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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    UK doubles down on social media laws

    UK doubles down on social media laws The UK plans to extend its rules against illegal material online to cover how social media companies respond to crises like the recent riots in the country, according to a statement from British regulator Ofcom on Monday. The agency released its first...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Using AI to detect fake news

    Using AI to detect fake news In the ambitious pursuit to tackle the harms from false content on social media and news websites, data scientists are getting creative. While still in their training wheels, the large language models (LLMs) used to create chatbots like ChatGPT are being recruited...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    X admits defeat — will comply with Brazil Supreme Court orders

    X admits defeat — will comply with Brazil Supreme Court orders Elon Musk’s X social media platform will comply with all orders from Brazil’s Supreme Court, lawyers representing the company told the body a week after the billionaire said he would defy its judges and lift restrictions imposed on...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    User vote gets Alex Jones's X account unblocked after 5-year ban

    User vote gets Alex Jones's X account unblocked after 5-year ban Elon Musk restored the account of right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on X after users voted for the reinstatement five years after a ban. Jones and Musk joined an X audio stream late Sunday for a meandering conversation...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Voortrekker Monument and Loftus are safe, Ramaphosa video stating otherwise is a deepfake

    Voortrekker Monument and Loftus are safe, Ramaphosa video stating otherwise is a deepfake IN SHORT: If you look closely at a video circulating on South Africa social media in March 2023, you might think there’s something uncanny about how president Cyril Ramaphosa appears and talks. And you’d...
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