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Backlash against Twitter’s unlabelled parody accounts ban


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The latest reaction to the Twitter parody accounts ban following Elon Musk's decision to monetise verification ticks. Many are criticising the move as the billionaire is the subject of a large number of these types of accounts and Musk professes to be a ‘free speech advocate’.


Has a scientist tracked down a runaway murderer using AI facial recognition? Lord Lucan is accused of brutally killing Sandra Rivett in 1974 with a lead pipe.


Plus, lab-grown red blood cells have been transfused into people in a world-first clinical trial.


Also in this episode:

  • Instagram introduces age verification tools for UK users
  • Rishi Sunak appeals to world leaders for a push on 'clean growth' at COP27
  • Researchers say lung disease spotting AI say it ‘could be key to cutting hospital pressures’
  • Apple warns of delays with its new iPhone rollout due to a Covid outbreak in China
  • Cases of mouth cancer in the UK on the rise
  • Scientists say a new star system discovery may be the oldest in our galaxy



  • Scientists say a new star system discovery may be the oldest in our galaxy


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