Facebook s news ban experiment is almost over. Here s what we ve learnt
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Australian news sites have seen a drop in traffic due to the news ban, with links shared on Facebook pages down 80 per cent.
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It s now six days since the most popular social media platform in the country, Facebook, decided Australians could no longer view or share links to news websites.
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New publishers have seen a drop in traffic and lost a big chunk of audience
Comedy and satire pages are now among the most popular
What happens when news is taken out of Facebook? How do users respond?
New digital industry code to limit spread of misinformation
Tech companies including Twitter, Google, Facebook and Microsoft adopt new voluntary code to help prevent spread of disinformation and misinformation
A new industry code has been launched aimed at reducing misinformation on digital platforms. It comes in the wake of the Digital Platforms inquiry, conducted by the Australian Communications and Consumer Commission (ACCC), into the dominance of the platforms and the News Media Bargaining Code currently in parliament.
“This new code of practice has seen a diverse set of digital companies collaborate with each other, government, academia and civil society to propose solutions to the incredibly complex challenges of misinformation and disinformation online,” said DIGI MD, Sunita Bose.
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I blame Tom Petty. Three and half hours of his greatest hits kept me awake as I commuted each weekend for my job last year. But now, I swear, I’m half deaf.
Well, if it turns out I do have noise-induced hearing loss (I just booked an audiogram to find out), I’m far from alone. Besides the approximately 28 million “ordinary” Americans who suffer from hearing loss, there’s an impressive bevy of celebs who can’t hear all that well, either.
In honor of the 18th annual International Noise Awareness Day, here are some some of their stories (and, yes, these examples are all men; men are more likely to suffer from hearing loss than women). Read on for some ways to avoid hearing loss yourself.
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