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‘Serious breach’: social media platform X booted from Australia’s misinformation code

X, formerly Twitter, has been suspended from Australia’s voluntary misinformation code for failing to address complaints about removing a user reporting function. The Digital Industry Group found X breached the code by refusing to cooperate with the investigation

‘It’s not a public service, it’s toxic’: welcome to the world of gossip surveillance

TikTok videos featuring eavesdropped conversations have become a trend, exposing private details of unsuspecting individuals. While some argue that this “gossip surveillance” can expose bad behavior, it often crosses ethical boundaries by humiliating and potentially harming the subjects.

DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification - Cory Doctorow

The enshittification of the internet follows a predictable trajectory: first, platforms are good to their users: then they abuse their users to make things b...

The lie of 'deinfluencing'

Influencers will never influence us to buy less stuff. It’s antithetical to the job.

YouTube is going to start cracking down on AI clones of musicians

Music labels are getting a way to remove AI content.

‘It is a beast that needs to be tamed’: leading novelists on how AI could rewrite the future

Novelists and poets, Bernardine Evaristo, Jeanette Winterson, Stephen Marche and others, consider the threats and thrilling possibilities of artificial intelligence

A UCLA Report On Hollywood Finds the Top Shows Are More Diverse

The UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report shows a positive trend towards more diverse casts and creators in top-rated shows. However, there is still a need for improvement, particularly in increasing representation of people with disabilities and ensuring equal budget

AI companies have all kinds of arguments against paying for copyrighted content

Most argue training with copyrighted data is fair use.

‘Is this an appropriate use of AI or not?’: teachers say classrooms are now AI testing labs

Teachers are grappling with the rapid adoption of AI tools like ChatGPT in classrooms, with some embracing their potential while others fear exacerbating learning loss and cheating. While some schools have banned AI tools outright, others are experimenting

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