Collaborate Disseminate
Following the arrest of its CEO Pavel Durov last month, the encrypted messaging service said it has disabled some “outdated” and “misused” features used by anonymous users. The Verge reports: The first changes to the app following his arrest in France … Continue reading Telegram Disables ‘Misused’ Features As CEO Faces Criminal Charges
In the days following Brazil’s shutdown of X, the decentralized social networking startup Bluesky added over 2 million new users, up from just half a million as of Friday. “This rapid growth led some users to encounter the occasional error that would s… Continue reading Bluesky Adds 2 Million New Users After Brazil’s X Ban
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