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Lawmakers in New York have reached a tentative agreement to “prohibit social-media companies from using algorithms to steer content to children without parental consent (source paywalled; alternative source),” according to the Wall Street Journal. “The… Continue reading New York Set to Restrict Social-Media Algorithms for Teens
Instagram has quietly introduced unskippable ads in the app’s main feed. The company confirmed that it’s testing new ad formats that can “drive value for advertisers.”
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: TikTok is working on a clone of its recommendation algorithm for its 170 million U.S. users that may result in a version that operates independently of its Chinese parent and be more palatable to Americ… Continue reading TikTok Preparing a US Copy of the App’s Core Algorithm
Microsoft has launched a new Copilot bot for Telegram in beta. The chatbot currently only supports text chats, but Microsoft may want to get the app’s 900 million monthly active users hooked on its AI assistant.
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ICQ, a once-popular IM, is shutting down on June 26, it says on its website. It once served tens of millions of users daily.
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In what’s marked as an EU first, the French government has blocked TikTok in its territory of New Caledonia amid widespread pro-independence protests. Politico reports: A French draft law, passed Monday, would let citizens vote in local elections after… Continue reading France Bans TikTok In New Caledonia
The rebranding of Twitter to ‘X’ has reached a new milestone today as the twitter.com domain is now redirecting users to x.com.
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After shutting down its awards system last July, Reddit announced that it is bringing it back, with much of the same and some new features. There’ll be “a new design for awards, a new award button under eligible posts and a leaderboard showing top awar… Continue reading Reddit Reintroduces Its Awards System
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Techdirt, written by Mike Masnick: If you’re a fan of chaos, well, the TikTok ban situation is providing plenty of chaos to follow. Ever since the US government made it clear it was seriously going to move forwa… Continue reading Another Billionaire Pushes a Bid For TikTok, But To Decentralize It
Threads has started testing a TweetDeck-like multi-column interface that lets users keep track of different things in real time.
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