The Week That Was: top IT & Media news | Week 19
Elon Musk announced that his USD 44 billion Twitter deal is temporarily on hold while waiting for proof of that spam/fake Twitter accounts is less than 5% of the total number of registered users. Analysts said this could be an attempt to renegotiate the price or even backtrack. Musk insisted he is “still committed to acquisition”. In an interview with Financial Times, Musk commented on the blocking of Donald Trump’s Twitter account: “Banning Trump from Twitter did not end Trump’s voice, it will amplify it to the right, and that’s why it was morally wrong and flat-out stupid.”
Meta has changed its mind and does not want its Oversight Board to provide policy guidance concerning content moderation related to Russia’s ongoing war with Ukraine. Shortly after the Russian invasion, Facebook said it would temporarily allow for calls of violence against Russian leaders and soldiers invading Ukraine. The Board stressed Meta’s responsibility to carefully consider the ongoing content moderation issues which have arisen from this war.
New EU legislation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse online is proposed by the EU Commission. A new independent EU Centre on Child Sexual Abuse will act as a hub of expertise, the Commission said. The proposed rules will oblige providers to detect, report and remove child sexual abuse material on their services.
Al-Jazeera Arabic reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was fatally shot in the head while covering an Israeli army operation in the West Bank town of Jenin. In a video from the shooting posted by Al-Jazeera on Twitter, Abu Akleh is seen wearing a vest marked “Press”.
Google announced it will offer publishers to get paid for allowing Google to publish news texts longer than search snippets. The Extended News Preview is meant to address the fact that new EU legislation does not define how long a so-called snippet, used in search results, can be.
The Washington Post won the 2022 Pulitzer prize for public service journalism, for its coverage of the storming of the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.
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