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‘Young and handsome’: Biden kicks off $30m ad blitz with spot addressing age
Coinciding with multistate tour, 60-second ad shows president joking about age and stressing ‘strongest economy in...
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Meghan says she suffered ‘hateful’ online abuse while pregnant
Duchess of Sussex finds the ‘cruel’ hatred being ‘spewed’ online disturbing and keeps her distance for...
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Albanese government to propose legislation to crack down on doxing
PM flags amendments to privacy laws and strengthening of hate speech laws after publication of details...
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How Italy turned on influencers in the wake of a charity Christmas cake scandal
With a fraud investigation into Chiara Ferragni under way, she and fellow social media stars are...
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Leading tech journalist quits Substack over platform’s Nazi newsletters
Reporter Casey Newton takes more than 170,000 subscribers elsewhere over company’s failure to police extremist contentPlatformer,...
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More than 1,000 ‘distressing’ social media posts removed at Australian government’s request during Gaza war
Figures show rise in incidents of online extremism and violent content, partly fuelled by Israel-Gaza conflictMore...
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How social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit
A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now...
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Chinese dancing frog goes viral doing the worm
‘Frog seller’ trend sparks debate on intellectual property amid concerns over copyright infringementAn anthropomorphised frog has...