Online videos of roller skaters at Westbrook’s Happy Wheels have gone viral recently. They’re working to attract younger people to the activity and sport.
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Are social media scams hindering missing persons cases?
When a woman from Virginia went missing in Maine, her family turned to social media for help finding her. But those pleas kept getting flagged as spam and removed, a recent trend seen by law enforcement in Maine.
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42 state AGs, including Maine’s, endorse federal plan to add warning labels on social media
The plan, championed by the U.S. surgeon general, is a response to concerns over platforms’ impact on child mental health.
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Meta content court rules ‘from the river to the sea’ isn’t hate speech
Meta’s Oversight Board ruled the phrase ‘from the river to the sea’ isn’t necessarily hate speech, a decision likely to fuel debate over Israel-Gaza war content.
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Zuckerberg says White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during pandemic
Experts warn this year’s U.S. election could be swamped by misinformation with the proliferation of AI and other tools to produce false news stories and content that could mislead voters.
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Meta kills off CrowdTangle despite pleas from researchers, journalists
Meta has released an alternative to CrowdTangle, called the Meta Content Library. But access to it is limited to academic researchers and nonprofits, which excludes most news organizations.
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Meta created a ‘Supreme Court’ for content. Then it threatened its funds.
Once hailed as a model for internet governance, Meta’s Oversight Board has been criticized as slow-moving and increasingly irrelevant.
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Meta to label more AI-generated posts instead of removing them
That will allow more AI-generated content to stay up even if it is misleading.
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EU demands Meta and TikTok detail efforts to curb disinformation from Israel-Hamas war
The European Commission formally requested that the social media companies provide information on how they’re complying with pioneering digital rules aimed at cleaning up online platforms.
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Trudeau slams Facebook for blocking news, as wildfires rage in Canada
California-based Meta began the process of ending news availability in Canada this month over a law requiring digital platforms to pay local publishers.