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The Supreme Court showdown over social media “censorship,” explained

Vox

. | Alex Wong/Getty Images A rogue federal court effectively put the Republican Party in charge of social media, and now the justices have to deal with this mess. Meanwhile, the NetChoice decision holds that Texas’s Republican government may compel those same companies to adopt a government-mandated editorial policy.

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Good internet service is still a luxury in the US

Vox

Broadband has become increasingly important for everything from how we work to how we socialize to how we pray. Just over half of Americans making less than $30,000 a year have home broadband, a service that’s increasingly important for numerous aspects of life, from school to work to socializing. It’s also seemingly a luxury good.

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What will stop AI from flooding the internet with fake images?

Vox

Within a matter of minutes of being posted, the realistic-looking image spread on Twitter and other social media networks after being retweeted by some popular accounts. Online misinformation has existed since the dawn of the internet, and crudely photoshopped images fooled people long before generative AI became mainstream.

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Why some Palestinians believe social media companies are suppressing their posts

Vox

Shadowbanning dates back to the early days of the internet. | Algospeak” is an evasion tactic for automated moderation on social media, where users create new words to use in place of keywords that might get picked up by AI -powered filters. Vox; MirageC/Getty Images Shadowbanning and the Israel-Hamas war, explained.

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Basecamp’s protest of Apple’s policies is already benefiting other developers

The Verge

That’s one reason I suspect Basecamp’s public protest of Apple and its App Store policies has gotten so much traction. What once might have been dismissed as a lone, cranky developer seemed symbolic of a larger of injustice. Developers will instead be able to address the issue in their next submission.”.

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Microsoft and VMware vet Paul Maritz backs social app built on promise of user privacy

GeekWire

Former VMware CEO and longtime Microsoft executive Paul Maritz is a major investor in True, a social app that vows not to sell or monetize user data. True shows it’s possible to build a social app “not predicated on a business model that requires you to abuse people’s information,” Maritz said.

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Two GOP judges just stripped social media companies of basic First Amendment rights

Vox

The conservative United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit handed down a brief, unexplained order Wednesday evening that will throw the entire social media industry into turmoil if the Texas law at issue in this case is allowed to remain in effect. The decision in NetChoice v.

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