Australia has passed a social media ban for children under 16. It attempts to address the impact of social media use on children's health, and applies to X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and Reddit, but not YouTube. "The platforms, which bear sole responsibility for enforcement, have one year to figure out how to implement the age limit, which is the highest set by any country. If there are systemic failures to keep children from having accounts, the platforms are liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million)," [@NBCNews](
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Australia passes landmark social media ban for children under 16
The ban, among the toughest in the world, has broad public support, but it has been criticized by experts who say it could have unintended negative...
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Who owns your social media accounts? If you're on X, Elon Musk argues that it's the platform. In an objection filed on Monday, lawyers argued that its terms of service (TOS) prevent former Infowars owner Alex Jones' accounts from being sold off without X's approval. Jones' assets are being liquidated to pay the families of Sandy Hook victims after they won a defamation case against him. Satirical site The Onion purchased Infowars with social media accounts forming part of the deal. X's team wrote in Monday's objection: “The Trustee now seeks to contravene X Corp.’s TOS by improperly selling or otherwise transferring the X Accounts (which neither Jones nor his bankruptcy estate own) to a third party." Here's more from [@TheHill](
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OpenAI has filed a trademark application for its latest AI model, o1, as the firm moves to shield its IP. Read more at [@Techcrunch](
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OpenAI has filed a trademark application for its latest AI model, o1, as the firm moves to shield its intellectual property.
OpenAI suspended testing access to its text-to-video model Sora after a team of artists hired to develop the technology leaked access, accusing the company of using them for marketing and advertising. "We are sharing this to the world in the hopes that OpenAI becomes more open, more artist friendly and supports the arts beyond PR stunts," one artist wrote. Read more at [@Engadget](
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OpenAI suspends access to Sora video generation tool after artists protest
OpenAI recently granted a group of artists free access to its Sora text-to-video AI model, but has suspended the program due to protests.
TikTok will ban beauty filters for users under 18, citing self-esteem and mental health impact. Read more at [@9to5mac](
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TikTok will ban beauty filters by under 18s for mental health
TikTok has announced that it is responding to new legislation in the UK and EU by introducing a ban on...
Bluesky has apparently become such a successful X-formerly-Twitter alternative that even Mark Zuckerberg is anxiously taking notice. Read more at [@Futurism](
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Bluesky has apparently become such a successful X-formerly-Twitter alternative, even Mark Zuckerberg is anxiously taking notice.
Margrethe Vestager, the EU's top antitrust cop, is retiring after a decade in the role. She has been called "transformational" but has also been a thorn in the side of some of the world's richest companies. "People thought that we were crazy because 10 years ago, Big Tech was untouchable," she tells the [@newyorktimes](
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The World’s Pioneering Tech Cop Is Making Her Exit (Published 2024)
Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s antitrust regulator, who put technology’s harms on the global agenda, reflected on a decade of taking ...
Drake filed a petition in New York's Supreme Court, accusing Universal Music Group of using bots and paying Spotify, Apple and other entities to "artificially inflate the spread of Not Like Us and "deceiving consumers" into believing that "it was more popular than it was." Read more at [@Engadget](
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Drake accuses UMG of using bots and conspiring with Spotify to make Not Like Us go viral
Drake says the popularity of Not Like Us was artificially inflated with the help of bots and Spotify.
An onslaught of antitrust lawsuits could drastically change what Google looks like and how it operates — even if they don’t succeed. Read more at [@theverge](
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Google’s empire is under siege
Google is the subject of several lawsuits.
Coding boot camp graduates across the country are facing a tough job market in the age of AI. Read more at [@newyorktimes](
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Should You Still Learn to Code in an A.I. World? (Published 2024)
Coding boot camps once looked like the golden ticket to an economically secure future. But as that promise fades, what should you do?