Facebook uses Australian adults public photos/posts to train AI, without opt-out(abc.net.au)

54 points by nreece 2 years ago | 32 comments

CIA to Sunset the World Factbook(abc.net.au)

286 points by kshahkshah 8 months ago | 209 comments

Facebook scraped every Australian adult user's public posts to train AI(abc.net.au)

219 points by elashri 2 years ago | 233 comments

Facebook is paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism(cbc.ca)

245 points by vrganj 4 months ago | 118 comments

The Australian government has announced gambling advertising reforms(bbc.com)

95 points by gostsamo 6 months ago | 71 comments

Washington Post cartoonist resigns after cartoon satirising Jeff Bezos rejected(abc.net.au)

6 points by adrian_mrd 1 year ago | 0 comments

Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media addiction case(nytimes.com)

418 points by mrjaeger 7 months ago | 201 comments

New York Times article on a verdict finding Meta and YouTube negligent in a landmark social media addiction trial; the page loaded a captcha instead.

YouTube is a mysterious monopoly(anderegg.ca)

338 points by geerlingguy 1 year ago | 432 comments

Blog post discussing a recent drop in YouTube views reported by creators like Adrian Black and Jeff Geerling, and YouTube's opaque monopoly position.

Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation(axios.com)

540 points by giuliomagnifico 6 months ago | 219 comments

Axios scoop reporting that Meta removed ads on its platforms soliciting plaintiffs for social media addiction lawsuits.

Mark Zuckerberg says social media is over(newyorker.com)

468 points by FinnLobsien 1 year ago | 801 comments

New Yorker column by Kyle Chayka on Mark Zuckerberg's testimony at Meta's antitrust trial arguing that social media platforms are no longer what they used to be.

Tesla takes on $30B in credit as it approaches unprofitability(electrek.co)

80 points by ciconia 26 days ago | 93 comments

Electrek article reporting that Tesla is taking on $30 billion in credit as the company nears unprofitability.

Meta's Onavo VPN removed SSL encryption of competitor's analytics traffic(documentcloud.org)

381 points by wordhydrogen 2 years ago | 138 comments

Court filing in Klein v. Meta alleging Facebook's In-App Action Panel program used SSL man-in-the-middle techniques via Onavo to intercept Snapchat, YouTube and Amazon analytics traffic.