websites

Why It’s So Hard to Fully Block X in Brazil
05 Sep

Why It’s So Hard to Fully Block X in Brazil

stp2y0 CommentsRAG models, , , , , , ,
The social network X has been largely inaccessible in Brazil since Saturday, after the country's Supreme Court ordered all mobile and internet service providers to block the platform. The court order followed a months-long dispute between Judge Alexandre de Moraes and X CEO Elon Musk over the company's misinformation, hate speech, and moderation policies.With Brazil's population of 215 million people, its mature democracy, its sprawling land mass, and more than 20,000 internet service providers, blocking a web platform in the South American nation isn't straightforward. And while the biggest ISPs have implemented the ban, many are still scrambling to comply…
Read More
The world’s largest TV and movie piracy streaming ring is dead
30 Aug

The world’s largest TV and movie piracy streaming ring is dead

stp2y0 CommentsNews, , , , , , , , , , , ,
The highly illegal but very popular media streaming site Fmovies and an affiliated network of pirated movie and TV show websites have been shut down. The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), a global coalition of movie studios and entertainment companies including Disney, NBCUniversal and MGM, announced the dismantling of the illegal streaming site, several of its other websites including bflixz, flixtorz, movies7, myflixer and aniwave and its video hosting provider vidsrc.to, according to The Hollywood Reporter.The Fmovies operation was based in Vietnam. Hanoi police arrested two unidentified men in connection with the pirated media empire who are awaiting charges.Fmovies…
Read More
Major Sites Are Saying No to Apple’s AI Scraping
29 Aug

Major Sites Are Saying No to Apple’s AI Scraping

stp2y0 CommentsRAG models, , , , ,
In a separate analysis conducted this week, data journalist Ben Welsh found that just over a quarter of the news websites he surveyed (294 of 1,167 primarily English-language, US-based publications) are blocking Applebot-Extended. In comparison, Welsh found that 53 percent of the news websites in his sample block OpenAI’s bot. Google introduced its own AI-specific bot, Google-Extended, last September; it’s blocked by nearly 43 percent of those sites, a sign that Applebot-Extended may still be under the radar. As Welsh tells WIRED, though, the number has been “gradually moving” upward since he started looking.Welsh has an ongoing project monitoring how…
Read More
Warner Bros. sends Cartoon Network’s website to the digital graveyard
09 Aug

Warner Bros. sends Cartoon Network’s website to the digital graveyard

stp2y0 CommentsNews, , , , , , , , , , ,
Warner Bros. Discovery has pulled Cartoon Network’s entire website from the web, which means that you can no longer access free episodes and other interactive content. Instead, visitors to CartoonNetwork.com are redirected to , Variety reported.The Cartoon Network website offered full, free episodes and clips of some of its most popular shows including Adventure Time, The Amazing World of Gumball, Teen Titans GO! and Steven Universe. Now if you need a quick fix of those shows, you’ll have to get on Max, pay for them on another digital streaming service or dig up a copy from your stash of old…
Read More
No widgets found. Go to Widget page and add the widget in Offcanvas Sidebar Widget Area.