Collaborate Disseminate
The Washington Post writes that Telegram’s “anything-goes approach” to its 950 million users “has also made it one of the internet’s largest havens for child predators, experts say….”
“Durov’s critics say his public idealism masks an opportunistic … Continue reading Washington Post Calls Telegram ‘a Haven for Free Speech – and Child Predators’
Threads now supports fediverse sharing for posts created via the Threads API, and it’s also making fediverse replies visible on other people’s posts.
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The Register’s Liam Proven reports: Microsoft’s in-house professional networking site is moving to Microsoft’s in-house Linux. This could mean that big changes are coming for the former CBL-Mariner distro. Ievgen Priadka’s post on the LinkedIn Engineer… Continue reading ‘Uncertainty’ Drives LinkedIn To Migrate From CentOS To Azure Linux
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Threads is deepening its ties to the fediverse, also known as the open social web, which powers services like X alternative Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Flipboard and other apps. On Wednesday, Meta … Continue reading Threads Deepens Its Ties To the Fediverse
Snapchat has quietly launched a native iPad app today. Like Instagram and WhatsApp, the social network has been ignoring iPad users for over a decade.
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: People in a quiet neighborhood in Carthage, a town in Moore County, North Carolina, heard a series of six loud pops a few minutes before 8:00 p.m. on Dec. 3, 2022. A resident named Michael Campbell sa… Continue reading Far-Right ‘Terrorgram’ Chatrooms Are Fueling a Wave of Power Grid Attacks
After testing the feature internally, Threads has started making ephemeral messages available for a limited number of users.
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After announcing it had 200 million active users earlier this month, Threads is now “testing the option for users to put a 24-hour expiration timer on their posts,” writes Engadget:
A spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch that the feature is being tes… Continue reading ‘Threads’ Tests Posts That Disappear After 24 Hours
Six months after going public, Reddit “is winning over advertisers,” reports Bloomberg, “by showing that it’s different than other internet platforms, which often rely on users’ identities and personal information to target ads.”
Instead, Reddit is ta… Continue reading How Reddit Challenges Google and Meta with Ads Based on Topics – Not User Data
The Verge’s Adi Robertson reports: An appeals court revived a lawsuit against the anonymous messaging service Yolo, which allegedly broke a promise to unmask bullies on the app. In a ruling (PDF) issued Thursday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said… Continue reading Families Can Sue App Developer For Breaking Its Anti-Bullying Pledge, Says Court