#Australia goes ahead with news content law despite Facebook blackout

#Australia goes ahead with news content law despite Facebook blackout

“#Australia goes ahead with news content law despite Facebook blackout” Australian officials say they’re forging ahead with efforts to make tech giants pay for news content even after Facebook imposed a media blackout there. “We’ll be proceeding with the code,” Communications Minister Paul Fletcher told Australia’s ABC News on Thursday. “We want Google and Facebook…

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#Facebook’s Australian news ban also blocks government pages

#Facebook’s Australian news ban also blocks government pages

“#Facebook’s Australian news ban also blocks government pages” Facebook made the sudden decision to ban media content on its platform in Australia Thursday, creating chaos when other entities — including a government weather agency and state health department — were also inadvertently blocked. The social-media giant placed restrictions on Australian news sites as lawmakers in…

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#Vladimir Putin’s ‘secret daughter’ says she’s enjoying the ‘limelight’

#Vladimir Putin’s ‘secret daughter’ says she’s enjoying the ‘limelight’

“#Vladimir Putin’s ‘secret daughter’ says she’s enjoying the ‘limelight’” A Russian college student who was outed by the media as President Vladimir Putin’s “secret daughter” says she’s loving the “limelight” after being named his alleged love child. Luiza Rozova, also known as Elizaveta Krivonogikh, discussed her newfound status on the social media platform Clubhouse. BBC…

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#Viral TikTok reveals dentists can tell if you’ve been naughty

#Viral TikTok reveals dentists can tell if you’ve been naughty

“#Viral TikTok reveals dentists can tell if you’ve been naughty” Well this sucks! A jaw-dropping TikTok reveals that dentists are able to tell if you’ve recently performed oral sex. “I get this question a lot,” dentist Huzefa Kapadia said in a now-viral video.  “Yeah…we know.” Blowing the minds of nearly 42.7 million TikTok watchers, Kapadia,…

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#SkySilk, new Parler web host, backs its free speech mission

#SkySilk, new Parler web host, backs its free speech mission

“#SkySilk, new Parler web host, backs its free speech mission” Parler got back online with the help of a small web services company that wants to support the controversial platform’s free-speech-focused mission. California-based SkySilk Cloud Services confirmed that it’s providing “private cloud infrastructure and support services” for Parler, which relaunched Monday after a month-long outage….

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#Parler back online after month-long hiatus following Amazon ban

#Parler back online after month-long hiatus following Amazon ban

“#Parler back online after month-long hiatus following Amazon ban” Parler came back online Monday, more than a month after Amazon forced the controversial social network into a lengthy hiatus. The Twitter-like platform also named conservative activist Mark Meckler as its interim CEO after its board of directors fired co-founder John Matze, who led the company…

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