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1. Meta comms chief handed six year Russian prison sentence for 'justifying terrorism'

   Memo to Andy Stone: Don't go to Russia for your holidays

   Meta’s communications director Andy Stone has been sentenced in absentia to six years imprisonment in Russia for "justifying terrorism."…

2. European Commission to suspend TikTok's new rewards program, open second probe

   For some reason the world's most notorious app decided not to tick all boxes under the world’s toughest digital law

   TikTok has earned itself a second investigation under the European Union's Digital Services Act – and suspension of its rewards program – after failing to comply with the law in two important regards.…

3. Misconfigured cloud server leaked clues of North Korean animation scam

   Outsourcers outsourced work for the BBC, Amazon, and HBO Max to the hermit kingdom

   A misconfigured cloud server that used a North Korean IP address has led to the discovery that film production studios including the BBC, Amazon, and HBO Max could be inadvertently hiring workers from the hermit kingdom for animation projects.…

4. Australia secures takedown order for terror videos, which Elon Musk wants to fight

   Yet X remains a supporter of The Christchurch Call, an international agreement to stop video nasties

   +Comment Australia's government has secured a court order requiring Elon Musk's social network, X, to remove all videos depicting a terrorist attack.…

5. Japan to draw up routes for roads dedicated to robot trucks

   Digital reform conference sees PM repeat calls to get online government services right at last

   Usually when a government announces it's drawing up a digitalization roadmap, it's being metaphorical. In Japan's case, it's quite literal: roadways dedicated to autonomous vehicles handling logistics-related traffic will be mapped out.…