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A Ukraine nuclear plant lost power, President Biden responded to the OPEC oil cut, and the White House previewed the student loan forgiveness website.

Nuclear plant loses power; Biden OPEC response; loan forgiveness website

In Canada, publicly inciting hatred is a criminal offense. The country is considering further speech limits for online platforms.

Canada may soon put speech limits on online platforms

According to reports from Russian news agencies, Russia's financial monitoring agency added Meta to its list of "terrorists and extremists."

Russia adds Meta to list of ‘terrorists and extremists,’ limits app access

47 defendants have been added to a lawsuit accusing federal government of colluding with social media companies to censor freedom of speech.

47 defendants added to lawsuit as Florida surgeon general’s tweet blocked

After cyberattacks targeted over a dozen U.S. airports, their websites are back online. A pro-Russian hacker group is being blamed.

Russian cyberattacks target US airports by shutting down websites

Apple's iPhone 14 has a new Crash Detection safety feature that is triggering false 911 calls from amusement park rollercoasters.

iPhone feature triggers false 911 calls from rollercoasters

New Zealand's Prime Minister is targeting weaponized speech and pushing world leaders to curb disinformation and hateful rhetoric online.

‘Weapons of war have changed’: New Zealand PM warns about speech threats

Payment service PayPal has cleared up confusion over reported plans to subject users to a $2,500 fine for misinformation.

Confusion, anger fuel fallout to reported PayPal misinformation fine

During a panel on disinformation, the UN under-secretary-general for global communications spoke about partnering with Google on climate info.

The UN partners with Google to filter ‘distorted’ climate change results

Government roles in content moderation in the West has come under scrutiny over fears that officials will censor public information.

Disinformation and online rhetoric: How do Western governments censor information?

Google entered into an $85 million settlement with Arizona over claims it deceptively collected users location information.

Google enters $85 million settlement over user tracking

Elon Musk has agreed to buy Twitter for his original offer price of $54.20 per share ahead of a contentious courtroom battle.

Elon Musk agrees to buy Twitter at original $44 billion price

Elon Musk took to Twitter Monday to offer a peace plan to end the seven-month Russian led war in Ukraine, sparking outrage on social media.

Elon Musk’s proposal to end Ukraine war sparks outrage on Twitter, praise from the Kremlin

States files suit against the Biden administration's student loan plan, Harris ends her Asia trip in South Korea. Google shuts down Stadia.

States sue Biden administration over student loan plan, VP Harris condemns North Korea nuclear tests, Google to shut down Stadia

Major advertisers have left Twitter after learning their ads were placed near tweets or accounts associated with promoting child pornography.

Advertisers leave Twitter over ad space shared with child pornography tweets

A report from the Department of Defense raises concern from U.S. lawmakers, alleging China has found a way inside of U.S. research companies.

Department of Defense report: China is stealing federally funded US research

In humanity's first ever planetary defense test, NASA is about to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid millions of miles away.

NASA will slam a spacecraft into an asteroid to test planetary defense

Apple has removed the SIM card tray from iPhone 14 models sold in the U.S., pushing carriers to adopt the technology.

Dragging carriers into the future, Apple ditches SIM card tray in iPhone 14

Two Facebook users are suing Meta, claiming the company is tracking and collecting their data across the web without consent.

Meta sued for tracking Facebook users in workaround to Apple’s privacy features

A study of pregnant women and fetuses indicates that late in gestation, fetuses can respond to food their mother eats with facial reactions.

Study: fetuses react to their mothers eating different foods

The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act is designed to let news organizations negotiate prices for content with big tech companies like Google.

Senators take on big tech dominance with Journalism Competition Act

TikTok has updated its terms to further ban political ads or campaign fundraising on its platform ahead of the midterm election.

TikTok expands ban on paid political ads ahead of election

The Department of Homeland Security awarded a $699,763 grant to a joint venture to develop an understanding of extremism in gaming.

DHS allocates almost $700k to investigate extremism on gaming platforms

A Yale researcher and climate scientist is suggesting a plan refreeze Earth's poles by injecting sulfur dioxide particulates into the sky.

Yale scientist suggests refreezing Earth’s poles