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ResearchBuzz: FirehoseSearch Engine Land: The Fujiwhara effect on YouTube: AI, Shorts, and the rise of duplicate content. “The explosive rise of Shorts and AI fueled a flood of duplicate content – leading YouTube to enforce its inauthentic content policy.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/11/the-fujiwhara-effect-on-youtube-ai-shorts-and-the-rise-of-duplicate-content-search-engine-land/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/11/the-fujiwhara-effect-on-youtube-ai-shorts-and-the-rise-of-duplicate-content-search-engine-land/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseSearch Engine Land: Google to restrict political ads in the EU under new policy. “Advertisers targeting EU audiences must brace for sweeping new political ad limits and mandatory self-declaration – or risk losing access. Google will ban most forms of political advertising across its platforms in the European Union, in line with the EU Regulation 2024/900, starting in September.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/10/search-engine-land-google-to-restrict-political-ads-in-the-eu-under-new-policy/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/10/search-engine-land-google-to-restrict-political-ads-in-the-eu-under-new-policy/</a>

DoomsdaysCWDon't give <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> any ideas, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Putti</a>! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RussianParliament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RussianParliament</a> approves a bill punishing online searches for information deemed ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/extremist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extremist</a>’Updated 6:47 AM EDT, July 25, 2025MOSCOW (AP) — "The Russian parliament’s upper house on Friday quickly approved a bill that punishes <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OnlineSearches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnlineSearches</a> for information officially branded 'extremist,' the latest in a series of moves by authorities to tighten control of the internet.The legislation makes what it describes as 'deliberately searching for and accessing extremist materials' online punishable by a fine of up to the equivalent of $64."The bill, which was endorsed by the lower house earlier this week, is now set to be signed into law by President Vladimir <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Putin</a>.The official definition of extremist activity is extremely broad and includes opposition groups like the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiCorruptionFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AntiCorruptionFoundation</a>, created by the late opposition leader <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlexeiNavalny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlexeiNavalny</a>, and the 'international <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBT</a> movement.'"It’s not clear how authorities will track down violators."Officials and lawmakers said ordinary internet users won’t be affected and only those who methodically seek outlawed content will be targeted. They didn’t explain how authorities would differentiate between them."Russians widely use <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VPN</a> services for access to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BannedContent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BannedContent</a>, but authorities have sought to tighten restrictions and close the loopholes. The state communications watchdog has increasingly used technology to analyze traffic and block specific VPN protocols."Russian authorities have ramped up their multipronged <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crackdown</a> on dissent after sending troops into <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> in February 2022."Since then, online <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> and prosecutions for social media posts and comments have soared."Multiple independent news outlets and rights groups have been shut down, labeled as 'foreign agents' or outlawed as 'undesirable.' Hundreds of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#activists</a> and critics of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kremlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kremlin</a> have faced criminal charges."<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilencingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RussiaPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RussiaPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RussiaFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RussiaFirst</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingJournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilencingJournalism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharacteristicsOfFascism</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseEngadget: X has to prove it wasn’t negligent when removing CSAM from its site. “X isn’t off the hook yet when it comes to a significant legal case about child sex abuse content on its platform. On Friday, a circuit judge from the US Court of Appeals ruled that X Corp. has to again face claims that it was negligent in taking down child sex abuse content and didn’t have an effective reporting […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/05/engadget-x-has-to-prove-it-wasnt-negligent-when-removing-csam-from-its-site/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/05/engadget-x-has-to-prove-it-wasnt-negligent-when-removing-csam-from-its-site/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseTorrentFreak: