Collaborate Disseminate
A study published in Nature has found that conservative social media users were more likely to face sanctions, but attributes this to their higher propensity to share low-quality news rather than political bias. Researchers analyzed 9,000 Twitter users… Continue reading Social Media Sanctions Hit Conservatives More, But Due to Content Sharing, Study Says
Meta is launching a new Facebook Content Monetization program in beta that will merge the existing monetization opportunities on the platform.
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Threads users who have enabled sharing to the fediverse can now see who follows them and likes their content from other fediverse servers.
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Russian authorities are considering a ban on Discord, citing unspecified legal violations. According to the Russian daily newspaper Kommersant, the ban may happen “in the coming days.” PC Gamer reports: The opening salvo has already been fired. The Rus… Continue reading Russia Is Banning Discord
Reddit has implemented new restrictions on moderators’ ability to alter community visibility settings, the social media platform announced Monday. Moderators must now obtain admin approval before switching subreddits between public, private, or NSFW st… Continue reading Reddit is Making Sitewide Protests Basically Impossible
Evan Prodromou, co-author of the ActivityPub protocol, has launched The Social Web Foundation to address the challenges of the ActivityPub ecosystem and foster the growth of the Fediverse. The foundation aims to support developers, organizations, and g… Continue reading Evan Prodromou Launches The Social Web Foundation To Build Out the Fediverse
LinkedIn announced an update to its Terms of Service today to make it clearer that it uses data from its members for AI training.
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YouTube is launching today a new Communities experience to give content creators and their audience a dedicated space to interact outside of the comments section.
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The Verge’s Alex Heath reports: Snap’s fifth-generation Spectacles have a richer, more immersive display. Using them feels snappier. They weigh less than their predecessor and last longer on a charge. Those are exactly the kinds of upgrades you’d expec… Continue reading Snap’s New Spectacles Inch Closer To Compelling AR
Instagram has introduced new safety features that make teenage accounts private by default, enhance parental supervision, and set messaging restrictions to protect young users, requiring parental approval for changes. NPR reports: Meta said users under… Continue reading Instagram Makes All Teen Accounts Private