Facebook, YouTube, and Apple Remove Alex Jones's Infowars
The tech giants' decisions to block content by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones may encourage other platforms to crackdown on his incendiary rhetoric, says Mashable's Heather Dockray. ["The claims he's making have always been dangerous," Dockray says. "But they seem particularly paranoid as of late."](mashable.com)
Alexander Mashinsky, the former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network, has been arrested on federal fraud charges, including wire fraud, according to CNBC.
Threads could bring in $8 billion in annual revenue, according to analysis, after it reached about 100 million users days after its launch. Cheddar News explains.
Celebrities, lawmakers, brands and everyday social media users are flocking to Meta's freshly minted app Threads to connect with their followers, including many Twitter refugees tired of the drama surrounding Elon Musk’s raucous oversight of that platform.
Comedian Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for allegedly using her copyright-protected work to help train their artificial intelligence programs.