Twitter has been sued by the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) for alleged copyright violations involving nearly 1,700 songs. The lawsuit (pdf) was filed in federal court in the Federal District Court in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 14 by NMPA on behalf of 17 major and independent music publishing companies including Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony Music Publishing, BMG…
Music Publishers Sue Twitter for $250 Million Over Alleged Copyright Infringement
NZ Public Broadcaster Published Stories With Pro-Russian, Chinese, Palestinian Bias
June 15, 2023
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An ongoing review of the public broadcaster, Radio New Zealand (RNZ), has not only discovered a pro-Russian slant in its articles but also evidence of pro-Beijing and pro-Palestinian bias. RNZ chief executive, Paul Thompson, most recently apologised for publishing “pro-Kremlin garbage.” Speaking to the RNZ’s own daily news program, Checkpoint, Thompson described it as a…
Amazon Locked Man Out of Smart Home Devices for a Week After False Racism Accusation
June 14, 2023
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A Maryland man was recently locked out of his Amazon smart home system after a delivery driver reported hearing a racial slur while dropping off a package. In a June 4 blog post on Medium, Brandon Jackson described his week-long ordeal of being locked out of the Amazon account he used to control many of…
Trump Responds to Jake Tapper Asking CNN to Cut Footage of Trump Supporters
June 14, 2023
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Former President Donald Trump responded to on-air comments made by CNN’s Jake Tapper on Tuesday, in which the anchor demanded the network cut footage of Trump’s event that showed enthusiastic supporters. During CNN’s broadcast, Tapper asked staffers to cut footage of Trump meeting with supporters in Florida, coming minutes after the former president pleaded not…
Youth Depend More on Online Influencers for News Over Media Outlets: Report
June 14, 2023
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Social media influencers and celebrities are now the dominant source of news among users of apps like Snapchat and TikTok that are popular among young Americans, overtaking mainstream news sources in the process, per a new report by the UK-based Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. “While mainstream journalists often lead conversations around news…
Binance.US Says SEC’s Temporary Restraining Order Would Destroy the Company
June 14, 2023
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Binance said that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) move to freeze the assets of its American affiliate, Binance.US, would effectively destroy the crypto exchange. The SEC filed a temporary restraining order on June 12,to freeze Binance.US’s funds until it was able to prove that no one at the firm, including its CEO, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, could access…
Shares Get a Boost From Tech; Dollar Dithers Ahead of Inflation Data
June 13, 2023
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LONDON—Global shares rose on Tuesday, taking their lead from an upbeat session on Wall Street ahead of key U.S. inflation data that could shape the outlook for Federal Reserve monetary policy. Consumer inflation on Tuesday and wholesale data on Wednesday could offer investors evidence of how successful the Fed has been in taming price pressures,…
New Twitter CEO Says Platform Will Be ‘World’s Most Accurate Real-Time Information Source’
Twitter’s new CEO Linda Yaccarino vowed on June 12 that the platform will become the “world’s most accurate real-time information source” and a “global town square for communication” as part of its expansion toward “Twitter 2.0.” Yaccarino, the former head of advertising at NBCUniversal, was named by Elon Musk as the new CEO of Twitter…
Columnist Axed by Major Newspaper After Writing Critically About Gender Identity Disorders
June 12, 2023
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The Age newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, has ended its relationship with columnist Julie Szego over a feature story about youth gender identity disorders. According to Szego, she had been commissioned to write a 5,000-word feature article on the issue, but the current editor, Patrick Elligett, refused to run it. Szego revealed that Elligett had described…
Major Newspaper Cuts Ties With Columnist Over Gender Identity Issue
June 12, 2023
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The Age newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, has ended its relationship with columnist Julie Szego over a feature story about youth gender identity disorders. According to Szego, she had been commissioned to write a 5,000-word feature article on the issue, but the current editor, Patrick Elligett, refused to run it. Szego revealed that Elligett had described…
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