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Meta's Threads needs a policy for election disinformation, voting groups say

Twelve voting rights organizations tell Meta its new social media site Threads needs a robust plan to ensure election disinformation doesn't go viral during the 2024 elections.

WEKU

Meta Platforms Beats Expectations With $32 Billion Q2 Revenue, User Base Continues To Grow

Group's revenue up 11% YoY, ahead of $31.12 billion prediction by analysts; 3.07 billion family daily active people, up 7% YoY.‌

Zenger

Is social media turning us into prudes?

How big tech is helping to fuel a puritanical social movement. Plus the nightmare scenario for being caught in a privacy breach.

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Meta's pivot to AI and Threads is paying off, but Quest 2 profits are sagging

Until the Meta Quest 3 arrives, Reality Labs is only going to continue to hemmorage money. But the company's ad revenue is growing so strongly that it may not matter.

Android Central

Meta Stock Surges As Facebook Parent Breaks Quarterly Losing Streak

Meta Platforms, parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, beat Wall Street's targets for the second quarter.

Investors Business Daily

Meta Leaps As Zuckerberg Touts AI Pipeline In Solid Earnings, Outlook

"We have the most exciting roadmap I've seen in a while with Llama 2, Threads, Reels, new AI products in the pipeline," said CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

The Street

Are you a Facebook user? You have one month left to apply for a share of this $725M settlement

U.S. Facebook users have one more month to apply for their share of a $725 million privacy settlement that parent company Meta agreed to pay late last year

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Sinead O’Connor, the chart-topping singer who courted controversy

The star is best known for her 1990 smash hit, Nothing Compares 2 U.

The Independent UK

How to get started with Threads — Instagram's Twitter killer

How to get started with Threads. Instagram's answer to Twitter's mess.

iMore

Meta fined £10.5M in Australia for “deceptively” collecting VPN data

The company’s Onavo security software was previously banned by Apple for violating data-collection policies

Evening Standard

Meet India’s artisanal fountain pen makers whose writing instruments are in demand across the world

ASA Pens, Ranga Pens, Fosfor Pens, and Lotus Pens are four Indian artisanal fountain pen makers who are crafting unique designs with traditional lathe set-ups, hand-polishing, and hand-cutting threads. These artists offer custom orders and have clients across 90 countries.

The Hindu

'It was like a heartbeat': Residents at a loss after newspaper shutters in declining coal county

Months after the last newspaper closed in a declining coal community in West Virginia, residents say they are already experiencing challenges getting and sharing information

The Independent UK

Do rebrands work? Can you trademark an X? An expert answers the burning questions on Musk's Twitter pivot

To non-moguls, Elon Musk’s (perhaps temporary) rebrand of Twitter to “X” may seem high risk, amateurish, or even capricious. But it is likely doing exactly what he intended: generating enormous global interest, pushing Twitter closer to his other X brands (SpaceX, Tesla Model X, xAI), and clearing the way for…

The Conversation

40 human skulls found in Kentucky apartment linked to national network of body part dealers

The alleged theft of donated body parts from Harvard Medical School and an Arkansas mortuary is revealing a national network of human remains dealers.

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The Hindu

Indian woman marries her Facebook friend in Pakistan

Anju, an Indian mother of two, converted to Islam and married her Facebook friend Nasrullah in Pakistan on July 25. She was granted a 30-day visa and is staying with Nasrullah, who has been instructed to look after her. Her husband Arvind is hopeful she will return. This case is…

The Guardian - AU

How a viral Channel Seven clip that had nothing to do with the voice was co-opted by the no camp

Confusion over Western Australia’s new cultural heritage laws is being co-opted by the no campaign and far-right opponents of the voice

Evening Standard

Mirror owner puts aside another £6m for phone hacking claims, warns it could pay even more after Harry trial

The amount put aside could increase again as it is still too soon to determine any provisions for Prince Harry’s high-profile trial

Chicago Sun-Times

Elon Musk reveals new ‘X’ logo to replace Twitter’s blue bird

Elon Musk continues changes at the social media company he bought for $44 billion last year with a rebrand of its bird logo. Musk has long been fascinated with the letter X.

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I've been on Twitter 14 years and becoming X was the last straw. I'm out!

The rebranding of Twitter to X makes the company an entirely new place I don't feel comfortable associating with. I'm done.

Evening Standard

Why is Twitter now called X? The big rebranding explained

Twitter’s mobile app now features a new logo and tagline as part of the company’s overhaul

France 24

No, this video does not show the Wagner Group 'surrendering' in Sudan

Since the start of the war in Sudan between government troops and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the role of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, said to have links to the paramilitary forces, has remained unclear. Against this backdrop, social media users shared a video which they claimed shows Wagner…

Evening Standard

The future of social media: is it time to quit scrolling for good?

X? Twitter? Threads? Instagram? Social media is starting to lose its sparkle somewhat. Is it time for the Great Big Log-off?

Newslaundry

Isolation, conservatism and buzzwords: What drives the lucrative market for right-wing influencers

In the last half century, poverty has reduced across the globe at an unprecedented level. Fruit of capitalism and some version of equality across nations, demographics, and marginalised groups has been won.

Fortune

The creator of 'generational research' on why Taylor Swift is the ‘iconic’ millennial, Gen X is aging gracefully—and Gen Z sees through all of it

Neil Howe's book "The Fourth Turning Is Here" has many thoughts on today's "crisis era." He tells Fortune he's glad Gen Xers like himself are in charge.

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A Car Crash That Has Killed Three People In QLD Is Being Investigated As A Homicide

Police have confirmed one of the victims was in a relationship with the man who was charged over an alleged armed robbery of a vehicle involved in the crash.

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