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X faces fines for misinformation

Make Me Smart

English - October 13, 2023 01:05 - 9 minutes - 11.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 4.6K ratings
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After a swarm of misinformation and gruesome images took over X following Hamas’ attack on Israel, Elon Musk is now under scrutiny by the European Commission to clean up the mess. We’ll also hear how climate change may be affecting our sense of fashion. And we hear this year’s Nobel Prize-winning economist on gender disparities in the workforce.


Here’s everything we talked about:


“X’s misinformation woes get worse during the Israel-Hamas conflict” from Marketplace

“Elon Musk’s X faces EU probe over handling of Israel-Gaza war” from The Washington Post

“Musk given 24 hours to address graphic images of Hamas attacks” from Politico

“How a hotter climate is changing consumers’ wants and needs” from Marketplace

“Can I be fashionable without hurting the planet?” from Marketplace

“Nobel Prize in economics goes to Harvard’s Claudia Goldin for her work on women in the labor market” from AP News

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2023-Press release from The Nobel Prize

“You Will Go to the Moon” from Moxy Früvous





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