All Things Internet: The Big Players & The Issues
The world has grown increasingly connected over the past few decades and a huge chunk of our lives are online. We cover the companies you care about: YouTube, Google, Amazon, and the issues you care about: NBN, IoT, social media, privacy and security.
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500 Doctors and Nurses Press Meta Shareholders About ‘Wildfire’ of Medical Misinformation
A group of more than 500 doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals is calling on Meta to rein in medical misinformation on Facebook and Instagram. They’re specifically concerned COVID-19 and content that negatively affects children and teenagers’ mental health.
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Exxon Will Have to Face Climate Lawsuits After ‘Free Speech’ Defence Fails
In a last-ditch effort to avoid a Massachusetts lawsuit, Exxon claimed being sued violated its First Amendment right to free speech. On Tuesday, that motion to dismiss the suit was thrown out in the state’s Supreme Judicial Court. The lawsuit, which accuses Exxon of lying for decades about the climate impacts of fossil fuels, will…
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Expect More of The Boys and Their Bloody TV Universe
Within a handful of years, Amazon’s The Boys has become an antiheroic hit, offering up a much meaner and sharper take on the superhero genre that the distinguished competition often cannot. And in typical superhero fashion, there’s much more from The Boys coming down the line beyond the third season beginning next week. Exciting, right?
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‘Man and His Penguin’ Is the Best Thing I’ve Ever Seen on Google Street View
Happy 15th birthday, Street View! To celebrate its 15th, here’s some funky Street View spots from Australia, courtesy of Google.