Media
Trump expands Defamation Lawsuit to include New York Times Poll
Donald Trump says he is adding a New York Times opinion poll to his ongoing defamation case against the paper.
According to The Guardian’s Lucy Campbell, the US President claims the survey was biased and deliberately damaging.
His lawyers have demanded that the Times preserve all records showing how the poll was calculated, arguing that the data was manipulated to hurt him.
Ms Rachel apologises after antisemitic comment ‘like’
The YouTube star has issued an apology after accidentally liking (don’t you hate when that happens?) an antisemitic comment on Instagram.
As The Hollywood Reporters Seth Abramovitch reports the children;’s entertainer (real name Rachel Accurso) ‘liked’ a comment reading “Free America from the Jews” under a now deleted post, shared by Accurso, that read, “Free Palestine, Free Sudan, Free Congo, Free Iran”.
She was contacted privately by another user (the interaction is below), prompting her to delete the comment:
Entertainment
Australians shine as Sinners smash Oscar nomination record
The Aussies are having a moment at the Oscars, with Rose Byrne, Jacob Elordi, and Nick Cave all scoring nominations as Sinners stormed the 98th Academy Awards with a record 16 nods.
As The Australian reports, the vampire epic now holds the record for the most Oscar nominations in history, beating classics like Titanic and La La Land.
Check out the full list of nominations at the BBC. However, if you’re only going to read one take on today’s nominations, make it the incomparable Jeffrey Wells’.
Meanwhile…
According to Showbiz411’s Roger Friedman, Elordi’s nomination has moved him up the list to become the next James Bond.
At 28, he’d become the youngest 007 ever.
Social Media
Snap settles social media addiction case
The BBC’s Lily Jamali reports that the tech giant has settled a US social media addiction case just days before it was due to face trial in Los Angeles.
The terms have been kept under wraps.
Meta, TikTok owner ByteDance and YouTube parent Alphabet are still fighting the claims, which centre on whether platform algorithms encourage addictive behaviour.
Meta warned over Criminal Conspiracy risk in Bank Account trade
Capital Brief’s Jack Derwin writes that Meta is facing renewed scrutiny after former eSafety Commissioner Alastair MacGibbon warned its failure to stop illegal bank account trading on Facebook could amount to criminal conspiracy.
Commonwealth Bank analysis found more than 1,800 Facebook groups trading Australian “mule” accounts, a scale that has led the major banks to repeatedly report the activity to Meta.