TikTok removes 500k+ accounts in Italy after DPA order to block underage users
Video sharing social network TikTok has removed more than 500,000 accounts in Italy following an intervention by the country’s data protection watchdog earlier this year ordering it to recheck the…
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For Trump and Facebook, judgment day is around the corner
Facebook unceremoniously confiscated Trump’s biggest social media megaphone months ago, but the former president might be poised to snatch it back. Facebook’s Oversight Board, an external Supreme Court-like policy decision…
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Facebook launches a series tests to inform future changes to its News Feed algorithms
Facebook may be reconfiguring its News Feed algorithms. After being grilled by lawmakers about the role that Facebook played in the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the company announced this…
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Instagram’s new test lets you choose if you want to hide ‘Likes,’ Facebook test to follow
Instagram today will begin a new test around hiding Like counts on users’ posts, following its experiments in this area which first began in 2019. This time, however, Instagram is…
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Instagram officially launches Remix on Reels, a TikTok Duets-like feature
Instagram today is officially launching a new feature called Remix, which offers a way to record your Reels video alongside a video from another user. The option is similar to…
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Snapchat is developing its own take on TikTok Duets with a new ‘Remix’ feature
One of the challenges that some would-be TikTok rivals have faced is that they often lack the same robust set of content creation tools, like filters, effects and tools for…
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Twitter Spaces to launch publicly next month, may include Spaces-only tweets
Twitter Spaces, the social network’s Clubhouse rival, is working towards a public launch in April, the company announced in comments made in a public Twitter Space audio room on Wednesday….
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Twitter’s decentralized future
This week, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey finally responded publicly to the company’s decision to ban President Trump from its platform, writing that Twitter had “faced an extraordinary and untenable circumstance”…
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Trump’s Social Media Posts Could Face Different Moderation Rules Once He Leaves Office. Social …
66% of Democrats said the special rules should “definitely” or “probably” be applied to leaders after they leave office, compared to 46% of Republicans. 34% of social media users said…
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The complicated calculus of taking Facebook’s venture money
Facebook is reportedly getting into the venture capital game, but for young entrepreneurs working in social media, ignoring or deleting that particular friend request could be the right call. According…
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