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Merch sellers cash in on Kirk’s killing with flood of social media ads | Charlie Kirk shooting
Just hours after Charlie Kirk’s death was confirmed, hundreds of advertisements for memorial merchandise appeared on Facebook and Instagram. In a viral post with more than 8,000 shares and hundreds of thousands of likes, the brand See Jesus In You promoted an “Echo of Freedom” shirt with an American flag and Kirk’s signature, calling him […]
Co-op says ‘malicious’ cyber-attack has hit profits by £80m | Co-operative Group
The Co-op has fallen into the red after it suffered an £80m hit to profits as a result of a “malicious” cyber-attack this year. The group, which owns more than 2,000 grocery stores and more than 800 funeral parlours, was forced to shut down parts of its IT systems in April after it discovered an […]
Elon Musk’s X calls for delay in Australia’s child social media ban citing ‘serious concerns’ about policy’s lawfulness | Australian politics
Elon Musk’s X has called for a delay in Australia’s under-16s social media ban, arguing it has “serious concerns” about the lawfulness of the “punitive” policy. X was one of over a dozen companies the eSafety commissioner wrote to earlier this month, asking whether they believed they should be required to ban children under 16 […]
Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man | Meta
Meta has used back-to-school pictures of schoolgirls to advertise one of its social media platforms to a 37-year-old man, in a move parents described as “outrageous” and “upsetting”. The man noticed that posts encouraging him to “get Threads”, Mark Zuckerberg’s rival to Elon Musk’s X, were being dropped into his Instagram feed featuring embedded posts […]
Deal to transfer TikTok to US control unresolved despite Trump-Xi call | TikTok
Donald Trump’s attempts to broker a deal that would transfer TikTok from Chinese to US control remained unresolved on Friday despite a call between the US president and Xi Jinping. China and the US have been at loggerheads over trade negotiations and the future of TikTok, a Chinese-owned social media platform that faces a ban […]