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The post comprised a page from a brief submitted to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, entirely obscured by black marking and unreadable.

In a subsequent post, Jaffer quipped: “To be fair, not all of the brief is redacted. But the parts that aren’t redacted are no more persuasive than the parts that are.”

A new feature from Elon Musk’s X is about to be released to rival Instagram Reels and TikTok.

Depending on their interests, users will receive a stream of videos, both longer-form and shorter-form videos.

New Feature on Elon Musk’s X: Reels

By gathering user-generated and shared video material under one tab, the service seeks to spotlight it.

Later this summer, a beta version is anticipated to be accessible to a limited number of users.

Since acquiring Vine in October 2022, Elon Musk has expressed a desire to release an enhanced version of the social media network.

When Musk polled his fans in April about whether to revive Vine, almost 70% said “yes.” The “cool video experience” of Vine is what the new video platform seeks to recreate.

With 200 million users at its…

Posts being shared on social media have claimed that France has “officially” banned the video sharing platform TikTok, but this is misleading. While the app has been banned in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia amid riots there, and on the work phones of civil servants, it is not prohibited generally.

We’ve found no reports—in the French media or on the government website or social media channels—of any wider ban. And while TikTok told us it would not be issuing a statement, a spokesperson for the platform told Reuters it had only been blocked in New Caledonia. 

The website for TikTok in France has also shared many recent articles about the company’s operations in the country, including that it is an official partner of the May 2024 Cannes Film…

TikTok will start working with a digital watermark system called Content Credentials to help identify more photos, videos and audio-only content created using artificial intelligence tools from the likes of Microsoft, Adobe and OpenAI.

The Chinese social networking giant, which is fighting a potential ban in the US over national security concerns, already labels AI-generated content made using TikTok’s AI effects tools. The company said its new moves will be part of an expanding effort to fight disinformation and misinformation. 

“AI enables incredible creative opportunities, but can confuse or mislead viewers if they don’t know content was AI-generated,” TikTok said in a statement. “Labeling helps make that context clear.”

Read more: How Close Is That Photo to the Truth? What to…

Social media giant TikTok has sued the U.S. government, alleging that recently signed legislation that could potentially ban the app violates the First Amendment rights of both the company and its users. 

Last month, President Joe Biden signed a foreign aid package that included legislation requiring ByteDance — TikTok’s Chinese parent company — to sell the social media platform within 270 days or be banned from app stores and web-hosting services. The legislation would also create a process through which the president can designate other social media applications with ties to foreign governments as a national security risk and force divestment.  

“Congress has taken the unprecedented step of expressly singling out and banning TikTok: a vibrant online forum for…