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YouTube announces new restrictions on gun videos | Science & Tech News
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YouTube says it is introducing new restrictions on videos featuring guns after repeated calls by campaigners to limit potentially traumatising material. From 18 June, the video-sharing platform said it will prohibit any videos demonstrating how to remove firearm safety devices. YouTube, which is owned by Google, will also restrict videos showing homemade guns and automatic…
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Australian PM calls Elon Musk an ‘arrogant billionaire’ after X owner says government wants to ‘control the entire Internet’ over stabbing videos | Science & Tech News
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Australia’s prime minister said Elon Musk is an “arrogant billionaire who thinks he is above the law” over his reluctance to remove footage of last week’s Church stabbing from X. In response, Elon Musk thanked him “for informing the public that this platform is the only truthful one”. The spat comes after a week of…
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Fake videos and images flooded X in hours after Iran’s attack on Israel | Science & Tech News
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Fake videos and images flooded social media in the hours after Iran launched missiles and drones towards Israel on 13 April. Within seven hours of the drones being launched, 34 fake images and videos claiming to show the conflict had received 37 million views on X, according to a report by the Institute for Strategic…
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Israel-Hamas war: Fireworks displays and computer games among fake conflict videos viewed millions of times on social media | World News
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False videos, pictures and information have sprung up on social media since Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel last weekend which sparked retaliation strikes on the Gaza Strip. Fireworks displays, excerpts from video games and clips posted months ago are among the false material seen and shared by millions of people on sites like X, formerly…
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TikTok to let parents filter out videos they don’t want their children to see | Science & Tech News
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TikTok has launched the ability for parents and guardians to filter out videos they don’t want their children to see. The feature is an addition to the app’s family pairing functionality, which allows adults to link their account to their teenager’s for control of settings like screen time limits. TikTok‘s users could already dictate content…
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TikTok videos falsely claim parasite cleanses and fad diets cure liver disease | US News
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TikTok is awash with videos falsely claiming “detox” drinks, fad diets and parasite cleanses can cure liver disease. Four in 10 posts about liver disease on TikTok contain misinformation, according to a study presented at Digestive Disease Week in Chicago on Tuesday. The most common inaccurate posts boasted claims about herbal products reversing liver disease.…
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Revealed: The UK’s 10 most popular TikTok videos of 2022 | Science & Tech News
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A young couple who found love after a head-over-heels barista asked a customer out by way of latte foam feature on the list of the UK’s most popular TikToks of the year. Sophie Hosking had been serving the “cute” Mexican customer at Edinburgh coffee shop Grams for about a year before she took the plunge,…
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‘TikTok traffickers’ who use videos to advertise Channel crossings must face criminal action – MP | Politics News
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“TikTok traffickers” who use social media to advertise small boat crossings to migrants must face criminal penalties, ministers have been told. Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke believes the advertising of Channel crossings on networks such as TikTok and Facebook should be recognised as a crime. Speaking during a Commons debate on the Online Safety Bill, the…