🌎 Discussion: Online Piracy, AI, Net Neutrality, Killswitch, and Other Internet Issues II

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NY Times - U.S. Says It Secretly Removed Malware Worldwide, Pre-empting Russian Cyberattacks
The operation is the latest effort by the Biden administration to thwart actions by Russia by making them public before Moscow can strike.

 

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Erratic is as erratic does.

See also: Discussion: Taxes and Taxation

 

[Sithborg]

He definitely balked at the background check.

 

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Deadline - Twitter Said To Be Mulling Poison Pill To Block Elon Musk Takeover – Update


Gizmodo - Elon Musk Gives His Definition of Free Speech
The Tesla CEO also addressed a potential strategy for the edit button and we have word from Trump on whether he'd walk into Elon's open arms.


Gizmodo - 'Hypocrisy:' Tim [Cook] Scorches Zuck Over Metaverse Tax
Meta has called Apple's App Store fees exorbitant but announced this week it would take a 47.5% cut of sales in its own metaverse.

 

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Reuters - Judge rules Musk's tweets over taking Tesla private were false, investors say

 

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Gizmodo - Report: NSO Spyware Hit Boris Johnson, Dozens More European Leaders
A new report [by The New Yorker] claims that the NSO Group's spyware has been discovered targeting droves of high-ranking European politicians.

 

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They're the only service that charges $20/m for 4k, making them the most expensive of all.

The Verge - Netflix just lost subscribers for the first time in over a decade

Netflix loses subscribers, tanking the stock 23% - CNN

That's why they're doing this, desperation for new $$$ and investors :

 

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The EU will force Big Tech companies to police content online more aggressively after approving a major piece of legislation that sets the rules for the first time on how companies should keep users safe on the internet.

In the early hours of Saturday morning, after nearly 16 hours of negotiations, legislators in Brussels endorsed measures preventing companies such as Facebook and Google from targeting minors with online advertising, while manipulative techniques that force people to click on content will be banned.

Leading tech groups will be forced to disclose to EU regulators how they are tackling disinformation and war propaganda in order to curb the spread of fake information — an effort that has gained fresh momentum since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

 

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WSJ News Exclusive | Twitter, Elon Musk Are in Talks to Strike a Deal

 

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Welcome back Cheetoh

 

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Twitter announces sale to Elon Musk as his recent tweets show what a bad idea that is

Over the weekend, Musk continued to use his own high-profile Twitter account to show the kind of chaos he likes to bring to the platform, attacking Bill Gates with a crude, fat-shaming graphic, and suggesting that his hyperloop would work better than other forms of transportation because “Underground tunnels are immune to surface weather conditions (subways are a good example), so it wouldn’t matter to Hyperloop if a hurricane was raging on the surface. You wouldn’t even notice.” This howler drew a flood of responses with pictures of subway stations flooded after hurricanes or even just major rainstorms. The guy never lets not knowing what he’s talking about stop him from saying it through a huge megaphone.

 

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Musk also supported the illegal overthrow of the Canadian government and he tweeted that its prime minister was worse than Hitler.

Gizmodo - Twitter Admits It Hid Tweets About HBO's QAnon Docuseries
Twitter told the director of "Q: Into the Storm" it had "made the decision not to allow promotion of this documentary" when he tried to advertise the film.

See also: Q: Into The Storm

 

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Forbes - Tesla Stock Plunge Wipes Out $128 Billion In Value As Twitter Deal Sparks Fears

Gizmodo - Elon’s Already Daring Twitter to Break Off the Deal
The same day the billionaire criticized two of the company’s executives, Twitter filed forms with the SEC that included a non-disparagement clause for its sale.

Daily Kos - Elon Musk starts encouraging abuse of Twitter executives the day after purchase deal announced (liberal blog)

Reuters - Breakingviews: Elon Musk probably won’t buy Twitter (commentary)

 

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Gizmodo - Meta Found Snooping on Student Aid Applicants

 

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The Guardian - Twitter takeover: EU and UK warn Elon Musk must comply or face sanctions
EU commissioner raises hate speech concerns as UK draws attention to penalties in online safety bill

Gizmodo - Europe Starts Its Own Social Networks
If Twitter and YouTube are skeeving you out, the bloc believes it can offer an alternative.

 

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U.S. Government to Investigate Sideloading and Web App Restrictions on iOS

Japan panel backs possibility of new regulations on smartphone OS developers

Apple’s Self Service Repair now available

 

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Gizmodo - Snap's CEO Finally Calls The Metaverse What It Is

Irish Times - Inside Facebook’s Metaverse, where racial, homophobic and sexual abuse are rampant

 

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Gizmodo - Wikipedia Will No Longer Accept Cryptocurrency Donations

 

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Wall Street Journal - NFT Sales Are Flatlining

The NFT market is collapsing.

The sale of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, fell to a daily average of about 19,000 this week, a 92% decline from a peak of about 225,000 in September, according to the data website NonFungible.

The number of active wallets in the NFT market fell 88% to about 14,000 last week from a high of 119,000 in November. NFTs are bitcoin-like digital tokens that act like a certificate of ownership that live on a blockchain.

 

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It's too bad we don't have a "love" button because that's some lovely news. NFT's are a scam.

 

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Wall Street Journal - Elon Musk Plans to Take Twitter Public a Few Years After Buyout
Tesla chief has been speaking to investors including private-equity firms about participating in deal

Gosh, why does he want to control Twitter just for the next 3 years and then sell it. What a mystery!

Wall Street Journal - Facebook Deliberately Caused Havoc in Australia to Influence New Law, Whistleblowers Say

Gizmodo - Musk Goes to Crypto Bros, Big Tech, and Saudis for Twitter Deal Funding

 

[Sithborg]

Texas Enacts Social Media Censorship Law to Benefit Anti-Vaxxers & Spammers - Technology & Marketing Law Blog

So, a law that was probably expected to be struck down, has been okayed by the insane 5th circuit.

The whole e-mail can't block spam is particularly insane. Texas is going to be having issues.