Elon Musk suggests all X (Twitter) users could be asked to pay to use platform
Elon Musk has suggested that all users of social media platform X could be required to pay to use the service in an effort to stop bots on the site. Speaking during a livestreamed conversation on...
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Musk’s X is biggest source of fake news, EU official says
A top European Union official has said the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, is the biggest source of fake news and urged owner Elon Musk to comply with the bloc’s laws aimed at combating...
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicks off developer conference with focus on AI
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has kicked off the tech giant’s Connect developer conference in California with a focus on virtual and augmented reality and artificial intelligence. The company behind...
View ArticleTikTok finds and shuts down secret operation to stir up conflict in Ireland
TikTok has uncovered and shut down a secretive operation to influence Irish users and whip up social conflict. The covert influence operation (CIO) network comprised 72 accounts with a total following...
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TikTok ends retail business in Indonesia after ban on social media shopping
TikTok has said it will halt its online retail operation in Indonesia to comply with the country’s decision to ban e-commerce transactions on social media platforms – a big blow to the video platform’s...
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TikTok trials advert-free paid subscription plan
TikTok is trialling a new paid subscription service for people who do not want to see adverts on the video-sharing platform. The social media giant is offering the service as part of a limited test in...
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X (aka Twitter) removes article headlines in latest platform update
The X social media site has stopped showing headlines on articles shared on the platform. The site formerly known as Twitter now only displays an article’s lead image and a link to the story. Plans for...
View ArticleEU digital chief warns Musk over misinformation on X about Israel-Hamas war
The European Union’s digital policy chief has said misinformation about the war between Israel and Hamas abounds on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in a letter to owner Elon Musk. X...
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Meta and X questioned by US legislators over AI-generated political deepfakes
US legislators are calling on social media platforms X, Facebook and Instagram to explain why they are not imposing labels on deceptive AI-generated political advertisements that could fake a...
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EU opens investigation into X over disinformation concerns
The European Union has opened an investigation into Elon Musk’s X platform over concerns about the spread of illegal content and disinformation around the Israel-Hamas conflict. The European Commission...
View ArticleAustralian watchdog fines X (aka Twitter) over lack of transparency on...
Australia’s online safety watchdog has fined X – the social media platform formerly known as Twitter – 610,500 Australian dollars (around £316,000) for failing to fully explain how it tackled child...
View ArticleKenyan Facebook moderators accuse Meta of not negotiating sincerely
The lawyer representing 184 former Facebook content moderators based in Kenya who sued the site’s parent company Meta over working conditions and pay has told a judge that Meta has not been sincere in...
View ArticleX (aka Twitter) begins charging new users to post as part of trial
X, the site formerly known as Twitter, has started to charge new users to post and reply to others on the platform as part of a new trial it says is to combat bot accounts. The scheme will see new...
View ArticleTinder adds Matchmaker feature to let friends recommend potential dates
Tinder users can now invite friends to view and suggest potential matches on the dating app as part of a new “matchmaking” feature. Called Matchmaker, the new tool enables a user to give access to...
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Elon Musk says ad-free X (aka Twitter) Premium subscription is coming soon
Elon Musk says X, formerly known as Twitter, will soon launch an ad-free version of its X Premium subscription, allowing users to pay to not see advertisements. The Tesla and SpaceX boss said the site...
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US states sue Meta claiming social platforms harming children’s mental health
Dozens of US states are suing Meta for harming young people and contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly designing features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to its...
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Elon Musk’s first year at Twitter ‘hugely damaging’
Elon Musk’s first year in charge of X, formerly known as Twitter, “couldn’t have gone any worse” and has been “hugely damaging”, industry experts have said. October 27 marks the first anniversary of...
View ArticleFacebook and Instagram launching advert-free paid subscription in EU
Facebook and Instagram are letting users in the EU pay to stop seeing adverts on the social media platforms, owner Meta has announced. The technology giant said it is rolling out the subscription...
View ArticleSexist comments on TikTok ‘more liked’ than non-sexist ones – study
Sexist comments on TikTok videos are more popular than non-sexist ones, and men are more likely to make them than women, analysis has suggested. On average, sexist comments received 604 likes compared...
View ArticleMeta to allow users to delete Threads accounts without losing Instagram
Meta said it will start allowing users to delete or deactivate their Threads accounts without also closing down their Instagram accounts. Instagram boss Adam Mosseri said in a Threads post that the...
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