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Etsy targeted by child trafficking conspiracy theories
Etsy targeted by child trafficking conspiracy theories
by  AFP

Conspiracy theorists who believe in a secret cabal of child sex traffickers have set their sights on yet another online retailer: Etsy, a website best known for selling handmade items. A similar false theory emerged in 2020, accusing online retailer Wayfair of conducting a sex trafficking operation under the guise of furniture sales.

Warner Brothers Discovery explores merger: report
Warner Brothers Discovery explores merger: report
by  AFP

Warner Brothers Discovery shares slid more than 5 percent Wednesday after reports emerged that the media and entertainment giant is exploring a merger with rival Paramount Global. Warner Brothers Discovery had a market value of about $28.4 billion based on its closing share price Wednesday -- more than double the roughly $10.3 billion valuation of Paramount Global based on its closing share price.

EU toughens rules on three major porn platforms
EU toughens rules on three major porn platforms
by  AFP

The European Union on Wednesday added three pornographic websites to its list of online platforms that are large enough to come under tougher safety regulation. The three new names on the list bring to 22 the number of huge platforms regulated by the Brussels across the 27-nation bloc, according to a statement from the European Commission.

Online video games, the latest hunting grounds for drug cartels
Online video games, the latest hunting grounds for drug cartels
by  AFP

Narcotics police the world over are sprucing up their video game skills, as cartels go increasingly online to sell drugs and recruit dealers. Online games such as "Grand Theft Auto" or "World of Warcraft" provide perfect cover for cartels to discreetly sell drugs or find personnel.

US bans pharmacy Rite Aid from facial recognition use
US bans pharmacy Rite Aid from facial recognition use
by  AFP

Pharmacy group Rite Aid was ordered Tuesday to stop using facial recognition for the next five years by a US regulator, which said the company falsely identified consumers as shoplifters using the technology. But the technology "falsely flagged... consumers as matching someone who had previously been identified as a shoplifter or other troublemaker."

Meta accused of mishandling Israel-Hamas war posts
Meta accused of mishandling Israel-Hamas war posts
by  AFP

Meta's independent oversight board on Tuesday criticized the social media titan of removing posts that showed human suffering in the Middle East conflict. The board, set up by Meta in 2020 as a supreme court of sorts for the social media titan, overturned two post removal decisions, and urged the company to respond more quickly to changing circumstances in the war between Hamas and Israel.