Bluesky addresses trust and safety concerns around abuse, spam, and more

Social networking startup Bluesky, which is building a decentralized alternative to X (formerly Twitter), offered an update on Wednesday about how it’s approaching various trust and safety concerns on its platform. The company is in various stages of developing and piloting a range of initiatives focused on dealing with bad actors, harassment, spam, fake accounts, … Read more

Man jailed after ‘pretending to be white’ to stir up hatred during UK riots | UK | News

An Asian man who admitted to stirring up racial hatred against Muslims after posing as a “white” far-Right hooligan online during the UK riots has been dealt a huge jail sentence. Ehsan Hussain, from Yardley in Birmingham, used a fake identity called “Chris Nolan” to call for disorder in Birmingham as riots spread across Britain … Read more

Fal.ai, which hosts media-generating AI models, raises $23M from a16z and others

Fal.ai, a dev-focused platform for AI-generated audio, video, and images, today revealed that it’s raised $23 million in funding from investors including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Black Forest Labs co-founder Robin Rombach, and Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas. It’s a two-round deal. $14 million of Fal’s total came from a Series A tranche led by Kindred Ventures. … Read more