8 h. ago Letting social media companies assess own harm went 'staggeringly' badly

Campaigners warned that allowing social media firms to assess their own harms is unreliable and highlighted recent research showing kids are being bombarded with harmful content online

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9 d. ago Social media firms urged to introduce 'timeouts' and 'prompts' to tackle abuse

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall warned social media companies they are complicit in creating spaces where 'sexism festers' if they fail to act on online misogyny

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2 w. ago Spanish court orders Meta to pay nearly half a billion euros in damages to media outlets

Spanish legacy media companies in Spain have scored a victory against social media giant Meta after a Madrid-based court ordered that it must pay news outlets nearly half a billion euros in damages

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2 w. ago Trump plans on raising $1B to build his presidential library in downtown Miami

The foundation is expected to receive more than $50 million this year in funds stemming from Trump’s settlements with media companies

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2 w. ago Big content is taking on AI – but it’s far from the David v Goliath tale they’d have you believe | Alexander Avila

Deals between media conglomerates and tech companies serve both sets of interests, while leaving artists by the waysideThe world’s biggest music company is now in the AI business. Last year, Universal Music Group (UMG), alongside labels including Warner Records and Sony Music Entertainment sued two AI music startups for allegedly using their recordings to train text-to-music models without permission.But last month, UMG announced a deal with one of the defendants, Udio, to create an AI music platform. Their joint press release offered assurances that the label will commit to “do what’s right by [UMG’s] artists”. However, one advocacy group, the Music Artists Coalition, responded with the statement: “We’ve seen this before – everyone talks about ‘partnership’, but artists end up on the sidelines with scraps.”Alexander Avila is a video essayist, writer and researcher Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Noel Edmonds issues 'bold' life update leaving fans thrilled

The former Deal or No Deal presenter took to social media to let people know how he was getting on

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