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Meta accused of enabling hateful Ethiopia conflict posts in lawsuit | World News
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Meta has been accused of enabling violent and hateful posts from Ethiopia to flourish on Facebook in a new lawsuit. Filed in Kenya, the suit claims the social media giant’s actions have inflamed the country’s civil war between the government and rebellious forces from the northern Tigray region, which has seen thousands of people killed […]
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Meta’s rules for checking VIP posts have caused ‘real harm’ and need ‘overhaul’, review says | Science & Tech News
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On Facebook and Instagram there are rules about what can and can’t be posted. They can change from time to time, as can the way they are enforced by human and robot moderators. But in theory the rules are the same for every one of the sites’ nearly five billion users. Unless, that is, you […]
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Elon Musk’s Twitter verification plan backfires with string of distasteful posts from ‘Tony Blair’, ‘OJ Simpson’ and ‘Nintendo’ accounts | Science & Tech News
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Twitter’s new verification model appears to have backfired after a number of distasteful posts from the seemingly official accounts of famous figures. Previously, the blue tick symbol was reserved for accounts Twitter had vetted and determined to be genuine. But following his takeover, Elon Musk announced that anyone would be able to purchase a tick […]
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Meta defends ‘safe’ Instagram posts seen by Molly Russell | Science & Tech News
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Instagram content viewed by teenager Molly Russell before she took her own life was safe, the social media site’s head of health and wellbeing has told a court. Elizabeth Lagone, a Meta executive, was taken through a number of posts the schoolgirl engaged with on the platform in the last six months of her life. Meta is […]
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Facebook users report seeing ‘random’ posts to celebrities in their feed | Science & Tech News
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Facebook users around the world have reported issues with their homepage while trying to browse the app. The problems are being highlighted on other social media platforms like Twitter, where people are flocking to post about seeing “random” people posting on the pages of celebrities. Facebook owner Meta said it was aware of the reports […]