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| Bruna Horvath / NBC News: |
Zuckerberg says Meta will restore “free expression” on its platforms, including by replacing its fact-checking program with Community Notes, starting in the US — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the move in a post Tuesday morning. — Meta is scrapping its fact-checking program …
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Bluesky: @katestarbird, @dgrand, @davidgerard.co.uk, @rmac, @nikenberger, @steverathje, @caseynewton, @cameronwilson, @dpdiver, @tiredgenerally, @quinnypig.com, @pippacrerar, @evelyndouek, @aiannucci, @billkristolbulwark, @evelyndouek, @evelyndouek, @mmasnick, @mmasnick, @issielapowsky, @amyhoy, @rmac, @patrickhowelloneill.com, @jeffjarvis, @stephenburtch, @juddlegum, @stribs, @katestarbird, @realworldrj, @katestarbird, @campuscodi.risky.biz, @campuscodi.risky.biz, @yoyoel.com, @justinschuh.com, @davekarpf, @lionelgeek, @jaydolan, @justinschuh.com, @anildash.com, @noupside, @moonalice.com, and @donmoyn
Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …, @bendrath@eupolicy.social, @evacide@hachyderm.io, @7sleepersmusic@mastodon …, @gleick@mas.to, @rachaelspooky@cyberpunk.lol, and @kevinrothrock@infosec …
Threads: @zuck, @zuck, @moskov, @brandeebarker, @beltzner, @tanis_em, @katienotopoulos, @dens, @photomatt, @florent.joly, @vishwanathsarangkeller, @gwhitta, @documentingmeta, @moskov, @kurtwag8, @mcuban, @guillecummings, @davmicrot, @drewpusateri, @renee.diresta, @florent.joly, @florent.joly, @mergesort, @davmicrot, @sung.kim.mw, @ianbetteridge, @wongmjane, @karaswisher, @dsilverman, and @katienotopoulos. Instagram: Mark Zuckerberg
X: @elonmusk, @chrismurphyct, @jim_jordan, @brendancarrfcc, @tobi, @jason, @jason, @tomwarren, @tomcoates, @austen, @brianstelter, @johnbiggs, @drjessmaddox, @nikitabier, @antoniogm, @markpinc, @wexler, @ajs, @esthercrawford, @waitbutwhy, @brianstelter, @jamesrbuk, @mikebutcher, @rihardjarc, @adrianweckler, @teroterotero, @apompliano, @antoniogm, @dhh, @eoghan, @mgeist, @danprimack, @basedbeffjezos, @sarafischer, @oversightboard, @prem_thakker, @antoniogm, @hadas_gold, @kylascan, @emollick, @nkulw, @lindayax, @benthompson, and @ericnewcomer
LinkedIn: Richard Huntington, Alessandro Accorsi, Niall Breslin, Matt Snodgrass, Ha Phan, Tonya McKenzie, Viv Conway, Guido Palazzo, Max Schrems, and Jon-Stephen Stansel
| Fox News: |
Donald Trump says Meta has “come a long way” after the company announced it will end its fact-checking program, and that Meta's “presentation was excellent” — EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Donald Trump reacted to Meta's move to end its fact-checking program on Facebook …
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Bluesky: @sambiddle.com, @donmoyn, @talibkweli, and @futbolsound
| David Gilbert / Wired: |
Meta's fact-checking partners, including USA Today, say they were blindsided by Meta's decision to drop them and reject claims of being “too politically biased” — Fact-checkers claim they had no idea the company was going to end their partnerships and are scrambling to figure out the financial implications of the move.
More: The Verge, Associated Press, Business Insider, NBC News, Tampa Bay Times, Out Magazine, WinBuzzer, and HotAir
Bluesky: @davidgilbert, @katestarbird, @dell, @bevymart, and @couts. Threads: @matthewfacciani. X: @pranavdixit
Forums: r/technews and r/technology
| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Ten current and former Meta employees share frustrations over Meta's surrender to the right on speech issues; one called the changes “a precursor for genocide” — “I really think this a precursor for genocide,” a former employee tells Platformer — I. The past
More: Bloomberg, Poynter, and The Mirror
Bluesky: @rmac, @rmac, @rmac, @kris10p, @tomlevenson, and @caseynewton
Threads: @crumbler, @karaswisher, and @crumbler
| New York Times: |
Meta will move trust and safety and content moderation teams from California to Texas, to remove concerns “that biased employees are overly censoring content” — The move will end a third-party fact-checking system and rely on users to add notes or corrections to posts.
