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A Washington state judge fined Meta nearly $25 million for more than 800 campaign finance disclosure violations the company was ruled to have committed.

Meta fined $24.7M for 800+ campaign finance disclosure violations

A second accuser claims Herschel Walker paid for her abortion; new details about the St. Louis school shooting; Elon Musk visited Twitter's headquarters.

2nd Walker abortion accuser; St. Louis shooting details; Musk visits Twitter

Big Tech dragged down the stock market Wednesday morning after disappointing earnings from Microsoft and Google, with more news on the way.

Big Tech delivers economic warnings as Microsoft, Google profits decline

According to the Buffalo, New York police commissioner, a car crash that killed four teens may have been linked to a TikTok challenge.

Buffalo police: deadly car crash possibly linked to TikTok challenge

A week after Kanye West was kicked off of Twitter and Instagram, the rapper is offering to buy conservative social media network Parler.

Kanye West offers to buy Parler after getting kicked off Twitter, Instagram

A House committee has subpoenaed former President Trump; reaction to Russia's threat of World War III; Elon Musk under investigation over the Twitter deal.

Trump subpoenaed; response to Russia threat; Musk/Twitter investigation

Axios reported the Federal Communications Commission plans to ban all sales of new Huawei and ZTE telecommunications devices in the U.S.

Report: FCC to ban sales of Huawei, ZTE telecommunications devices

Tiktok is heating up competition in the U.S. It is expanding online commerce to compete with social and online retail giants.

TikTok is planning to open US fulfillment centers, hints at e-commerce plans

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