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Facebook decision on Trump looms
The company’s 20-person independent oversight board could help shape policy on content from public figures.
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Facebook's independent oversight board said it would issue a ruling Wednesday morning that could determine whether former President Donald Trump can return to the company’s Facebook and Instagram platforms.
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YouTube lashes watchdog, seeks continued carve-out
Attacking the eSafety Commissioner’s advice as ‘inconsistent and contradictory’, YouTube urged Communications Minister Anika Wells to honour its exemption to the new social media ban.
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Ten Pound Poms: Australia looks to UK to fill 200,000 tech roles
Australia’s peak tech lobby group has signed a deal with its UK counterpart that means tech workers can more easily get jobs here in a bid solve a projected chronic IT shortage.
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