Elon Musk says Twitter will have a ‘content moderation council’

Laura Normand / The Verge Elon Musk, Twitter’s new owner, says the company is setting up a council to make important moderation decisions at the company. In a tweet on Friday, Musk said the “council” will have “widely diverse viewpoints” and that “no major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes.”…

People are pretending to be laid-off Twitter employees carrying boxes outside of HQ

Vjeran Pavic / The Verge In videos circulating on Twitter Friday morning, two men carrying boxes are seen standing near the entrance to Twitter’s San Francisco building, claiming to have been laid off by Elon Musk, who officially took over the company Thursday evening. There are plenty of problems with what these two men say…

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, October 28: Tillis and Coons Seek Establishment of National Commission on AI, Japan’s Supreme Court Says No Copyright Fees for Student Music Lessons, and CAFC Reverses Hoverboard Injunction for Erroneous Legal Standard

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Supreme Court of Japan rules that students taking lessons at music schools are not subject to copyright fees for in-lesson performances for instructors; the England and Wales Court of Appeal denies Apple’s request to set aside an injunction in its SEP/FRAND case with Optis Cellular; Retired Chief…

VMware patches vulnerability with 9.8/10 severity rating in Cloud Foundation

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Exploit code was released this week for a just-patched vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation and NSX Manager appliances that allows hackers with no authentication to execute malicious code with the highest system privileges. VMware patched the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-39144, on Tuesday and issued it a severity rating of 9.8 out…

Doc who thinks vaccinated people are magnetic is in big trouble with med board

Enlarge / Cleveland doctor Sherri Tenpenny gives false testimony on June 8, 2021, saying COVID-19 vaccines magnetize people. (credit: The Ohio Channel) The State Medical Board of Ohio is threatening to limit, suspend, or even permanently revoke the medical license of Sherri Tenpenny, the infamous anti-vaccine doctor who made headlines last year for falsely testifying…

This Month at DE: November

As fall approaches and we begin to enjoy all the little things that it brings, we invite you to explore timely learning resources from DE that will help your students to reflect on the past, note the present, and look to the future with hope and wonder. Featured Channel Celebrating Native American Heritage Native American…