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By Byron Kaye

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Meta's oversight board upheld a decision to remove two Facebook posts calling for Australians to vote multiple times in an indigenous rights referendum, but noted the social media giant had not adequately explained its ban on encouraging voter fraud.

The board, which is funded by Meta but run independently, said Meta was correct to protect the democratic process by preventing voter fraud when it... (continue reading...)

By Stephen Nellis

(Reuters) - TikTok said on Thursday it would start using a technology aimed at helping it label images and video generated by artificial intelligence and uploaded to the video sharing service.

TikTok said it would adopt "Content Credentials," a digital watermark that denotes how images were created and edited. The Content Credential technology was spearheaded by Adobe but is open for other companies to use and already... (continue reading...)

By Sam Tobin

LONDON (Reuters) - The ringleader of an extreme body modification conspiracy who cut off men's genitals and uploaded videos to his "Eunuch Maker" website was jailed for a minimum of 22 years in a London court on Friday.

Norwegian Marius Gustavson was involved in several highly dangerous procedures which included removing the penis or testicles of men who had consented, British prosecutors said.

The practice is... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - Israel-based contract chipmaker Tower Semiconductor reported a 7% decline in first-quarter revenue on Thursday reflecting muted demand from the industrial and automotive sectors.

Over the past few quarters, semiconductor firms are dealing with a supply glut as they focus on clearing excessive inventory mainly in the automotive industry, hurting companies like Tower which makes analogue, mixed-signal chips and sensor technologies.

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss

(Reuters) -Activist hedge fund Ancora Holdings has secured enough support from Norfolk Southern shareholders to win some seats on the U.S. railway operator's board of directors, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Investor votes are still being counted ahead of Norfolk Southern's annual meeting of shareholders on Thursday, and the final number of board seats that Ancora will get has not yet been... (continue reading...)