Belgium Targets Internet Archive’s ‘Open Library’ in Sweeping Site Blocking Order (Update). “The Business Court in Brussels, Belgium, has issued a broad site-blocking order that aims to restrict access to shadow libraries including Anna’s Archive, Libgen, OceanofPDF, Z-Library, and the Internet Archive’s Open Library. In addition to ISP blocks, the order also directs search […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/03/torrentfreak-belgium-targets-internet-archives-open-library-in-sweeping-site-blocking-order-update/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/03/torrentfreak-belgium-targets-internet-archives-open-library-in-sweeping-site-blocking-order-update/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseCBS News: YouTube to roll out new AI-powered technology aimed at identifying teen users. “YouTube announced on Tuesday it is planning to roll out a new age-estimation technology that will identify users under the age of 18. The new feature is intended to protect young teens from harmful content, the company says.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/31/cbs-news-youtube-to-roll-out-new-ai-powered-technology-aimed-at-identifying-teen-users/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/31/cbs-news-youtube-to-roll-out-new-ai-powered-technology-aimed-at-identifying-teen-users/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseCNBC: YouTube wipes out thousands of propaganda channels linked to China, Russia, others. “These campaigns primarily shared content in Chinese and English that promoted the People’s Republic of China, supported President Xi Jinping and commented on U.S. foreign affairs. Over 2,000 removed channels were linked to Russia. The content was in multiple languages that supported Russia and […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/23/cnbc-youtube-wipes-out-thousands-of-propaganda-channels-linked-to-china-russia-others/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/23/cnbc-youtube-wipes-out-thousands-of-propaganda-channels-linked-to-china-russia-others/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseMashable: Did a Facebook group randomly ban you? You’re not alone.. “According to these posts, the groups were taken down because they fell into the categories of ‘dangerous organizations and individuals’ and ‘terrorism.’ A birding group with 927,000 members was deleted for ‘nudity and adult sexual content.’”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/29/mashable-did-a-facebook-group-randomly-ban-you-youre-not-alone/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/29/mashable-did-a-facebook-group-randomly-ban-you-youre-not-alone/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseReuters: DeepSeek faces ban from Apple, Google app stores in Germany. “Germany’s data protection commissioner has asked Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from their app stores in the country due to concerns about data protection, following a similar crackdown elsewhere.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/28/reuters-deepseek-faces-ban-from-apple-google-app-stores-in-germany/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/28/reuters-deepseek-faces-ban-from-apple-google-app-stores-in-germany/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseGizmodo: Pornhub Back Online in France After Court Ruling About Age Verification. “Many porn sites, including Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube, all went dark earlier this month in France to protest a new age verification law that would have required the websites to collect ID from users. But those sites went back online Friday after a new ruling from a French court suspended enforcement of the […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/25/gizmodo-pornhub-back-online-in-france-after-court-ruling-about-age-verification/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/25/gizmodo-pornhub-back-online-in-france-after-court-ruling-about-age-verification/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseEngadget: US House reportedly bans WhatsApp on government devices. “US congressional staffers have reportedly been told that they’re no longer allowed to use WhatsApp on government devices. The House of Representatives’ chief administrative officer (CAO) is said to have informed workers on Monday that the app — including the mobile, desktop and web-based versions — is not permitted on […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/25/engadget-us-house-reportedly-bans-whatsapp-on-government-devices/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/25/engadget-us-house-reportedly-bans-whatsapp-on-government-devices/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseSearch Engine Journal: TikTok Ban Delayed Again, Will Remain Active Until September. “TikTok will remain operational in the U.S. through September 17, as negotiations over a potential ownership deal continue. President Donald Trump issued a third executive order delaying enforcement of the TikTok ban, giving the Chinese-owned platform another 90 days to operate in the U.S.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/21/search-engine-journal-tiktok-ban-delayed-again-will-remain-active-until-september/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/21/search-engine-journal-tiktok-ban-delayed-again-will-remain-active-until-september/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseBBC: I quit TikTok to avoid eating disorder relapse. “TikTok recently blocked the search for the term but Eve Jones, 23, from Cardiff, said, despite it being a step in the right direction, it ‘scratches the surface’ on a larger issue – which people can find a way around. … Despite the ban, many videos promoting ‘skinnytok’ which do not use the hashtag are still available on the app.