Meta has announced it will abandon its fact-checking program, starting in the United States. It was aimed at …
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Big Tech Firms Like Meta Forced to Pay for News, Under Albanese Government’s ‘News Bargaining Incentive’ Charge
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesBig tech companies like Meta would have to either do deals with news organizations to help fund journalism …
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News Bargaining Incentive: The Latest Move in the Government’s ‘Four-Dimensional Chess’ Battle With Meta
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesThe federal government has revealed a new bargaining chip in the gamble to bring big tech back to …
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What is Bluesky? Why Tens of Millions of People Are Heading for a ‘Decentralised’ Social Media Platform
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAfter Elon Musk bought Twitter (now rebranded X) in 2022, disaffected users began to seek alternatives. Alongside Meta’s …
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Meta Now Allows Military Agencies to Access Its AI Software. It Poses a Moral Dilemma for Everybody Who Uses It
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesMeta will make its generative artificial intelligence (AI) models available to the United States government, the tech giant …
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Meta Just Closed a Vital Online Research Tool. It’s Bad News For the Fight Against Misinformation
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesFor more than a decade, researchers and journalists have relied on a digital tool called CrowdTangle to track …
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Meta Just Launched the Largest ‘Open’ AI Model in History. Here’s Why It Matters
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIn the world of artificial intelligence (AI), a battle is underway. On one side are companies that believe …
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If Meta Bans News in Australia, What Will Happen? Canada’s Experience Is Telling
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAt a parliamentary hearing late last week, Meta once again suggested it could ban links to news on …