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November 29, 2024, 12:40 PM

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Bloomberg:
Experts worry about the unintended consequences of Australia's controversial but popular social media ban on under-16s; Meta, TikTok, and X expressed concerns  —  - Children under 16 barred from popular social media sites  — Politicians under pressure to stem online bullying, grooming
Victoria Kim / New York Times:
Details of Australia's social media ban for kids remain unclear, such as how to enforce it and what platforms it covers; kids and parents won't face punishment  —  The law sets a minimum age for users of platforms like TikTok, Instagram and X. How the restriction will be enforced online remains an open question.
Ismail Shakil / Reuters:
Canada's Competition Bureau sues Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising, seeking Google to sell two of its ad tech tools and more  —  Canada's Competition Bureau is suing Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising, the antitrust watchdog said on Thursday.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Sources: Meta plans to build a 40K+ km-long fiber optic subsea cable extending around the world, a project that could cost more than $10B  —  Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is the second-biggest driver of internet usage globally.  Its properties — and their billions of users …
Shannon Connellan / Mashable:
Bluesky replies now default to appear by “hotness”, which weights more recent liked replies more heavily; some say this rewards clout farming like X  —  Not everyone is happy about it being the default.  —  Bluesky replies will now default to appear by “hotness” in a contentious update to the social media platform.

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