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As The Onion Buys Infowars, Social Media Reacts With "Cheers To Karma" Jibe
The Onion said in a tongue-in-cheek story that the site had cost "less than a trillion dollars".
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Hate Speech Watchdog To Quit Elon Musk's X Over Updated Terms Of Service
The Center for Countering Digital Hate said on Thursday it would leave Elon Musk-owned social media site X, citing concerns that upcoming changes to the platform's terms of service could hinder the nonprofit's ability to prevail in court battles.
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Meta Says App Stores Should Police Australia Under-16 Social Media Ban
Australia will impose a ban on social media for people aged under 16 despite calls by Meta Platforms for it to consider shifting responsibility for policing. The legislation will be brought before parliament in the week beginning November 18.
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LinkedIn Reportedly Trained Generative AI Models on User Data Without Permission Before Updating Policy
LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, was reportedly scraping user data on the platform without informing the users first. The company has now updated its terms of service to reflect this, however, it continues to automatically opt-in users unless they manually find and toggle off the setting to opt-out. Several netizens took to s...
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Social Media Platform X Suffers Outage For Less Than An Hour: Report
Social media platform X was back up on Saturday after it suffered an outage that lasted less than an hour, according to outage tracking site Downdetector.com.
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Explained: Elon Musk's Feud With Brazilian Supreme Court Over X Ban
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered billionaire Elon Musk to name a legal representative for his messaging platform X in Brazil within 24 hours or face suspension of the social media site in the country.
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Poll Body Orders X To Take Down Select Posts Of YSR Congress, AAP, Others
Election Commission has ordered social media platform X to take down select posts of YSR Congress, AAP, N Chandrababu Naidu and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary for violation of model code of conduct, the micro-blogging site said today.
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ISIS Shares Video Of Gunmen Carrying Out Deadly Moscow Concert Attack
A video apparently shot by gunmen who carried out the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall has been posted on social media accounts typically used by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS), according to the SITE Intelligence Group.
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X Account Of Alexei Navalny's Wife Suspended Briefly Day After It Was Created
The X social media site, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday suspended the account of Yulia Navalnaya, just one day after she created it and four days after the death of her husband, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
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American Porn Star's Visit To Iran Angers Exiles
An American porn actor on Monday faced accusations of promoting propaganda for Iran's government after boasting on social media about a trip to the Islamic Republic from where she posted pictures at sites including the shut-down US embassy.
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Facebook's Journey: From Harvard Dorm To Scandal-Plagued Social Media Titan
Key chapters in the history of Facebook, the world's biggest social media application, launched 20 years ago.
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'Taylor Swift' Searches Blocked On X After AI Porn Outrage
Social-media company X lifted the ban on searches for Taylor Swift Monday evening, after blocking users from searching for her following the spread of fake sexually-explicit images of the pop singer on the social media site last week.
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Massive Data Leak Of 26 Billion Records From Sites Like Twitter, LinkedIn Detected
The leaked data also has records of users from Chinese messaging giant Tencent and social media platform Weibo. Records from Adobe, Canva and Telegram have also been found.
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Elon Musk's X Reportedly Brings Back Headlines for Link Previews, but It's Now Tiny
X, the Elon Musk-owned microblogging site, seems to be reversing a controversial change effected last year that impacted how we see links on the platform. The social media site is reportedly bringing back headlines on link previews for articles.
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Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones's Account Reinstated On X After Poll
Social media platform X on Sunday showed the account of U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to have been reinstated after a poll of the site's users backed his return.
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As The Onion Buys Infowars, Social Media Reacts With "Cheers To Karma" Jibe
The Onion said in a tongue-in-cheek story that the site had cost "less than a trillion dollars".
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Hate Speech Watchdog To Quit Elon Musk's X Over Updated Terms Of Service
The Center for Countering Digital Hate said on Thursday it would leave Elon Musk-owned social media site X, citing concerns that upcoming changes to the platform's terms of service could hinder the nonprofit's ability to prevail in court battles.
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Meta Says App Stores Should Police Australia Under-16 Social Media Ban
Australia will impose a ban on social media for people aged under 16 despite calls by Meta Platforms for it to consider shifting responsibility for policing. The legislation will be brought before parliament in the week beginning November 18.
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LinkedIn Reportedly Trained Generative AI Models on User Data Without Permission Before Updating Policy
LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, was reportedly scraping user data on the platform without informing the users first. The company has now updated its terms of service to reflect this, however, it continues to automatically opt-in users unless they manually find and toggle off the setting to opt-out. Several netizens took to s...
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Social Media Platform X Suffers Outage For Less Than An Hour: Report
Social media platform X was back up on Saturday after it suffered an outage that lasted less than an hour, according to outage tracking site Downdetector.com.
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Explained: Elon Musk's Feud With Brazilian Supreme Court Over X Ban
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered billionaire Elon Musk to name a legal representative for his messaging platform X in Brazil within 24 hours or face suspension of the social media site in the country.
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Poll Body Orders X To Take Down Select Posts Of YSR Congress, AAP, Others
Election Commission has ordered social media platform X to take down select posts of YSR Congress, AAP, N Chandrababu Naidu and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary for violation of model code of conduct, the micro-blogging site said today.
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ISIS Shares Video Of Gunmen Carrying Out Deadly Moscow Concert Attack
A video apparently shot by gunmen who carried out the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall has been posted on social media accounts typically used by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS), according to the SITE Intelligence Group.
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X Account Of Alexei Navalny's Wife Suspended Briefly Day After It Was Created
The X social media site, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday suspended the account of Yulia Navalnaya, just one day after she created it and four days after the death of her husband, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
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American Porn Star's Visit To Iran Angers Exiles
An American porn actor on Monday faced accusations of promoting propaganda for Iran's government after boasting on social media about a trip to the Islamic Republic from where she posted pictures at sites including the shut-down US embassy.
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Facebook's Journey: From Harvard Dorm To Scandal-Plagued Social Media Titan
Key chapters in the history of Facebook, the world's biggest social media application, launched 20 years ago.
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'Taylor Swift' Searches Blocked On X After AI Porn Outrage
Social-media company X lifted the ban on searches for Taylor Swift Monday evening, after blocking users from searching for her following the spread of fake sexually-explicit images of the pop singer on the social media site last week.
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Massive Data Leak Of 26 Billion Records From Sites Like Twitter, LinkedIn Detected
The leaked data also has records of users from Chinese messaging giant Tencent and social media platform Weibo. Records from Adobe, Canva and Telegram have also been found.
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Elon Musk's X Reportedly Brings Back Headlines for Link Previews, but It's Now Tiny
X, the Elon Musk-owned microblogging site, seems to be reversing a controversial change effected last year that impacted how we see links on the platform. The social media site is reportedly bringing back headlines on link previews for articles.
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Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones's Account Reinstated On X After Poll
Social media platform X on Sunday showed the account of U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to have been reinstated after a poll of the site's users backed his return.
