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Mark Zuckerberg is given the green light to train new Meta AI technology using billions of British Facebook and Instagram posts

Mark Zuckerberg has been given the go ahead to train his new Meta AI technology using billions of British Facebook and Instagram posts. Following talks with UK data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office, the US firm will begin within weeks. Meta had not launched its AI tools in the UK or EU due to regulator concerns. Discussions with the EU remain…
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September 14, 2024
‘Off their phones and on the footy field’: Australian children to be banned from using social media

Australia is planning to ban children from using social media amid concerns that platforms such as Instagram and TikTok are harming young people’s physical and mental health. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he wants children ‘off their phones and on the footy field’. Albanese said his centre-left Labor Party government is considering to introduce…
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September 10, 2024
BREAKING: Brazil’s Supreme Court orders X to be banned in the country until it complies with court order

UPDATE: Brazil’s Supreme Court says anyone using VPN to access X is subject to fines up to $8,874 per day Suspension of X in Brazil is an “unprecedented” attack on free speech, Elon Musk says Brazilian Supreme Federal Court judge Alexandre de Moraes on Friday ordered the suspension of X in the country. “The attacks…
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August 31, 2024
Demons are losing control: influencers react to Pavel Durov’s detainment

The CEO and founder of the encrypted social media app, Telegram, Pavel Durov, was arrested on August 24 at Le Bourget airport near Paris as he was departing his private jet. Durov’s arrest has triggered a heated debate with most influencers seeing it as an onslaught on free speech. A hashtag #FreeDurov popped up on…
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August 25, 2024
Roblox banned in Türkiye following nationwide Instagram block

Roblox, the widely popular online gaming platform, is banned in Türkiye on Wednesday, a move that comes in the wake of a nationwide block on Instagram. This decision has intensified discussions on digital freedom and content moderation practices within the country. Why Türkiye banned Roblox? Türkiye’s Roblox ban was primarily motivated by reports of inappropriate…
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August 8, 2024
Rumors on Selling Egypt’s Airports Spread on Social Media

Rumors spread on social media in Egypt amid claims that the country’s airports are being sold to foreign parties, prompting the cabinet to deny the reports on Saturday. In an official statement on its Facebook page, Egypt’s government stressed that the goal is to “offer the management and operation of airports to the private sector.”…
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August 4, 2024
Nigeria: Meta removes 63,000 accounts linked to sextortion

Meta said Wednesday it had removed about 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria that were engaging in sexual extortion and had taken down thousands of Facebook groups and pages that were trying to organize, recruit and train new scammers. Sexual extortion, or sextortion , involves persuading someone to send explicit photos online and then threatening to…
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July 27, 2024
Dissecting the Decline: Why Mainstream Media is Losing Trust and How Social Media and Email are Filling the Void

In an era where the phrase “fake news” has become a common part of our lexicon, the trust in mainstream media is eroding at a rapid pace. As Tékpwfárí Stix El Rá explores in the latest episode of Decolonize with panafrican.email, there’s a growing shift towards social media and traditional email as preferred sources of…
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July 15, 2024
Photo from Ukraine went viral on social networks

Photo from Ukraine went viral on social networks in which a local resident who posted the photo wanted to show the Russians food from McDonald’s: “Rusnya, do you have this?🐷” But most of his fellow citizens saw mobilization events of the TCC on the photo.
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June 30, 2024
Dozens of US lawmakers reportedly targeted in Israel’s $2 million disinformation campaign

Over 100 US lawmakers were targeted in an Israeli disinformation operation to spread pro-Israeli military content online, the NYT reported, citing sources. Among those targeted were Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Mike Johnson, House Minority Whip Hakeem Jeffries and others. The operatives posed as ordinary American social media users and regularly distributed pro-Israel…
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June 6, 2024