Thread: US judge rules YouTube, Facebook and Reddit must face lawsuits claiming they helped radicalize a mass shooter

US judge rules YouTube, Facebook and Reddit must face lawsuits claiming they helped radicalize a mass shooter (cnn.com)

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YouTube and Facebook could escape billions in copyright payouts after EU vote. Lawmakers reject overhaul of rules which aimed to make tech giant's pay a bigger share. (theguardian.com)

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FTC issues orders to Amazon, TikTok, Discord, Facebook, Reddit, Snap, Twitter, WhatsApp, and YouTube seeking data about practices related to personal information, advertising, and user engagement (ftc.gov)

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 'Not As Cool' As Apple's iPad, Judge Rules (huffingtonpost.com)

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Warrantless airport seizure of laptop “cannot be justified,” US judge rules (arstechnica.com)

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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube Vow to Combat Online Hate Speech in Europe (hollywoodreporter.com)

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Bitcoin’s not money, judge rules as she tosses money-laundering charge (washingtonpost.com)

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Rules for Radicals: Changing the Culture of Python at Facebook (youtube.com)

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Facebook can track your browsing even after you've logged out, judge says (theguardian.com)

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US President Donald Trumps' Twitter is a public forum, rules federal judge: Good! (youtube.com)

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Reddit is now #3 most visited site in the US, below only Google and Youtube (alexa.com)

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Ajit Pai does ISPs’ bidding, pushes for tighter rules on Google and Facebook (arstechnica.com)

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Ajit Pai does ISPs’ bidding, pushes for tighter rules on Google and Facebook (arstechnica.com)

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GCHQ data collection violated human rights, Strasbourg court rules. Spies breached right to privacy in programme revealed by Edward Snowden, judges say (theguardian.com)

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TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube in downloads last month (techcrunch.com)

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The internet's hidden rules: An empirical study of Reddit norm violations at micro, meso, and macro scales (cc.gatech.edu)

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Reddit rules and the banning of certain anime communities (reddit.com)

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Facebook failed to delete 93% of posts containing speech violating its own rules in India (buzzfeednews.com)

~ 8 pts 0 comments by unknown Jun 13, 2019 ~tech Internet / Digital Culture thread

You can sue media companies over Facebook comments from readers, Australian court rules (buzzfeed.com)

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Google, Facebook and Instagram Repeatedly Change Boundaries Between Smart Visibility Strategies and ‘Cheating’ (scitechdaily.com)

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Platforms can’t settle on ‘appropriate’ engagement-boosting practices: Researchers analyze how Google, Facebook and Instagram repeatedly change boundaries between smart visibility strategies and ‘cheating the system.’ Whether you are a company or a reporter trying to bo...

US federal judge rules that the government is entitled to all proceeds from Edward Snowden's book and paid speeches (washingtonpost.com)

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Judge rules that student loan debt is dischargeable in bankruptcy (finance.yahoo.com)

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Competition between video game streaming platforms is heating up as Mixer, YouTube, and Facebook Gaming lure away high-profile Twitch streamers with multi-million-dollar offers (cnn.com)

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Healthier and Happier Without Facebook – Reduce Usage to Feel Better All Around (scitechdaily.com)

SCI 0 pts 0 comments by Ruhr-University Bochum Mar 15, 2020 ScienceAddictionFacebookMental HealthPsychologyRuhr-University BochumSocial Networking Science / Math / Physics Health / Fitness / Lifestyle thread

People who reduce the time they spend on Facebook smoke less, are more active, and feel better all around. Two weeks of 20 minutes less time per day on Facebook: a team of psychologists from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) invited 140 test persons to participate in this experiment. Those who took part...

Federal judge rules that all Texas voters can apply to vote by mail amid coronavirus pandemic: "the Grim Reaper's scepter of death" is "far more serious than an unsupported fear of voter fraud" (salon.com)

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Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou loses key court battle as British Columbia judge rules extradition bid should proceed (cbc.ca)

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Shows of support for racial justice from social media giants like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube don’t address the way the platforms have been weaponized by racists and partisan provocateurs (nytimes.com)

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Tech firms like Facebook must restrict data sent from EU to US, European court rules (theguardian.com)

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YouTube not obliged to release traceable details of users in Germany, court rules (dw.com)

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High Court of Australia rules that media outlets are publishers of third-party Facebook comments (abc.net.au)

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