Jennifer Korn / CNN:
Researchers submitted 20 ads with “blatant” voting misinfo and TikTok approved 90% of them, Facebook approved a “significant number”, YouTube approved none — New York CNN Business — Facebook and TikTok failed to block advertisements with “blatant” …
Byron Kaye / Reuters:
An Australian court fined Uber A$21M for threatening cancellation fees it never charged and overstating fare estimates on some rides; ACCC sought a A$26M fine — An Australian court fined Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) A$21 million ($14 million) on Wednesday for threatening cancellation fees …
Washington Post:
A look at Birdwatch, soon to be renamed Community Notes, as Twitter scales back professional debunkings: 194 people submitted notes posted in the past month — In private chats, a cadre of volunteers is shaping a new approach to misinformation — one Elon Musk has endorsed as he scales back on professional debunkings
Adnan Bhat / Rest of World:
Experts: India’s TikTok clones like Moj and Josh have failed to replicate TikTok’s success, and Instagram and YouTube will take over India’s short-video segment — Creators are instead gravitating toward Instagram and YouTube, which may eventually be the winners in the Indian short-video segment.
CNN:
US Citizenship and Immigration Services data shows Twitter had nearly 300 people approved to work on H-1B visas in FY 2022 and Meta had more than 1,300 — Twitter employees who are relying on the company for work visas have been left in limbo, finding themselves at the whims of its new billionaire owner …
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sources: Protocol, a tech news-focused website that launched in early 2020, will shutter later this week and lay off its entire staff of ~60 — New York CNN Business — Protocol, the upstart technology news website launched by former Politico owner and publisher Robert Allbritton in early 2020 …
TechCrunch:
BrandTotal and Unimania agreed to a permanent injunction banning them from using and scraping Facebook and Instagram, and will pay a “significant financial sum” — Facebook parent Meta has settled a lawsuit in the U.S. against two companies that had engaged in data scraping operations …
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