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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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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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Threads Rolls Out Ability to Delete Profile Without Deleting Your Instagram Account
Threads, Meta’s micro-blogging rival to Elon Musk’s X, has quickly become a popular social media platform months within its launch. Since Threads went live in July, users have complained about the fact that the platform does not let them delete their profile without deleting their Instagram account altogether. Now, Instagram head Adam Mosseri h...
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Instagram Testing New Feature to Turn Off Read Receipts in Direct Messages
Instagram is working on a new feature that will allow users to turn off read receipts in Instagram DMs. The Meta-owned social media site did not confirm when the feature will roll out to users. WhatsApp already carries a similar feature that allows its users to customise whether others can or cannot see if a message is read.
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Elon Musk Considers Removing X Platform From Europe Over EU Law
Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, is considering removing the service formerly called Twitter from Europe in response to a new internet platform regulation in the region, news site Insider reported on Wednesday.
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Former US President Donald Trump Returns to X, Posts Mugshot; Elon Musk Calls it ‘Next Level’
Former US President Donald Trump returned to the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, with a post on Thursday showing his mug shot from his booking at Fulton County Jail in Georgia earlier in the day. Elon Musk reacted to the same and called it 'next level'.
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Reddit Fined in Russia for First Time for Not Deleting 'Banned Content': Report
Russia on Tuesday fined social media site Reddit for the first time for not deleting "banned content" that it said contained "fake" information about Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, RIA reported on Tuesday, citing a Moscow court.
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Elon Musk Says X Will Pay Legal Bills of People ‘Unfairly Treated’ by Employers for Posting on Platform
Elon Musk has said his X social media platform will pay the legal bills and sue on the behalf of people who have been treated unfairly by employers because of posting or liking something on the site formerly known as Twitter.
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TikTok Announces Text-Only Posts to Rival Twitter After Elon Musk Rebrands Platform to X
TikTok announced Monday that it will offer text-only posts, becoming the latest tech giant to offer an alternative to embattled Twitter. The text posts on TikTok will most closely resemble similar offerings on Instagram, which earlier this month also launched a challenge to Twitter called Threads.
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Twitter vs Threads: How Mark Zuckerberg's Latest App Measures Against Elon Musk's Microblogging Site
Meta announced the Threads app on July 5. The app is built by the team at Instagram and allows users to share text updates and join public conversations. Given its user interface and features, it is easy to deduce that the app aims to compete against Twitter — the Elon Musk-owned microblogging site which has rustled up the social media community ...
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Read Limits Could Undermine New CEO’s Efforts to Attract Advertisers, Experts Say
Elon Musk's move to temporarily cap how many posts Twitter users can read on the social media site could undermine efforts by the company's new Chief Executive Linda Yaccarino to attract advertisers, marketing industry professionals said.
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Elon Musk Says Twitter Video App for Smart TVs Is ‘Coming’ as Platform Plans to Focus on Video Content
A Twitter video app for smart TVs is in the social media company's plans, owner Elon Musk said in a tweet on Saturday, a move that would be in line with the company's new plans to focus on growing video content on the platform.
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MeitY Blocks Pakistan-Based OTT Platform's Website, Social Media Sites
The government on Monday issued directions for blocking a Pakistan-based OTT platform's website, two mobile applications, four social media accounts and smart TV app.
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Why Elon Musk’s First Week as Twitter Owner Has Users Flocking Elsewhere
Elon Musk has taken charge of the social media platform Twitter and users are now wondering what he’ll do with the platform. Many have been concerned his approach to moderation may fuel more hate speech on Twitter.
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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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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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Threads Rolls Out Ability to Delete Profile Without Deleting Your Instagram Account
Threads, Meta’s micro-blogging rival to Elon Musk’s X, has quickly become a popular social media platform months within its launch. Since Threads went live in July, users have complained about the fact that the platform does not let them delete their profile without deleting their Instagram account altogether. Now, Instagram head Adam Mosseri h...
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Instagram Testing New Feature to Turn Off Read Receipts in Direct Messages
Instagram is working on a new feature that will allow users to turn off read receipts in Instagram DMs. The Meta-owned social media site did not confirm when the feature will roll out to users. WhatsApp already carries a similar feature that allows its users to customise whether others can or cannot see if a message is read.
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Elon Musk Considers Removing X Platform From Europe Over EU Law
Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, is considering removing the service formerly called Twitter from Europe in response to a new internet platform regulation in the region, news site Insider reported on Wednesday.
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Former US President Donald Trump Returns to X, Posts Mugshot; Elon Musk Calls it ‘Next Level’
Former US President Donald Trump returned to the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, with a post on Thursday showing his mug shot from his booking at Fulton County Jail in Georgia earlier in the day. Elon Musk reacted to the same and called it 'next level'.
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Reddit Fined in Russia for First Time for Not Deleting 'Banned Content': Report
Russia on Tuesday fined social media site Reddit for the first time for not deleting "banned content" that it said contained "fake" information about Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, RIA reported on Tuesday, citing a Moscow court.
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Elon Musk Says X Will Pay Legal Bills of People ‘Unfairly Treated’ by Employers for Posting on Platform
Elon Musk has said his X social media platform will pay the legal bills and sue on the behalf of people who have been treated unfairly by employers because of posting or liking something on the site formerly known as Twitter.
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TikTok Announces Text-Only Posts to Rival Twitter After Elon Musk Rebrands Platform to X
TikTok announced Monday that it will offer text-only posts, becoming the latest tech giant to offer an alternative to embattled Twitter. The text posts on TikTok will most closely resemble similar offerings on Instagram, which earlier this month also launched a challenge to Twitter called Threads.
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Twitter vs Threads: How Mark Zuckerberg's Latest App Measures Against Elon Musk's Microblogging Site
Meta announced the Threads app on July 5. The app is built by the team at Instagram and allows users to share text updates and join public conversations. Given its user interface and features, it is easy to deduce that the app aims to compete against Twitter — the Elon Musk-owned microblogging site which has rustled up the social media community ...
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Read Limits Could Undermine New CEO’s Efforts to Attract Advertisers, Experts Say
Elon Musk's move to temporarily cap how many posts Twitter users can read on the social media site could undermine efforts by the company's new Chief Executive Linda Yaccarino to attract advertisers, marketing industry professionals said.
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Elon Musk Says Twitter Video App for Smart TVs Is ‘Coming’ as Platform Plans to Focus on Video Content
A Twitter video app for smart TVs is in the social media company's plans, owner Elon Musk said in a tweet on Saturday, a move that would be in line with the company's new plans to focus on growing video content on the platform.
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MeitY Blocks Pakistan-Based OTT Platform's Website, Social Media Sites
The government on Monday issued directions for blocking a Pakistan-based OTT platform's website, two mobile applications, four social media accounts and smart TV app.
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Why Elon Musk’s First Week as Twitter Owner Has Users Flocking Elsewhere
Elon Musk has taken charge of the social media platform Twitter and users are now wondering what he’ll do with the platform. Many have been concerned his approach to moderation may fuel more hate speech on Twitter.
