Aurich Lawson | Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB reader comments 130 with 67 posters participating Share this story Why did Elon Musk agree to buy Twitter again instead of continuing to argue his claims that Twitter violated the merger agreement by lying about bots? There are a few answers, but “the biggest one of all is that he’s ..
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Enlarge / Elon Musk arrives for the 2022 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022, in New York. Getty Images | Angela Weiss reader comments 725 with 261 posters participating Share this story Elon Musk has told Twitter he is once again willing to buy the company at the originally ..
reader comments 213 with 103 posters participating Share this story A key protection shielding social media companies from liability for hosting third-party content—Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act—is set to face its first US Supreme Court challenge. The question before the court hinges on whether Google-owned YouTube is responsible for aiding and abetting ISIS ..
reader comments 100 with 71 posters participating Share this story In a London court this week, coroner Andrew Walker had the difficult task of assessing a question that child safety advocates have been asking for years: How responsible is social media for the content algorithms feed to minors? The case before Walker involved a 14-year-old ..
Enlarge / Former eBay executive James Baugh arrives at court for his sentencing in Boston on September 29, 2022. Getty Images | Boston Globe reader comments 89 with 52 posters participating Share this story Two former eBay executives were sentenced to prison yesterday for cyberstalking and harassing journalists whose news coverage had rankled the eBay ..
Getty Images | PM Images reader comments 90 with 43 posters participating Share this story The Federal Communications Commission today unanimously approved a rule that aims to minimize space debris by requiring low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites to be disposed no more than five years after being taken out of service. “The new rules shorten the ..
reader comments 150 with 72 posters participating Share this story For drivers choosing electric vehicles, convenient access to reliable charging stations remains one of the biggest pain points after adopting the eco-friendlier way to cruise. Just the thought of driving out of the way to find a charging station when planning road trips—rather than pop ..
reader comments 49 with 37 posters participating Share this story China’s ability to influence American politics by manipulating social media platforms has been a topic of much scrutiny ahead of the midterm elections, and this week has marked some progress toward mitigating risks on some of the most popular US platforms. US President Joe Biden ..
Getty Images | B4LLS reader comments 52 with 47 posters participating Share this story The Federal Communications Commission today released a plan to require mobile carriers to block a wide range of illegal text messages. “In this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), we propose to require mobile wireless providers to block illegal text messages, building ..
reader comments 33 with 30 posters participating Share this story This month, LinkedIn researchers revealed in Science that the company spent five years quietly researching more than 20 million users. By tweaking the professional networking platform’s algorithm, researchers were trying to determine through A/B testing whether users end up with more job opportunities when they ..
