behind Hey Hey It’s Saturday character Ossie Ostrich, dies aged 92.

Bangkok Post

New privacy rules affect businesses globally

When Apple announced in June 2020 that they were changing their privacy settings, few were aware of the full implications. Even at the time of the release of these new privacy settings in April 2021, it made few waves in the media. Some changes in ad targeting behaviour were noticed…

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The Guardian - UK

11 years, 10 arrests, at least 62 women: how did Britain’s worst cyberstalker evade justice for so long?

Matthew Hardy so frightened some of his victims that they slept with weapons. Although he was known to the police – and even prosecuted – it was more than a decade before he was jailed

The Independent UK

How China's TikTok, Facebook influencers push propaganda

China’s state media reporters are positing as travel bloggers and lifestyle influencers on U.S.-owned social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

ABC News

Torrential rain sees 430mm fall in some parts of NSW as Sydney March records broken

The Wilsons River at Lismore is expected to reach a peak of about 12 metres this evening as the NSW SES says the state's flood crisis "still has a number of days to go".

ABC News

Ukraine-Russia updates: Mariupol mayor's office says hundreds of children are among 5,000 people killed in Russian assault

Almost 5,000 civilians — including 210 children — have died in Mariupol since Russia's invasion began, according to a spokesman for the city's mayor, with the UN also saying there could be "thousands of deaths" in the besieged city.

ABC News

Budget 2022 as it happened: Josh Frydenberg addresses National Press Club to sell election budget

With an election looming, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg uses his address at the National Press Club to convince Australians his government's budget is the way forward for the country.

ABC News

Twitter bot network amplifying Russian disinformation about Ukraine war, researcher says

A massive global Twitter bot network is amplifying pro-Russian disinformation about Ukraine as part of an online information war, researchers say. Here's how they found it, and what Twitter is doing in response.

The Hindu

Parliamentary panel grills Facebook on ‘politically motivated’ algorithm

The U.S.-headquartered firm was also asked about claims that hate content is rewarded on the platform, lack of language experts

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