More: New York Times, Wired, The Hollywood Reporter, Werd I/O, Crikey, ABC, Daily Mail, kottke.org, Mock Paper Scissors, Northeastern Global News, Gizmodo, The Forward, Time, and ZeroHedge News
Bluesky: @cameronwilson, @milesklee, @daveminca, @thebhp, @juddlegum, @werd.io, @technursejon, @berniemichalik.ca, @biwabankster, @bjetter, @selviano, @peterdeep.com, @timkarr, and @tuckfrumplimpdix
Mastodon: @kubikpixel@chaos.social and @stuntbox@mastodon.social
Threads: @zuck, @karaswisher, @hi.im.vijay, @drewharwell, @anildash, @jacaranda7, @florent.joly, @anildash, and @renee.diresta
X: @can, @sfmcguire79, @stokel, @bethanyshondark, @jeffreyatucker, @micsolana, and @esaagar
LinkedIn: Prof. Annabelle Gawer and Sophie Nadeau
Forums: r/AWDTSGisToxic and r/conservativeterrorism
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Meta will lift restrictions on “topics that are part of mainstream discourse”, like immigration and gender, and focus on “illegal and high-severity violations” — Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp, today announced a major overhaul …
More: Wired, B&T, New York Times, Android Police, How-To Geek, and Newser
Bluesky: @badgerfacts, @kwameopam, @donmoyn, @sambiddle.com, @lmatsakis, @knibbs, @michaelandfred, and @rebeccabellan. Mastodon: @corbin@toot.community
Threads: @zuck, @zuck, @zuck, @esqueer_, and @dsilverman
X: @thetranscript_ and @esaagar
LinkedIn: Richard Addy and Eryk Salvaggio
Forums: r/technews, r/gay, r/LGBTnews, r/technology, and r/transgender
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Meta is dropping fact-checking after incoming FCC head Brendan Carr threatened it over such practices, undercutting the notion that Meta's move was principled — I have to commend Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his new policy chief Joel Kaplan on their timing.| Fox News: |
More: CNN, The Hard Times, USA Today, Fast Company, Hypebeast, Lead Stories, Social Media Today, Breitbart, AfroTech, Townhall, Raw Story, Quartz, Common Dreams, Tubefilter, and Fox News
Bluesky: @stevekovach, @cherri.tv, @samveep, @evelyndouek, @jeffjarvis, @grumplicio.us, @ebakerwhite, @imyourchuckleberry, @davidakaye, @mgeist, and @nickjcal. Mastodon: @SheDrivesMobility …. Threads: @mcuban
X: @davidclinchnews, @andymstone, @brookesingman, @francisbrennan, @brookesingman, @brookesingman, @francisbrennan, and @willricci
LinkedIn: Joel Kaplan and Nicola Mendelsohn Cbe
Forums: r/technology and r/Conservative
| Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times: |
More: Poynter, RedState, Twitchy, Fox News, Wall Street Pit, and Racket News
| Associated Press: |
Las Vegas police say the man who exploded a Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel used ChatGPT to help plan the attack, including to seek info on explosive targets — The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT …
More: The Verge, The Hill, Tom's Hardware, NBC News, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, CBS News, News18, Axios, ABC News, CNN, SiliconANGLE, and The Sun
Bluesky: @acabylonbee, @carlquintanilla, and @brianckeegan.com
X: @yayathehun, @jseldin, @jseldin, @garymarcus, @jseldin, and @brettforresttv
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Screenshots: Meta's HR team deleted several employees' posts critical of Meta's new board member Dana White, aiming to “help minimize disruption” internally — “Insulting, criticizing, or antagonizing our colleagues or Board members is not aligned with the CEE.”
