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Brazil blocks X, following an order from Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes after Elon Musk refused to name a legal representative in the country — The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and many Brazilians …
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
X is right to stand up to Brazil's unjust “hostage laws,” but Musk's fight highlights his cynical free speech stance after he caved to Modi's censorship demands — In the battle between Elon Musk and Brazil, there are no heroes — only two sides engaged in an epic display of hypocrisy and overreach.
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New York Times:
How Brazil's experiment to fight fake news during the 2022 elections, giving a justice broad power to order social media content removal, led to the ban on X — To combat disinformation, Brazil gave one judge broad power to police the internet. Now, after he blocked X, some are wondering whether that was a good idea.
Taylor Lorenz / Taylor Lorenz's Newsletter:
Music labels and entertainment PR agencies scramble to assess Brazil's X ban, which could impact talent fandoms that are heavily supported by “stan” accounts — Brazil blocking X could deal a fatal blow to stan twitter — Last night, dozens of major celebrity and pop culture stan accounts …
Scott Feinberg / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: The Apprentice, the biopic delayed for US distribution by legal threats from Trump, is acquired by Briarcliff for a pre-election release on October 11 — The Trump origin story, written by Gabriel Sherman and directed by Ali Abbasi, stars Sebastian Stan as the future president and Jeremy Strong as his consigliere Roy Cohn.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
California's Senate passes AB 1836, which requires heirs' consent to use dead performers' likenesses for digital replicas; the bill now goes to the governor — The California state Senate has passed a law that requires consent for the use of dead performers' likenesses for AI-created digital replicas.
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Wall Street Journal:
Big YouTube shows including Hot Ones and Good Mythical Morning attract large audiences but aren't yet getting Primetime Emmy nominations and ensuing ad revenue — ‘Hot Ones,’ ‘Chicken Shop Date’ and ‘Good Mythical Morning’ draw big audiences but aren't getting the kind of ad dollars and accolades TV shows do
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Ryan Smith / AnandTech:
AnandTech shuts down after covering PC and mobile hardware for over 27 years; publisher Future plans to keep AnandTech's website and articles live indefinitely — It is with great sadness that I find myself penning the hardest news post I've ever needed to write here at AnandTech.
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Crayton Harrison / Bloomberg:
Grupo Televisa says it learned that a US DOJ probe into FIFA-related activity may have a material impact on its financial results — Grupo Televisa SAB, which co-owns the world's largest Spanish-language broadcaster, said a US Justice Department probe into dealings in international soccer …
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Landon Y. Jones, top editor of People in the 1990s when its profits quadrupled, and who helped popularize the term “baby boomer”, died on August 17 at age 80 — An unapologetic champion of the newsworthiness of celebrities, he also drew attention to teenage pregnancy and helped popularize the term “baby boomer.”
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Business Insider:
Sources: Paramount is selling VidCon, started by Hank and John Green in 2010, to UK media firm Informa, which owns Toronto Comicon and a few other conventions — - Paramount is selling its creator conference VidCon to UK media firm Informa. — Informa owns several pop-culture conventions …
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Ed Newton-Rex / Music Business Worldwide:
It's time for audio services like Spotify to deal with AI by using labels and banning or downweighting music made with AI tools that don't license training data — The following MBW Views op/ed comes from Ed Newton-Rex (pictured inset), CEO of the ethical generative AI non-profit, Fairly Trained.
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