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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Meta's new policies for contractors and staff moderating Facebook and Instagram allow dehumanizing speech, like “a trans person isn't a he or she, it's an it” — “A trans person isn't a he or she, it's an it,” reads a new guideline telling moderators what is now allowed on Facebook and Instagram
More: 404 Media, Washington Post, and KFF Health News
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Mastodon: @alyx@eldritch.cafe, @sweetmslily@starlite.rodeo, and @jwisser@wandering.shop
| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
A look at Meta's convoluted or contradictory hate speech examples for user content moderators, allowing derogatory remarks about races, nationalities, and more — Meta is now granting its users new freedom to post a wide array of derogatory remarks about races, nationalities, ethnic groups …
More: Electronic Frontier Foundation and New York Times
Bluesky: @jillian, @adriancarrasquillo, @anarchytabletop, @mathchaos, @garymarcus, @parismarx.com, @faineg, @rincewind.run, @murshedz, @elienyc, @melissaryan, @kevinmkruse, and @jvl. Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
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| Axios: |
Memo: Meta terminates major DEI programs, including for hiring, training, and procurement, citing a changed “legal and policy landscape” around DEI in the US — - The moves come just three days after Meta ended many of its efforts to fact-check and police speech on Facebook, Instagram and Threads.
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| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
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Mastodon: @gedankenstuecke@scholar … and @aral@mastodon.ar.al
Threads: @parkermolloy and @aaron.rupar
Forums: r/transgender, r/LGBTnews, r/AnythingGoesNews, r/technology, and Beehaw
| Joseph Cox / Wired: |
A hack of data company Gravy reveals Candy Crush, Tinder, and thousands of other apps are used to collect user location data; app developers may not even know — A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the scenes.
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Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/Android, and Slashdot
| Wired: |
A live blog where The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in TikTok's appeal against the divest-or-ban law — We're tuning in live as the justices consider what could be one of the most consequential First Amendment rulings of the past several decades. — The US Supreme Court is expected …
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| Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: |
The Linux Foundation launches an initiative to fund developing Chromium projects in a “neutral space”, with support from Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Opera — But it's really a “neutral space” for funding and support, corralling together some big names with a stake in the future of Chrome's open source roots, Chromium.
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| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Disney, Fox, and WBD say they have agreed to discontinue their Venu Sports streaming joint venture and will focus on existing products and distribution channels — The sports-focused streaming service will not move forward, the companies said Friday. — Venu is dead.
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| Politico: |
In a weird X Spaces chat, Elon Musk and Alice Weidel, a co-chair of the German far-right party AfD, pushed disinformation about Hitler, migrants, war, and more — God! Martians! A “communist” Hitler! It was heavy on oddness and light on policy as the X owner and the AfD co-leader hit it off.
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| Financial Times: |
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X: @jamesrbuk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @p_kallioniemi, @jonlis1, @amberrudduk, @p_kallioniemi, @elonmusk, @peterstefanovi2, @jimfergusonuk, @shashj, @mattgubba, @yanisvaroufakis, @acoyne, @simon_schama, @carolineslocock, @tashecon, and @tashecon. LinkedIn: Danny Rogers
Forums: r/politics, r/LabourUK, and r/unitedkingdom
| Automattic: |
Automattic plans to cut its WordPress contributions to ~45 hours per week “due to the lawsuits from WP Engine”, focusing mostly on security and critical updates — Automattic has always been deeply committed to the success of WordPress, dedicating significant resources and talent to its development for almost two decades.
More: TechCrunch, Tedium, and WinBuzzer
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Forums: Hacker News, r/WPDrama, and r/Wordpress
| Axios: |
El Capitan, the world's most powerful supercomputer, built by HPE and AMD as part of a $600M US DOE contract, is officially dedicated to handle classified tasks — - That smaller sibling, Tuolumne, is similar in design to El Capitan, but just one-tenth the size.| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
The US DOJ indicts three Russian citizens for allegedly operating Bender.io and Sinbad.io crypto mixing services used by North Korea and ransomware gangs — On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictments of Russian citizens Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko … | Makena Kelly / Wired: |
The CFPB proposes a new rule to give consumers the same protection rights when they use virtual currencies in some video games like Roblox as when they use USD — In a new proposal issued Friday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking to regulate virtual currencies used in Roblox and other video games like US dollars.
More: Financial Times, Bloomberg, Consumer Financial …, Cointelegraph, Polygon, Aftermath, and crypto.news. Bluesky: @makenakelly
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