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/15/bbc-i-quit-tiktok-to-avoid-eating-disorder-relapse/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/15/bbc-i-quit-tiktok-to-avoid-eating-disorder-relapse/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseMashable: YouTube very quietly loosened its content moderation rules. “YouTube quietly loosened its video moderation rules a few weeks before Donald Trump was sworn in as president a second time, reports the New York Times. The new rules encourage the site’s moderators not to remove videos that break YouTube’s code of conduct — which bans nudity, graphic violence, hate speech, and […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/10/mashable-youtube-very-quietly-loosened-its-content-moderation-rules/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/10/mashable-youtube-very-quietly-loosened-its-content-moderation-rules/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseEngadget: TikTok now blocks search results for <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://rbfirehose.com/tag/skinnytok/" target="_blank">#SkinnyTok</a>. “TikTok no longer shows search results for the hashtag <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://rbfirehose.com/tag/skinnytok/" target="_blank">#SkinnyTok</a>. Critics who supported this block said some videos with that label were promoting disordered eating and other unhealthy or risky diet behaviors. We’ve reached out to TikTok for comment on this development.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/05/engadget-tiktok-now-blocks-search-results-for-skinnytok/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/05/engadget-tiktok-now-blocks-search-results-for-skinnytok/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseEngadget: Facebook sees rise in violent content and harassment after policy changes. “Meta has published the first of its quarterly integrity reports since Mark Zuckerberg walked back the company’s hate speech policies and changed its approach to content moderation earlier this year. According to the reports, Facebook saw an uptick in violent content, bullying and harassment despite an […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/02/engadget-facebook-sees-rise-in-violent-content-and-harassment-after-policy-changes/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/02/engadget-facebook-sees-rise-in-violent-content-and-harassment-after-policy-changes/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseNortheastern University: Facebook’s content moderation ‘happens too late,’ says new Northeastern research. “New research from Northeastern University finds that Facebook posts removed for violating community standards or other reasons had already reached at least three-quarters of their predicted audience by the time they were taken down.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/01/northeastern-university-facebooks-content-moderation-happens-too-late-says-new-northeastern-research/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/01/northeastern-university-facebooks-content-moderation-happens-too-late-says-new-northeastern-research/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseTech Xplore: Dark LLMs: It’s still easy to trick most AI chatbots into providing harmful information, study finds. “A group of AI researchers at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel, has found that despite efforts by large language model (LLM) makers, most commonly available chatbots are still easily tricked into generating harmful and sometimes illegal information.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/29/dark-llms-its-still-easy-to-trick-most-ai-chatbots-into-providing-harmful-information-study-finds-tech-xplore/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/29/dark-llms-its-still-easy-to-trick-most-ai-chatbots-into-providing-harmful-information-study-finds-tech-xplore/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehosePressGazette, and once again I promise I did not intentionally put these articles together: Facebook deactivated journalist’s account for posting story about sex offender. “Facebook deactivated the personal account of a local news journalist who posted a link to a story about a sex offender on the page of her employer. A Facebook page for Iliffe-owned Kent radio station KMFM was also […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/18/pressgazette-facebook-deactivated-journalists-account-for-posting-story-about-sex-offender/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/18/pressgazette-facebook-deactivated-journalists-account-for-posting-story-about-sex-offender/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseDrexel University: What Happens When a Companion Chatbot Crosses the Line? . “In the aftermath of reports of sexual harassment by the Luka Inc. chatbot Replika in 2023, researchers from Drexel’s College of Computing & Informatics began taking a deeper look into users’ experiences. They analyzed more than 35,000 user reviews of the bot on the Google Play Store, uncovering hundreds citing […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/17/drexel-university-what-happens-when-a-companion-chatbot-crosses-the-line/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/17/drexel-university-what-happens-when-a-companion-chatbot-crosses-the-line/</a>

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