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A New Report Documents How Easily Children Can Access Graphic Images of the War
Violent, distressing imagery related to the conflict between Hamas and Israel, including graphic posts showing dead children and adults, are easily accessible to young users on platforms such as Instagram, researchers have found. The Institute for ...
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Business
Hamas Is Barred From Social Media. Its Messages Are Still Spreading.
Hamas and Hamas-linked accounts are exploiting the challenge social media companies face in striking the right balance on moderation, experts say.
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World
E.U. Probes Elon Musk’s X Platform Over Violent Israel-Hamas War Content
European Union regulators on Thursday opened an inquiry into X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, over the prevalence of gory videos and images, terrorism content and other illicit material it is carrying related to the Israel-Hamas war ...
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Business
The Israel-Gaza War Inflames Social Media
Social networks are under pressure to remove misinformation and grisly imagery from their platforms. A European regulator has warned Elon Musk’s X about its policies.
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Business
Meta Begins Blocking News in Canada
The change came in response to a new law in Canada that requires tech companies to pay news outlets for using their content.
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Business
Russia’s Online Censorship Has Soared 30-Fold During Ukraine War
A report from Citizen Lab laid out how much online censorship has increased on one of Russia’s biggest social media sites.
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Arts
It’s Their Content, You’re Just Licensing it
Recent automatic updates to e-book editions of works by Roald Dahl, R.L. Stine and Agatha Christie are a reminder of who really owns your digital media.
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World
YouTube Restores Donald Trump’s Account Privileges
The Google-owned video platform became the latest of the big social networks to reverse the former president’s account restrictions.
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Business
Supreme Court to Hear Case That Targets a Legal Shield of Tech Giants
The justices are set to hear a case challenging Section 230, a law that protects Google, Facebook and others from lawsuits over what their users post online.
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Business
Influence Networks in Russia Misled European Users, TikTok Says
The covert and coordinated campaign was disclosed in a new report that also addressed misinformation, fake accounts and moderation struggles.