More: The Atlantic, SFGATE, Business Today, The Daily Dot, NECN, The Present Age, Gizmodo, and MobileSyrup
Bluesky: @tomwarren.co.uk, @mmasnick, @prietschka, @benfowlkes, @kevinbriody, @romitmehta.com, @emanuelmaiberg, and @hypervisible. Mastodon: @josephcox@infosec.exchange
Threads: @mosseri, @danawhite, and @personality_of_colt
Forums: r/neoliberal, r/technology, and Beehaw
| Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central: |
OnePlus 13 review: excellent battery life, six years of security updates, solid build quality with an IP69 rating, but most AI tools need internet connectivity — OnePlus got everything right with the OnePlus 13 by fixing old problems and breaking new ground in design, build quality, and cameras.
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X: @mishaalrahman, @oneplus_usa, @snapdragon, @mkbhd, @oneplus, and @oneplus
| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Washington state's AG sues T-Mobile, claiming the carrier failed to adequately secure sensitive personal info of 2M+ residents in an August 2021 cyberattack — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit against T-Mobile on Monday, claiming that the Bellevue … | Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Anthropic is in advanced talks to raise $2B in a round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners at a $60B valuation; Anthropic was valued at $18B in 2024 — The Amazon-backed OpenAI rival was valued at $18 billion last year.
More: The Information, The Economic Times, CNBC, New York Times, The Daily Upside, KrASIA, SiliconANGLE, Silicon Valley Business …, ZeroHedge News, Proactive, TechCrunch, and Forbes
Bluesky: @prietschka. X: @tanayj, @haydenfield, @berber_jin1, @morningbrew, @sunil_trades, @morningbrew, and @andrewcurran_
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, and Slashdot
| Taylor Lorenz / User Mag: |
For months, Meta hid posts that included LGBTQ+ hashtags for all users who had their sensitive content filter turned on; Meta claims it “mistakenly” did this — Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts “sexually suggestive content”| Arno Rosenfeld / The Forward: |
Docs: The Heritage Foundation plans to “identify and target” volunteer Wikipedia editors who it says are “abusing their position” to publish antisemitic content — The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism
More: Raw Story. Bluesky: @fraying, @bluepolitico, @culturecrave.co, and @nelbot
Mastodon: @dangillmor@mastodon.social, @LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt, and @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io. X: @molly0xfff
Forums: r/technology and r/wikipedia
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Wall Street wealth management and investment software provider Addepar is in talks to raise $250M at a $3.25B pre-money valuation, up from $2B+ in 2021 — - Over $7 trillion of assets are managed on Addepar platforms — Software company's clients include Morgan Stanley, Jefferies| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
Runway users are making real murder videos appear like they came from a Minions movie, likely to bypass automated moderation on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube — People are using the popular AI video generator Runway to make real videos of murder look like they came from one of the animated Minions movies …
Bluesky: @jaredlholt, @acab.dad, @phantasm, @jasonkoebler, and @emanuelmaiberg
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
In a statement with his family, Sam Altman denies the sexual abuse allegations made by his sister Ann in a lawsuit and says she faces “mental health challenges” — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's sister, Ann Altman, filed a lawsuit on Monday, alleging that her brother sexually abused …
More: The Verge, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Business Insider, KSDK-TV, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Lenovo unveils the $500+ Legion Go S, the first authorized third-party SteamOS handheld, and a $600 Windows model, for May, and a $730 Windows model for January — Lenovo is trying an experiment. In May, it will officially become the very first company outside of Valve to ship …
More: Lenovo StoryHub, GamingOnLinux, Android Police, Phoronix, Android Headlines, IGN, Comic Book, PC Gamer, GeekWire, 9to5Toys, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Eurogamer.net, Liliputing, Engadget, and Neowin
X: @anshelsag. Forums: news.ycombinator.com, r/ROGAlly, r/hardware, r/SteamOS, r/ROGAllyX, r/Handhelds, and r/SteamDeck
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The White House launches the US Cyber Trust Mark, a voluntary cybersecurity safety label for internet-connected consumer devices, after unveiling it in 2023 — Today, the White House announced the launch of the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, a new cybersecurity safety label for internet-connected consumer devices.
More: TechCrunch, The White House, PYMNTS.com, The Record, CyberScoop, NBC News, The Verge, Nextgov/FCW, and ZDNET. Mastodon: @chetwisniewski …
| Daniel Wiessner / Reuters: |
The US NLRB says Google is a “joint employer” of ~50 Accenture Flex workers who joined the Alphabet Workers Union in 2023 and must bargain with their union — Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) is facing a second complaint from a U.S. labor board claiming that it is the employer …
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