Internet, Platforms and Policy

After backlash, Meta is updating its terms again to remove language that suggested it could scrape content from sites, including news sites, to train its AI.

“The jury’s verdict confirms that Arm operated in good faith under its technology license agreement and its award of only two dollars confirms the merit of Arm’s arguments in the case,” Arm said in a statement.

These smart glasses do just about everything Meta glasses can, but they're not tied to a social media platform.

Bloomberg reports that Apple has hired Scott Tucker, who spent nearly six years as Meta’s vice president and deputy general counsel for global litigation. Here are the details.

The Information reports that PayPal and Epic Games are among the developers concerned that a potential antitrust settlement between Apple and the DOJ might not go far enough in addressing the company’s allegedly anticompetitive practices. Here are the details.

The bug is fixed, but privacy concerns remain.

Comcast intends to appeal a jury verdict finding that the company owes $213 million on claims that its X1 platform infringed on a WhereverTV video tech patent. The case took several twists and turns to arrive at this point.

YouTube's next big fee might not even come from Google.

Meta “streamlined” its commercial TOS. Legal experts warn it’s an AI power grab.

Ask YouTube search previews will spoon-feed you answers before you even click on a video.

Distortion in the meaning of a speech by Lula about prostate cancer exams went viral within hours and fed conspiracy theories amid a tight presidential race in Brazil.

• Global VoicesHow an extremist network articulated a hoax linking Brazil’s President Lula to child abuse on X

Company has recently inked deals with Nvidia to build network capacity and with Corning for fiber-optic supplies.

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up.

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