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Disclosures to Australia’s eSafety Commissioner are first specific details about online safety processes since Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Elon Musk’s X social media platform let go 80% of its safety engineers and reinstated thousands of banned accounts in Australia, including nearly …

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World Economic Forum highlights risk of election interference in year UK and US go to polls Business live – latest updates A wave of artificial intelligence-driven misinformation and disinformation that could influence key looming elections poses the biggest short-term threat to the global economy, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has said. In its annual global …

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From bugs to unqualified staff, the Post Office’s point-of-sale system was inadequate on many levels The Horizon IT scandal, frequently called the largest miscarriage of justice in British history, is back in the headlines thanks to a prime-time ITV dramatisation. The resulting surge of interest has led to Paula Vennells, who ran the Post Office …

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Filing claims Meta did not adequately respond to Walmart and Match Group’s complaints of ‘deeply disturbing’ images and videos Facebook and Instagram have been profiting from placing corporate adverts from companies such as Walmart and Match Group next to content potentially promoting child sexual exploitation, a legal filing alleges. The accusation is the latest in …

Facebook and Instagram ran content sexualizing minors next to corporate ads, lawsuit says Read More »

Price of bitcoin briefly spikes more than $1,000 as ETF would give a way to invest without having to buy outright on a crypto exchange The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said Tuesday that a post sent from the agency’s account on the social platform Twitter/X announcing the approval of a long-awaited bitcoin exchange-traded fund …

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Booksmart actor cast in apocalyptic drama as vengeful soldier Abby, as TV series creators eschew close physical likenesses to the video game character She’s one of the most controversial video game characters of the last five years, and now her role has been cast for season two of HBO’s The Last of Us adaptation. Booksmart …

Kaitlyn Dever to star as Abby in HBO’s The Last of Us season two Read More »

Move comes as regulators around the world press Meta to protect children from sensitive posts on its apps Meta said on Tuesday it would hide more sensitive content from teenagers on Instagram and Facebook amid global pressure from regulators for the social media giant to protect children from harmful content on its apps. The move …

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GMB union says up to 100 staff at fulfilment centre will take part in stoppage to boost profile of dispute Amazon faces fresh industrial action in the UK, after members of the GMB union at a new fulfilment centre in Birmingham voted to strike over pay and conditions later this month. The GMB says “up …

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European Commission says it is checking whether multibillion-dollar stake is reviewable under merger regulation Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar investment in the ChatGPT developer OpenAI could face a merger investigation in the European Union, officials have said. Microsoft is the largest minority investor in OpenAI Global LLC, a “capped profit” subsidiary company that is controlled by OpenAI Inc, …

Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI may face EU scrutiny, officials say Read More »

Pioneering vandalism-reporting scheme will launch in January involving police, youth workers and housing officials A groundbreaking scheme designed to help clear streets of hate graffiti and pinpoint flare-ups of racism and homophobia is being pioneered in Wales. At the centre of the project is an app called StreetSnap, developed by Swansea University, that will be …

Welsh StreetSnap app targets racist and homophobic graffiti Read More »