The latest series initially gave each of its 24 finalists individual Facebook, Twitter and MySpace accounts – but on Thursday they hastily pulled the plug on that strategy. The tech makes cunning use of some of Google’s speech-to-text algorithms to provide instant subtitles to videos, thus opening up the service to hearing-impaired users – but unfortunately, it seems there are a still a few glitches to be ironed out: Mashable has some examples of the auto-caption #fails which are currently meme-ing their way around the web. Welcome to eModeration's round-up of all that is intriguing, alarming or odd in the world of social media, compiled by Kate Williams.

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The New York Times points out that the verdict may have much to do with a rolling assault on the internet by Italy’s governing classes - Italian president Silvio Berlusconi controls a chunky wedge of its traditional media outlets, and attempts to speed up the internet, for example, have met with consistent administrative resistance. Google added Facebook Pages to its real-time search results this week, to complete a trifecta of deals including those it has made with Twitter and MySpace. Welcome to eModeration's round-up of all that is intriguing, alarming or odd in the world of social media, compiled by Kate Williams.