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Ex-Meta safety critic tells court: “You just cannot trust Mark Zuckerberg with kids”
A former engineering director at Meta said CEO Mark Zuckerberg fostered a culture that treated child safety as secondary to growth and engagement on Facebook and Instagram.
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Meta accused of deliberately addicting children to Instagram and Facebook in landmark trial
A jury will decide whether or not Meta designed its apps to “hook the users, hold them for as long as they can, harvest their data and hide the truth from the public"
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Zuckerberg yacht "refused" to respond as smaller cruise ship rescued stranded boat
Mark Zuckerberg has faced questions over why a small cruise ship in south-east Alaska rescued a stranded skiff and its crew when his 387ft superyacht had been closer.
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African migrants plan second mass attempt to storm Spain’s Ceuta enclave
African migrants are plotting a second invasion of Ceuta, with an imminent date set for a second wave of mass border crossings.
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Politician’s wife’s Hermès bags cost an independent media outlet its YouTube channel
Hired hands in an underground takedown market are charging up to $5,000 to scrub reporting from social media by filing fake copyright claims.
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Teen awarded £10,000 after woman stole her identity to catfish thousands online
A 19-year-old woman whose images were used to create fake Tinder, TikTok and Instagram profiles leading men to believe she was their girlfriend is to be paid compensation.
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Reform apologises after AI-generated village clean-up image sparks backlash
A Reform branch has apologised for an ‘administrative oversight’ after an AI-generated picture of road signs was posted on its Facebook page.
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Labour plans election crackdown on X and Facebook with broadcaster-style rules
Social media sites should be faced with restrictions during elections in a similar way to broadcasters, Labour’s deputy leader said.
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UK social media ban risks handing Big Tech even more power, critics warn
Age verification means that the sector’s biggest players will now have access to information that will only make them richer and more powerful
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Instagram users targeted by scammers after sudden Meta account bans
Hackers may be mass-reporting Instagram accounts and charging users thousands to restore them.
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Kendall admits under-16 social media ban is no "silver bullet" as tech backlash grows
The social media ban for under-16s is not a “silver bullet”, the Technology Secretary acknowledged as she faced a backlash from firms which will be hit by the restriction.
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Big Tech warns Starmer’s under-16 social media ban will drive teens to riskier platforms
Britain’s plans to ban social media for under-16s will push teenagers towards more harmful platforms, the world’s biggest technology companies have said as ministers push to enact the new restrictions by next spring.
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US lawyer behind $6m Meta and Google case hails UK under-16 social media ban
A US lawyer who sued tech giants Meta and Google for $6 million in a historic case after they were found liable for social media addiction has told LBC the UK ban is a "landmark moment" and said tech firms must be hit in the pocket.
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Starmer to ban under-16s from TikTok, Instagram and X in "Australia plus" crackdown
Keir Starmer will ban under-16s from major social media apps such as TikTok, Instagram and X in sweeping restrictions described as “Australia plus”, the Guardian understands.
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Dutch MP pays damages after using AI to distort court artist’s drawing
A Dutch court artist has received damages after an MP for the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) used one of her drawings without permission and altered it with AI to make the subjects appear more menacing.
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Europeans lose $57bn to scams as AI-powered fraud spreads across online platforms
Three in four European adults encountered a scam over the past 12 months, according to a sweeping new report that warns of a rapidly evolving digital underworld where criminal networks are increasingly harnessing artificial intelligence to target victims.
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Belfast stabbing fallout: social media posts helped ignite anti-migrant violence
Disturbing footage of a knife attack in Belfast has been utilized by far-right accounts in Britain and internationally, intensifying violent protests overnight that authorities were concerned might flare up again by Wednesday evening.
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Scotland’s "street patrols" under scrutiny as critics warn of vigilante tactics
It’s a dank evening in Peterhead and someone is walking the streets of the north east town filming people. The man, seemingly drunk, is live streaming himself on Facebook and announces he’s on night patrol to protect the community.
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Reform UK candidate accused of mocking disabled residents in alleged Facebook messages
Media has received a series of Facebook messages and posts from a Reform UK candidate appearing to mock disabled residents.
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Reform hopeful blames "Nigerian scammers" for vile racist posts on his Twitter
A wannabe Reform councillor standing in a key battleground despite initially failing vetting over racist posts claims he was a victim of Nigerian scammers.
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Meta accused of breaching EU law over failure to block under-13 users on Facebook and Instagram
The tech company Meta has been found to be in breach of EU law for failing to prevent children under 13 from using its Facebook and Instagram platforms.
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Woman arrested after viral Facebook claim of gang rape found to be unsupported by evidence
A woman has been arrested after informing her Facebook followers that she was gang raped.
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Inside China’s censored internet: how journalists mine Xiaohongshu for hidden stories despite strict controls
The difficulties of conducting open-source research in China are widely recognized.
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Russlands Digitalminister Maksut Shadayev treibt Beschränkungen für westliche IT-Dienste voran, nutzt jedoch selbst Apple, Google und die „verbotenen“ Plattformen von Meta
Bei einem Auftritt auf dem TAdviser Summit sprach sich Shadayev im Einklang mit der Kreml-Politik dafür aus, ausländische Cloud-Dienste schrittweise einzuschränken, sofern inländische Alternativen vorhanden sind.
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Russia’s digital development minister Maksut Shadayev pushes Western tech restrictions while using Apple, Google and banned Meta platforms himself
Russian digital development minister Maksut Shadayev has once again drawn attention after publicly calling for tighter restrictions on foreign internet services, while reportedly continuing to use products and platforms from the very companies he criticises.
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