Agencies asked to scrub federal government websites to remove "DEI" content

Meta exempted top advertisers from standard content moderation process

Social media giant’s ‘guardrails’ intended to ‘protect high spenders’ amid internal concern its systems over-enforced rules

Financial Times - Jan. 8

Social-Media Companies Decide Content Moderation Is Trending Down

Meta follows in X’s footsteps by letting users fact-check each other with “Community Notes.”

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 7

Facebook Shifts Content Moderation to Its Users. Are You Ready?

Meta is joining X and YouTube in shifting moderation to users. Are you ready?

The New York Times - Jan. 8

Disney’s stock gets upgrade amid content ‘renaissance’ and streaming profit growth

Walt Disney Co.’s stock was upgraded to buy Tuesday by analyst firm Redburn Atlantic, which cited improved content performance and growth in streaming profit.

MarketWatch - Jan. 8

Meta announces major changes in fact checking and content moderation

Meta, the parent of Facebook, said it will eliminate traditional fact-checking and will rely instead on community notes. The move was part of a pivot to a new emphasis on free speech. Meta will ...

NBC News - Jan. 7

Meta Drops Rules Protecting LGBTQ Community as Part of Content Moderation Overhaul

The changes included allowing users to share “allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation.”

The New York Times - Jan. 7

Meta retreats from fact-checking content: what it means for businesses

The changes could make it easier for users to criticize brands or implicate them in conspiracies, and harder for brands to force takedowns.

VentureBeat - Jan. 7

Getty Images to buy Shutterstock as part of $3.7 billion visual content expansion

Getty Images said on Tuesday it would merge with rival Shutterstock to create a $3.7 billion stock image powerhouse geared for the artificial intelligence era, in a deal that would likely draw ...

NBC News - Jan. 7

Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content

Mark Zuckerberg says company will ‘dramatically reduce censorship’ across Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Meta will get rid of factcheckers, “dramatically reduce the amount of censorship” and ...

The Guardian - Jan. 7

Shutterstock and Getty Images will join to become a $3.7B visual content company

Visual content companies Shutterstock and Getty Images will join to become a $3.7 billion visual content company

ABC News - Jan. 7

New federal rule will remove medical debt from credit reports

A new rule on medical debt could affect millions of Americans' credit scores.

ABC News - Jan. 7

Musk asks his followers if the US 'should liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government'

Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday asked his followers on the social platform X, which he owns, if the U.S. “should liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government.” “America ...

The Hill - Jan. 7

Elon Musk asks if America should 'liberate the people of Britain' in tirade against UK government

The tech billionaire and key advisor to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has taken to social media to air his grievances with the British government.

CNBC - Jan. 6

Questions to ask yourself … to be healthier this year

Dr Karan Rajan, NHS surgeon, lecturer and author of This Book May Save Your Life, on how to improve your mental and physical wellbeing. I’m not a believer in setting lofty targets or an ...

The Guardian - Jan. 6

Austrian far-right leader meets president, likely to be asked to form government

Austrian Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl is meeting the country’s president as expectations mount that he will be tasked with trying to form a new government, which would be the first led by the ...

ABC News - Jan. 6

Mike McDaniel suggests Tyreek Hill removed himself from Sunday's game

Hill seems to agree he decided on his own to not play.

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 6

South Korean anti-corruption agency asks police to detain impeached Yoon

Its investigators failed to bring him to custody after an hours-long standoff.

ABC News - Jan. 5

Federal Agencies are too powerful. 2025 is Congress’ chance to bring them back down to Earth.

Congress has the power to legislate, but federal agencies have mistakenly assumed that power, resulting in an expansion of the administrative state and increased regulatory costs.

The Hill - Jan. 5

Woman had eight organs removed in cancer treatment

Horsham's Fay Louise planned her own funeral after doctors found a tumour in her appendix in 2023.

BBC News - Jan. 5

Kerr, Warriors content to wait out any new deals

With the trade deadline more than a month away, Golden State coach Steve Kerr said he wants to see what his roster can do this month to assess what the 18-16 Warriors have before making any new ...

ESPN - Jan. 5

Brazil ex-official returns toilet she had removed from office

Janaína Lima said she had paid for a bathroom renovation with her own money.

BBC News - Jan. 4

Why is George Santos asking for a sentencing delay in federal fraud case?

George Santos is currently scheduled to be sentenced next month on Long Island after pleading guilty to federal fraud, campaign finance and embezzlement charges.

ABC News - Jan. 3

A(nother) Government Plan for Social Care

Health and Social Care Secretary promises to "grasp the nettle on social care reform”

BBC News - Jan. 3

Federal agencies warn of copycat attacks after Bourbon Street rampage

Federal agencies including the FBI warned of the potential for copycat vehicle ramming attacks after the deadly rampage on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

CBS News - Jan. 3

Federal courts won't ask DOJ to probe possible Clarence Thomas ethics breaches

The federal courts will not refer allegations that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas may have violated ethics laws to the Justice Department, the judiciary's policymaking body says.

CBS News - Jan. 3

What the End of a U.N. Agency Would Mean for Palestinians

Israeli legislation will effectively halt work by Unrwa, the U.N. organization that provides food, education and medical treatment in the Palestinian territories.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 2

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CBS News - Jan. 2

Europol dismantles network of illegal streaming of sports and other pirated content

A Europol operation during last summer’s European Championship and Paris Olympics dismantled a network of several hundred providers of illegal streaming of sports and other pirated content

ABC News - Jan. 2

Content Creators Worry OpenAI Won’t Release a Tool That Promised to Protect Their IP

OpenAI said it would make it easy for content creators to prevent their material from being used to train AI, but it hasn’t yet delivered.

Inc. - Jan. 2

New information on suspect, contents of Cybertruck in Las Vegas explosion

Investigators are learning more about the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas Thursday. CBS News correspondent Andres Gutierrez has more on what was found inside the ...