November 29, 2023

Elon Musk Tells Major Advertisers in Person: ‘Go F*ck Yourself’ (Daily Beast)

Daily Beast: Elon Musk Tells Major Advertisers in Person: ‘Go F*ck Yourself’. “Elon Musk on Wednesday told advertisers who’ve abandoned X over his antisemitic and conspiratorial posts to ‘Go fuck yourself,’ throwing a normally calm media summit off the rails during its closing session. While appearing at The New York Times’ annual DealBook Summit, Musk accused major companies like Disney and The Washington Post of wanting to ‘blackmail me with advertising,’ denouncing them for abandoning his platform and speculating they will ‘fail’ for their decision.”

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November 29, 2023

Founder of spyware maker Hacking Team arrested for attempted murder: local media (TechCrunch)

TechCrunch: Founder of spyware maker Hacking Team arrested for attempted murder: local media. “The founder of the infamous and now-defunct spyware maker Hacking Team was arrested on Saturday after allegedly stabbing and attempting to murder a relative, according to multiple news reports. David Vincenzetti, who launched Hacking Team in 2003, was arrested when police showed up to his apartment after his cousin called the police, local media reported, because he couldn’t reach his wife on the phone.”

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November 29, 2023

Dublin riots: Elon Musk’s X did not take down ‘vile messages’ despite Garda requests, Justice Minister Helen McEntee says (Irish Independent)

Irish Independent: Dublin riots: Elon Musk’s X did not take down ‘vile messages’ despite Garda requests, Justice Minister Helen McEntee says . “Helen McEntee says X, formerly Twitter, did not cooperate with Gardaí in taking down ‘vile messages’ last Thursday. A detective at Store Street last Saturday told Minister McEntee that An Garda Síochána had been engaging in real time with social media companies to seek the removal of hate messages and those relating to incitement to violence…. ‘They [other companies] were taking down their vile messages. X were not. They did not engage. They did not fulfil their own customer standards,’ she said.”

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November 29, 2023

University of California Santa Cruz: New eDNA Explorer provides a powerful new resource for conservation

University of California Santa Cruz: New eDNA Explorer provides a powerful new resource for conservation. “CALeDNA, a UC-wide consortium project to document California’s biodiversity, has launched a prototype of their new eDNA Explorer. This open-source tool provides a powerful and easily accessible platform for sharing, exploring, and analyzing data from projects that use environmental DNA.”

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November 29, 2023

‘Part of our history’: Ukraine hails return of Scythian gold treasures (The Guardian)

The Guardian: ‘Part of our history’: Ukraine hails return of Scythian gold treasures . “On Tuesday the collection, including a rare golden neck ornament and a solid gold helmet, was shown off in Kyiv. They are among 1,000 items lent in 2013 by four museums in Crimea for an exhibition in the Netherlands. The following year – with the artefacts still out of the country – Vladimir Putin annexed the Black Sea peninsula. Ukraine and the museums in Moscow-occupied territory both demanded the Scythian finds be sent back to them. After a lengthy battle the Dutch supreme court ruled in June that the items belonged to Ukraine. ”

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November 29, 2023

The Globe and Mail: Google ads for Canadian brands found on Russian adult web sites

The Globe and Mail: Google ads for Canadian brands found on Russian adult web sites. “Ads for the Disney+ channel, including The Little Mermaid movie, were placed on an Italian porn website, whose name translates as ‘hamster porn.’ Adalytics found a recruitment ad for the FBI on the explicit Italian site as well as on an Iranian steel company’s website, which may be covered by U.S. sanctions. A report by the advertising research company also found ads for vodka, beer and alcoholic cocktails placed on search engines designed for children.”

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November 29, 2023

CNN: Major brands are not only pausing ads on Elon Musk’s X. They’re stepping away from the platform altogether

CNN: Major brands are not only pausing ads on Elon Musk’s X. They’re stepping away from the platform altogether. “The blackout on X extends beyond these companies’ corporate accounts, in some cases. For instance, the most high profile accounts affiliated with Disney have gone dark on X, such as @StarWars, @Pixar, and @MarvelStudios, which were previously posting multiple times a day on the platform to their millions of followers. Instead, these brands have switched over to the Meta-owned rival Threads, where they have started actively posting.”

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November 29, 2023

Search Engine Journal: Google To Curb Microtargeting In Consumer Finance Ads

Search Engine Journal: Google To Curb Microtargeting In Consumer Finance Ads. “Google will update its personalized ads policy in February 2024 to prevent advertisers from targeting audiences for credit and banking ads based on sensitive factors like gender, age, parental status, marital status, or zip code. Google’s current policy prohibiting ‘Credit in personalized ads’ will be renamed ‘Consumer finance in personalized ads’ under the changes.”

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November 29, 2023

Tubefilter: A new platform is trying to take on Twitch and Kick by adding minigames to streaming sessions

Tubefilter: A new platform is trying to take on Twitch and Kick by adding minigames to streaming sessions. “Noice, which describes itself as a “true multiplayer experience,” launched a closed beta on November 21. Like Twitch and Kick, the new platform is a home for streamers who want to publicly broadcast their gameplay. At launch, Noice is offering creator monetization with a favorable revenue split. Streamers will take home 70% of their earnings on the platform, with the other 30% going to Noice.”

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November 29, 2023

WIRED: Palestinians Are Locked Out of Google’s Online Economy

WIRED: Palestinians Are Locked Out of Google’s Online Economy. “The internet has given some Palestinians a global audience, but many benefits of online life that billions around the world can take for granted simply don’t work for people in Gaza and the West Bank. In addition to YouTube’s partner program, money transfer services such as PayPal and ecommerce marketplaces, including Amazon, largely bar Palestinian merchants from entry. Google tools for generating revenue from web ads or in-app purchases are technically open to Palestinians but can, in practice, be inaccessible due to challenges verifying their identity or collecting payment.”

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