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A man accused of murdering a 6-year-old Palestinian boy and grievously wounding his mother in Illinois on Saturday was motivated by misinformation surrounding the Israel-Hamas war, officials say.

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Regulators in the EU sent letters to Meta, TikTok, and X/Twitter Thursday, giving the platforms 24 hours to address misinformation and other “illegal” content related to the Israel-Hamas war. It’s hard to say exactly what’s happening on these platforms, however, especially when it comes to the algorithmically defined…

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Tech Insider : Politics
An Amazon Alexa Device
Alexa cited a source popular with rightwing commentators.
Tech Insider : Politics
Elon Musk
Musk deleted the post after three hours, but not before it was viewed by 11 million users and several news outlets.
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In this photo illustration, the new Twitter logo rebranded as X (X Corp.) is seen on a smartphone and Elon Musk Twitter account with the new X logo on a pc screen.
The feature, which was first introduced in 2021, is no longer available to users in the US, Australia, Brazil, and Spain, according to tests run by TechCrunch. 
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X, formerly called Twitter, disabled its misinformation feature on the platform, effectively removing the option for users to report false election information, research organization Reset.Tech Australia

Gizmodo : Environment

In a new assessment of several major social media platforms, X, formerly known as Twitter, came in dead last in managing climate misinformation.

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Meta is intentionally limiting search results on Threads for keywords related to the covid-19 virus and a variety of other potentially controversial topics.