A company that implants neural computer interfaces into the brain says a patient with a nervous system disease that left him motionless was able to share a post on social media by just thinking it. A 62-year-old man in Australia diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – a disease that causes paralysis – is now […]
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Jewish journalist investigated for Holocaust tweet
A journalist and historian has been summoned for questioning in Poland after tweeting that Nazis didn’t want to exterminate Poles during World War II. The probe was launched under the law that bans the denial of Nazi crimes. Katarzyna Markusz, who writes for the Jewish Telegraph Agency and runs the news and culture website Jewish.pl, […]
Australian defense minister ‘hurt’ by mean tweet wins court battle
Australia’s defense chief has been awarded tens of thousands of dollars in damages after claiming that a six-word Twitter post caused him deep “hurt and distress,” with a judge ruling that the tweet was defamatory. An Australian court agreed to award $25,000 (A$35,000) to Defense Minister Peter Dutton on Wednesday over the brief Twitter post, […]
Reuters apologizes for ‘offensive’ tweet
Reuters has apologized for its poor choice of photo to illustrate a story about a monkey brain study that was deemed offensive and racist in China. On Thursday, Reuters published a story titled “Monkey-brain study with link to China’s military roils top European university.” The report was about a Chinese professor studying how a monkey’s […]
Mixed signals from US as Blinken deletes tweet pledging Washington’s support to Hong Kong anti-government protesters
The US secretary of state has caused confusion by deleting a post critical of Hong Kong’s unseating of opposition council members and issuing a milder remark instead. A department spokesperson stuck to the original wording. This week, seven opposition district councillors in Hong Kong were unseated after a deadline expired for them to submit information […]