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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen says Meta can't recover until Mark Zuckerberg steps down: report
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen said the social media giant won't be able to recover until Mark Zuckerberg steps down as chief executive. In an interview with Bloomberg, she spoke about what compelled her to go public after she left the company in May 2021.
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Supreme Court Blocks Texas Law Regulating Social Media Platforms
The law, prompted by conservative complaints about censorship, prohibits big technology companies like Facebook and Twitter from removing posts based on the views they express.
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The young Indian extremists inspired by alt-right memes
A movement inspired by Western extremists uses memes to promote Hindu supremacy.
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Tick tok and social media monster
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Johnny Depp's trial against Amber Heard became the biggest news event in the country because it's the perfect storm of America's obsession with celebrity
In a TikTok that started going viral last week, a man pantomimes telling his boss that he can't come into work the next day because he has jury duty. The video then cuts to the man with his face almost pressed against his laptop screen, watching intently to footage from the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial. The TikTok exemplifies the intense public fascination with the defamation trial featuring a Hollywood legend and his once rising-star ex-wife, who have spent weeks trading shocking accusations of domestic abuse.
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Author Interview – Kristin Johnson – Ain’t “U” Got No Manners?
On The Table Read, author and ghostwriter Kristin Johnson talks to JJ Barnes about her career and her new social media etiquette book, Ain't "U" Got No Manners?
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Instagram moderators say Iran offered them bribes to remove accounts
Intelligence agents wanted accounts of journalists and activists to be removed, whistleblowers say.
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How many bots are on Twitter? The question is tough to answer — and misses the point
"We have observed a broad spectrum of behaviors mixing the characteristics of bots and people."
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Instagram releases a new logo, typography as part of its visual refresh
Instagram has confirmed that it is set to release a brighter icon along with its own typography.
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On social media, Johnny Depp is winning public sympathy over Amber Heard
On TikTok, #IStandWithAmberHeard has garnered about 8.2 million views, while #JusticeForJohnnyDepp has earned about 15 billion views. A sociologist offers her views on the reasons why.
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Halsey Claims Label Won't Release New Song Unless They 'Fake a Viral Moment on TikTok'
The singer joined a growing collection of artists frustrated with their labels over the heightened role of virality in dictating music releases
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Cambridge Analytica scandal: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sued by Washington, DC AG
The Cambridge Analytica scandal returned to haunt Meta aka Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with Washington District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A Racine announcing that his office is suing the social media behemoth's founder for his role in Facebook's misleading privacy practices and failure to protect millions of users' data.
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Why Elon Musk should read Facebook’s latest transparency report
Today, let’s talk about Facebook’s latest effort to make the platform more comprehensible to outsiders — and how its findings inform our current, seemingly endless debate over whether you can have a social network and free speech, too.
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Parenting Instagram accounts can make mothers feel supported, but also less competent
By Emily Reynolds. Negative feelings particularly likely to arise among mothers prone to social comparison.
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Older people using TikTok to defy ageist stereotypes, research finds
Older TikTok users are using the online platform, regarded as the virtual playground of teenagers, to defy ageist stereotypes of elderly people as technophobic and frail. Research has found increasing numbers of accounts belonging to users aged 60 and older with millions of followers. Using the platform to showcase their energy and vibrancy, these TikTok elders are rewriting expectations around how older people should behave both on and off social media.
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Why Tech Companies Struggled to Stop Buffalo Terror Video
Twitch took down the livestream of the Buffalo shooting in two minutes. It wasn’t enough.
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Jordan Peterson quits Twitter hours after being roasted for criticising a supermodel
Controversial psychology professor and author Jordan Peterson has quit Twitter because of an “endless flood of vicious insults” after he was roasted for criticising a supermodel.
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Most cannabis use is depicted positively on TikTok, study finds
Cannabis use is widespread and becoming more normalized as it becomes legalized in more areas around the world. Another method cannabis use is becoming normalized is through social media platforms such as TikTok.
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'Overnight, everything I loved was gone': the internet shaming of Lindsey Stone
When a friend posted a photograph of charity worker Lindsey Stone on Facebook, she never dreamed she would lose her job and her reputation. Two years on, could she get her life back?
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Facebook Learns There's Another Company Named Meta Already
Facebook rebranded as Meta last month, but a PC company already called Meta has something to say about that. According to TMZ, another company already filed to trademark the word "Meta" back in August. This company is Meta PC, and it sells computers, laptops, tablets, and software. Founders Joe Darger and Zack Shutt said that they've been operating Meta PC for a little over a year now, but only recently filed to trademark the "Meta" brand.