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Texas mom left toddler home alone covered in feces to travel 400 miles and meet Hinge date, police say

The 16-month-old infant was found partially dressed with ‘feces on their skin’

The Independent UK

Meta is trying to make Messenger into a video conferencing contender

Calls on Messenger now support HD video, background noise suppression, voice isolation and more.

TechRadar

Georgia Residents Sue Sheriff For Violating Free Speech Rights

Lawsuit filed against Sheriff Owens for censoring critical opinions on Facebook, sparking debate on free speech rights.

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Facebook Messenger just got a huge free iPhone update

Facebook's big new Messenger update adds new features and some iPhone-specific improvements.

Labor has passed its proposed social media ban for under-16s. Here’s what we know – and what we don’t

Australians may have to hand over more personal data and big tech firms face $50m fines, but there are a number of questions that are yet to be answered

The Guardian - AU

The government has introduced laws for its social media ban. But key details are still missing

The federal government today introduced into parliament legislation for its social media ban for people under 16 years.

The Conversation

Australian Eyes $30m Fine For Social Media Flouting Under-16s Ban

Social media companies could be fined more than US$30 million if they fail to keep children off their platforms, under new laws tabled before Australia's parliament Thursday.

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Social media has complex effects on adolescent wellbeing, and policymakers must take note

In late 2024, more than 20 years after the birth of Facebook, the impact of social media on our lives cannot be overstated. Initially underestimated by many in business, social media eventually came to be recognised for its power to enable workers to share solutions, ideas and perspectives. While companies took…

The Conversation

Meta Hires Former Salesforce AI Boss For 'Big Step' In Enterprise

Meta stock analysts are bullish on the company's hire of a former Salesforce executive to lead a new business AI group.

Investors Business Daily

Deputy PM Angela Rayner vows meeting over 'troubling' cases of human remains being sold on Instagram

London MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy said it was ‘abhorrent’ for human remains to be sold on social media sites such as Instagram, Facebook, eBay, Etsy and Gumtree

Evening Standard

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey is back, revolutionizing warfare with a $14 billion startup. And this time he wants you to like him

“I realized too late that my reputation is actually very important,” Luckey told Fortune.

Fortune

MPs to summon Elon Musk to testify about X’s role in UK summer riots

Commons inquiry into rise of harmful content on social media also expected to call Meta and TikTok executives

The Guardian - UK

The new misinfo bill has been misunderstood — it won’t censor your conspiracy-loving aunt on Facebook

When you want to regulate a harm online, you first have to define it.

Crikey

Two Men Have Been Charged After Human Remains Found In Search For 19 Y.O. Isla Bell

Melbourne teenager Isla Bell went missing after leaving her Brunswick home on October 4.

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'Trumpian scaremongering': Tories spark fury with attack on Scottish LGBT charity

THE Scottish Tories’ deputy chair has provoked anger with “Trumpian scaremongering” about the LGBT community ...

TechRadar

Hackers pushing fake Bitwarden updates hit thousands of devices with data stealing malware

Fake Facebook adverts are linking to malware, Bitdefender warns.

Fortune

How Mark Zuckerberg went all-in to make Meta a major AI player and threaten OpenAI’s dominance

Working with open-source models helped Llama catch up with ChatGPT; Meta stock, meanwhile, has reached all-time records.

Newslaundry

Meta ‘disagrees’ with CCI fine of Rs 213 crore, says 2021 WhatsApp update ‘was a choice’

Meta today said it “disagrees” with the Competition Commission of India’s decision to impose a fine of Rs 213.14 crore on the social media company.

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Reason

European Commission Fines Meta for Serving Consumers

If advertisers don’t want to give data to Facebook Marketplace, they shouldn’t advertise on Facebook.

Latin Times

'Feral' Emus Named Thelma and Louise Join Escaped Lab Monkeys In Running Wild Across South Carolina

Three hours north of where a troop of monkeys escaped a lab earlier this month, two female emus, Thelma and Louise, are on the loose in South Carolina.

The Independent UK

20% of Americans are now getting their news from influencers on X

Racial minorities, young adults and adults with a lower income were more likely to get their news from news influencers, according to a report

Digital Camera World

"Horrific and traumatizing videos" –the dark world of the social media moderators

In 2020 Meta agreed to pay a settlement of US$52 million to moderators due to mental health issues caused by their roles

TechRadar

I can’t believe setting up WhatsApp on a new phone is still this painful

Meta maintains the best messaging services in the world – how can transferring WhatsApp between two phones still be so rough?

The Guardian - UK

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world

In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

Tom’s Guide

Snooping speakers and eavesdropping airfryers, are your smart devices spying on you?

Your favourite smart devices are collecting excessive amounts of your personal data. Here's the guilty parties and how you can protect yourself

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