Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced on Friday its enhanced efforts to enforce policies on violence and misinformation amidst the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The tech giant has established a “special operations center” with experts fluent in Hebrew and Arabic to monitor the situation and swiftly …
Threads, a platform that has focused on avoiding hard news since its inception, is now becoming a hub for reporting on the Israel-Hamas conflict. Despite Meta’s (formerly Facebook) intention to not promote politics and hard news with its Threads app, journalists have taken to the platform to provide reliable information about the conflict. This comes …
Live-streamed murders in Buffalo, New York, and Christchurch, New Zealand, continue to circulate on the web and have amassed millions of views long after the actual events occurred. Efforts by companies to prevent access to violent videos have proven challenging due to the unrestricted nature of the internet, which allows for easy viewing, saving, and …
Married At First Sight UK’s Shona and Brad were recently removed from the show due to their toxic relationship. Their departure confused viewers when they expressed a desire to keep working on their marriage despite being asked to leave. The relationship experts on the show explained that the intensity of their arguments created too much …
The highly anticipated inflation gauge is out. It reveals that consumer prices in September increased by 0.4% from the previous month and 3.7% compared to a year ago, which is consistent with August’s 3.7% growth rate, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Quartz Smart Investing with Cameron Dawson, Part …
Social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) announced that it has taken significant action against accounts affiliated with Palestinian terror group Hamas to combat the spread of “terrorist content” on its platform. CEO Linda Yaccarino of X stated on Thursday that the platform has removed numerous accounts that violate its “Violent and Hateful Entities …
The European Union has called on Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to take action against “illegal content” and disinformation on its platforms in light of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. In a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Thierry Breton, the EU’s commissioner for Internal Market, expressed concerns about the …
Musk Urged by EU to Address Illegal Content on X Following a recent attack by terrorist group Hamas on Israel, Elon Musk received a letter from Thierry Breton, a member of the European Commission committee, regarding the dissemination of illegal content and disinformation on Musk’s microblogging platform, X. The EU is demanding that X implement …
Scientists Find Natural Bias in Coin Tosses | Coin Toss Odds Not 50/50 Scientists Discover Natural Bias in Coin Tosses: Odds Not 50/50 For centuries, coin tosses have been used to settle debates and make decisions. But contrary to popular belief, the odds of heads or tails may not be 50/50. Scientists have conducted a …
Chilling video footage has surfaced depicting a horrifying massacre at a music festival in Israel. The video shows terrified festivalgoers hiding in the undergrowth to escape from Hamas gunmen who fired bullets indiscriminately, resulting in the deaths of around 260 civilians. Survivors of the attack captured the ordeal on social media, recording farewell messages to …