Twitter Criticized for Allowing Graphic Images After Texas Mall Shooting

Graphic images began circulating on Twitter showing bloody victims of a mass shooting at a mall in Texas that left at least nine people, including the gunman, dead. Many Twitter users who criticized the social network for allowing the grisly images — including of a blood-spattered child — to spread virally across the platform after the shooting.

Meta Threatens to End News Content on Facebook, Instagram in Canada

Meta Platforms Inc. said it would end news content on Facebook and Instagram in Canada if lawmakers pass legislation to force social-networking platforms to pay media publishers to feature their work. “We’ve taken the difficult decision that if this flawed legislation is passed, we will have to end the availability of news content on Facebook and Instagram in Canada,” Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, said in a statement.

Draft Document Sets Requirements for Non-EU Companies to Get Security Label

Amazon, Alphabet's Google, Microsoft and other non-European Union cloud service providers looking to secure an EU cybersecurity label to handle sensitive data can only do so via a joint venture with an EU-based company, according to an EU draft document seen by Reuters. U.S. tech giants and others involved in the joint venture can only have a minority stake, and employees that have access to EU data would have to undergo specific screening and have to be located in the 27-country bloc, the document said.

Chinese Police Arrest Man for Using ChatGPT to Create Fake News Article

Chinese police arrested a man they allege used ChatGPT to create a fake news article about a train crash, in what appears to be the first case of enforcement action being taken in China under an unprecedented law related to artificial intelligence. The case highlights Chinese authorities’ push to regulate and control uses of AI as the technology gets more advanced.

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Pornhub Blocks Users from Utah as Age-Verification Law Goes Into Effect

The pornography website Pornhub blocked all internet users in Utah from accessing the explicit content on its pages in protest of an age-verification law that requires providing identification. The law is intended to protect minors from exposure to explicit adult content, its supporters have said, but Pornhub has said that the measure is too restrictive.

French Competition Authority Requires Meta to Change Ad Verification Rules

France's antitrust watchdog gave Facebook-owner Meta two months to change its access rules for ad verification partners, saying the company was potentially taking unfair advantage of a dominant market position in online advertising. In a statement, the competition authority said Meta must publish new access criteria for partners seeking to use its analytical tools to assess whether online ad campaigns have been actually seen by people and are not displayed in a way that could harm the reputation of the brand.

Data on 3 Million People Stolen in Year's Largest Health Data-Related Breach

Millions of people across the U.S. had reams of personal and health information stolen in a mass-hack targeting dozens of companies, including healthcare providers, according to new filings with the federal government. NationBenefits, a Florida-based technology company that offers supplementary benefits to its 20 million-plus members across the U.S., confirmed in April that hackers had stolen member data as the result of a mass ransomware attack targeting customers who used Fortra’s GoAnywhere file-transfer software.

White House Hosts CEOS from AI Companies to Discuss Risks

The White House will host CEOs of top artificial intelligence companies, including Alphabet Inc's Google and Microsoft to discuss risks and safeguards as the technology catches the attention of governments and lawmakers globally. Generative artificial intelligence has become a buzzword this year, with apps such as ChatGPT capturing the public's fancy, sparking a rush among companies to launch similar products they believe will change the nature of work.

Meta Warns Malware Actors Spreading Attacks Across Multiple Platforms

The social media giant Meta warned that malware actors are increasingly spreading their attack infrastructure across multiple platforms, presumably to make it more difficult for individual tech companies to detect their malicious activity. The company added, though, that it views the shift in tactics as a sign that industry crackdowns are working, and it says it is launching additional resources and protections for business users with the goal of raising the barriers for attackers even more.

FTC Chairwoman Vows to Monitor for 'Unfair or Deceptive' Uses of AI

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Lina Khan pledged for the agency to be vigilant in monitoring “unfair or deceptive” uses of artificial intelligence (AI) as the technology is increasingly deployed across critical sectors. In an op-ed published in The New York Times, Khan said it is crucial for the FTC to monitor the risks to ensure “the hard-learned history” of the rise of Web 2.0 doesn’t repeat itself — when she said mainstream tech giants “revolutionized communications” at a “steep cost” paid in the “widespread hoarding and sale of our personal data.”

UK Antitrust Authority Launches Review of Artificial Intelligence Markets

The UK’s antitrust watchdog launched a wide-ranging market review into the development of AI as authorities grapple with how they can regulate the rapidly evolving technology. The Competition and Markets Authority announced an initial review to examine developments foundational artificial intelligence models and the impacts of the technology on market competition in the tech sector.

Court Affirms Dismissal of Antitrust Suit Against Meta Over Instagram, WhatsApp

New York and other state attorneys general waited too long to sue Meta Platforms Inc. over its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, a federal appeals court ruled, upholding the dismissal of their antitrust suit. “The states were on notice of Facebook’s two major acquisitions. Both were publicized,” a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit wrote . We “agree with the district court that the States unduly delayed in bringing suit.”

Hackers Breaking Into AT&T Email Accounts to Steal Cryptocurrency

Unknown hackers are breaking into the accounts of people who have AT&T email addresses, and using that access to then hack into the victim’s cryptocurrency exchange’s accounts and steal their crypto, TechCrunch has learned. At the beginning of the month, an anonymous source told TechCrunch that a gang of cybercriminals have found a way to hack into the email addresses of anyone who has an att.net, sbcglobal.net, bellsouth.net and other AT&T email addresses.

Supreme Court to Hear Case on Public Officials Blocking Constituents Online

The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether public officials violate the First Amendment when they block constituents on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook, reviving an issue that last came to the high court in a case involving former President Donald Trump. The appeal, which will be heard by the Supreme Court in the term that begins this fall, has implications for how public officials use social media to interact with the public.

Judge in Epic Games Case Says Apple Not 'An Illegal Monopolist'

Apple is not an illegal monopoly but has engaged in illegal anti-competitive conduct, a California federal judge ruled in the high-profile case brought by Epic Games. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, an Obama appointee, ruled that “the court does not find that it is impossible,” but rather that Epic failed to demonstrate that Apple is “an illegal monopolist.”

Bipartisan Senate Bill Sets National Minimum Age for Using Social Media

A new federal bill would establish a national minimum age for social media use and require tech companies to get parents’ consent before creating accounts for teens, reflecting a growing trend at all levels of government to restrict how Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and other platforms engage with young users. The proposed legislation by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators aims to address what policymakers, mental health advocates and critics of tech platforms say is a mental health crisis fueled by social media.

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