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November 29, 2024, 1:30 AM

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Bloomberg:
Experts worry about the unintended consequences of Australia's controversial but popular social media ban on under-16s; Meta, TikTok, and X expressed concerns  —  - Children under 16 barred from popular social media sites  — Politicians under pressure to stem online bullying, grooming
Ben Westcott / Bloomberg:
Australia's Senate passes a social media ban for children under 16, brushing aside lawmaker concerns on both sides; tech companies could be fined up to AU$50M  —  - Australia's social media laws to be among strictest in world  — Children under age of 16 will be banned from opening accounts
Victoria Kim / New York Times:
Details of Australia's social media ban for kids remain unclear, such as how to enforce it and what platforms it covers; kids and parents won't face punishment  —  The law sets a minimum age for users of platforms like TikTok, Instagram and X. How the restriction will be enforced online remains an open question.
Ismail Shakil / Reuters:
Canada's Competition Bureau sues Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising, seeking Google to sell two of its ad tech tools and more  —  Canada's Competition Bureau is suing Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising, the antitrust watchdog said on Thursday.
Reuters:
Delivery Hero's Talabat, one of the largest food delivery services in the UAE, sets its Dubai IPO price at the top end of its range and plans to raise ~$2B  —  Talabat, one of the largest food ordering businesses in the Middle East, is set to raise about $2 billion from the largest initial public offering …
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
ESET researchers find the first UEFI bootkit designed specifically to target Linux systems, marking a shift in bootkits that previously focused on Windows  —  The first UEFI bootkit specifically targeting Linux systems has been discovered, marking a shift in stealthy and hard-to-remove bootkit threats …
Ella Creamer / The Guardian:
Writers and publishers criticize Spines, which raised a $16M seed round and charges authors $1,200 to $5,000 to use AI to edit and distribute their books  —  Publisher Spines will charge authors between $1,200 and $5,000 to have their books proofread, designed and distributed with the help of artificial intelligence
Bloomberg:
An ex-staffer sues Binance for dismissing her for allegedly raising concerns about a co-worker taking a bribe; Binance says she was fired for poor performance  —  - Binance staffer accused of bribing to speed up client process  — Binance says employee was dismissed for poor performance
Niall Firth / MIT Technology Review:
How Altera deployed up to 1,000 AI agents that used LLMs to interact in Minecraft, finding that they formed a remarkable range of personality traits and roles  —  Left to their own devices, an army of AI characters didn't just survive — they thrived.  They developed in-game jobs, shared memes …
Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
Ofcom: 22.9M UK adults visited Reddit in May 2024, up 47% YoY, making it the fifth biggest social media platform in the UK, above X's 22.1M and LinkedIn's 18.3M  —  Discussion platform takes fifth place in rankings and is the fastest growing large social media platform in the UK
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