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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Meta's new policies for contractors and staff moderating Facebook and Instagram allow dehumanizing speech, like “a trans person isn't a he or she, it's an it” — “A trans person isn't a he or she, it's an it,” reads a new guideline telling moderators what is now allowed on Facebook and Instagram
More: Washington Post and KFF Health News
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| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
A look at Meta's convoluted or contradictory hate speech examples for user content moderators, allowing derogatory remarks about races, nationalities, and more — Meta is now granting its users new freedom to post a wide array of derogatory remarks about races, nationalities, ethnic groups …
More: Electronic Frontier Foundation and New York Times
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| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
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| Colby Hall / Mediaite: |
More: The National Pulse, Salon, Gizmodo, and The Hill
| Joseph Cox / Wired: |
A hack of data company Gravy reveals Candy Crush, Tinder, and thousands of other apps are used to collect user location data; app developers may not even know — A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the scenes.
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Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/Android, and Slashdot
| Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: |
The Linux Foundation launches an initiative to fund developing Chromium projects in a “neutral space”, with support from Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Opera — But it's really a “neutral space” for funding and support, corralling together some big names with a stake in the future of Chrome's open source roots, Chromium.
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Forums: r/programming, r/browsers, and Ars OpenForum
| Politico: |
In a weird X Spaces chat, Elon Musk and Alice Weidel, a co-chair of the German far-right party AfD, pushed disinformation about Hitler, migrants, war, and more — God! Martians! A “communist” Hitler! It was heavy on oddness and light on policy as the X owner and the AfD co-leader hit it off.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Elon Musk and his right-wing allies discussed how to destabilize the UK Labour government and remove PM Keir Starmer, beyond Musk's aggressive X posts — Technology billionaire interested in building support for another political party, notably Reform UK
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Forums: r/politics, r/LabourUK, and r/unitedkingdom
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Court docs: Mark Zuckerberg approved the Meta team that trains AI Llama models to use data from LibGen, a “links aggregator” to pirated, copyrighted material — Counsel for plaintiffs in a copyright lawsuit filed against Meta allege that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave the green light …
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| Automattic: |
Automattic plans to cut its WordPress contributions to ~45 hours per week “due to the lawsuits from WP Engine”, focusing mostly on security and critical updates — Automattic has always been deeply committed to the success of WordPress, dedicating significant resources and talent to its development for almost two decades.
More: TechCrunch and WinBuzzer
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| Makena Kelly / Wired: |
The CFPB proposes new rules to give consumers the same rights when using virtual currencies used in Roblox and some other video games as when they use USD — In a new proposal issued Friday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking to regulate virtual currencies used in Roblox and other video games like US dollars.| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Disney, Fox, and WBD say they have agreed to discontinue their Venu Sports streaming joint venture and will focus on existing products and distribution channels — The sports-focused streaming service will not move forward, the companies said Friday. — Venu is dead.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
To challenge Visa and Mastercard, India is pushing homegrown card network RuPay with its exclusive use of UPI, which handles 13B+ real-time transactions monthly — As digital payments morph into strategic assets, India is offering a template for other nations seeking to reduce dependence on Western payment networks.| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
X says it is rolling out labels for parody or satire accounts to distinguish them and “increase transparency”; accounts have to apply the labels themselves — X said today that it will now label parody or satire profiles to differentiate them from other accounts.
More: Engadget, PCMag, Mashable, and Gamereactor UK
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