Collaborate Disseminate
The Associated Press reports that in Albania (population: 2,402,113), “children comprise the largest group of TikTok users in the country, according to domestic researchers.”
But “Albania’s prime minister said Saturday the government will shut down t… Continue reading Albania Will Close TikTok for One Year, Saying It Encourages Violence Among Children
Tumblr is introducing a new Community feature similar to subreddits: in-app groups organized by topic or interest. “Topics include things like film photography, marine biology, LGBTQ, and video games, and each topic has its own landing page where posts… Continue reading Tumblr Adds Reddit-Like ‘Communities’
An anonymous reader writes: Russia’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor said on Friday it had blocked access to Rakuten-owned Viber messaging app, the latest in a line of social media services to be banned by Russian authorities. In a statement, Rosk… Continue reading Russian Watchdog Blocks Viber Messaging App
Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives committee on China told Apple and Google’s parent Alphabet to prepare to remove TikTok from U.S. app stores on January 19, following a federal appeals court decision upholding legislation requiring Chinese-b… Continue reading US Lawmakers Tell Apple, Google To Be Ready To Remove TikTok From App Stores on January 19
Social media giants confronted a familiar dilemma over user content moderation after murder suspect Luigi Mangione’s arrest in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO on Monday, highlighting the platforms’ varied approaches to managing digital footprints… Continue reading Tech Platforms Diverge on Erasing Criminal Suspects’ Digital Footprints
Skype users can no longer purchase Skype Credit to make calls to mobiles and landlines with affordable rates. Skype is now pushing these users towards monthly subscriptions.
The post Skype Stops Selling Skype Credit In Favor of Monthly Subscriptions ap… Continue reading Skype Stops Selling Skype Credit In Favor of Monthly Subscriptions
“TikTok has lost its bid to strike down a law that could result in the platform being banned in the United States,” reports CNN.
A U.S. federal appeals court just unanimously ruled in favor of the new U.S. law requiring TikTok’s China-based owners to… Continue reading TikTok is One Step Closer to Being Banned in the US
Thread users can now follow people on Mastodon and profiles from other fediverse servers. They can also be notified when these users post new content.
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Bluesky says it will never train generative AI on its users’ data. But despite that, “one million public Bluesky posts — complete with identifying user information — were crawled and then uploaded to AI company Hugging Face,” reports Mashab… Continue reading Bluesky’s Open API Means Anyone Can Scrape Your Data for AI Training. It’s All Public
“Are you spending hours scrolling mindlessly on Instagram reels and TikTok?” asks the BBC. “If so, you might be suffering from brain rot, which has become the Oxford word of the year.”
It is a term that captures concerns about the impact of consuming … Continue reading Oxford’s Word of the Year: ‘Brain Rot’