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Supreme Court rejects lawsuit that sought to hold Reddit responsible for hosting child pornography | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up a case from a victim of sex trafficking who sought to hold Reddit, an online platform, responsible for hosting images of child pornography on the website.
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What on Earth is the fediverse and why does it matter?
Since its launch in October 2016, microblogging social network Mastodon has been gaining ground, reaching 1 million users as of December 2017. To many it's the anti-Twitter. Though much like it in appearance and feature-set, Mastodon places greater emphasis on safety and privacy.
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r/RedditAlternatives
r/RedditAlternatives: A subreddit for cataloging, dispersing and sharing all reddit alternatives out there.
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Social media is making us stupid, but we can fix it
Social media distorts the mental models we build of the world, degrading our collective intelligence and our ability to make good decisions.
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TRUSTED FRAUD COMPLAIN CENTER
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Bluesky Social just took a big open-source step forward
The hot new social network from Twitter's founders has open-sourced its client software. Here's why that matters.
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Montana will offically ban the use of TikTok for all its citizens starting January 1, 2024
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed the bill to ban TikTok across the state into law today, but that law will almost certainly be challenged by TikTok owner ByteDance in court.
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YouTube algorithm sends gun videos to kids as young as 9, study finds
YouTube says it works hard to protect children, but the researchers say the material could traumatize vulnerable kids or send them down dark roads of radicalization and extremism.
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TRUSTED FRAUD COMPLAIN CENTER
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Indians harassed by spam calls flood on WhatsApp
Many users have been complaining about receiving calls from unknown international numbers.
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A Q&A With the Author Whose Book Is Rocketing up the Charts Thanks to a Tweet From “Bigolas Dickolas”
The tweet appeared on Sunday. By Monday, the book was in Amazon's Top 100—and rising.
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The Evolution of Social Media Share Buttons on Blogs
Gone are the days when bloggers were satisfied with a simple text link to share their blog posts on social media. With the rise of social…
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WhatsApp could disappear from UK over privacy concerns, ministers told
‘Intentional ambiguity’ over end-to-end encryption in online safety bill could lead to messaging app being withdrawn
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TikTok tracked UK journalist via her cat's account
London-based reporter Cristina Criddle says it was "chilling" to learn her data had been accessed.
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I tried Bluesky Social and it's basically a far friendlier Twitter (for now)
Here's how you can try the latest -- and maybe greatest -- Twitter alternative contender, too.
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Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on monetizing youth data
Meta has 30 days to respond to allegations about its Messenger Kids product.
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48% of people under 42 spend more time socializing online than off
Deloitte has found that today's entertainment trends are driven by younger generations and the content they create. And that could have big implications for everyone.
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Celebs like Aubrey Plaza and Emma Roberts are getting slammed for Big Milk ad campaigns: 'I thought we left the cow milk propaganda in the 90s'
Plant-based milk drinkers are speaking out about the campaigns, suggesting star power may not be enough to change Gen Z's mind about cow's milk.
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Majority of TikTok users in city take hit to mental health after misinformation
The majority of TikTok users in Brighton say they have been negatively impacted by health misinformation on the platform. With many self-claimed medical experts using the social media service to share advice and diagnoses, snippets of false information are being openly consumed by unknowing users. It has resulted in 85.7 per cent of TikTok users in the city seeing a downturn in their mental wellbeing after watching the fake videos.
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Twitter is adding verified check marks to the accounts of dead celebrities, making them look like paid Twitter Blue subscribers
Kobe Bryant, Anthony Bourdain, and Chadwick Boseman were among the celebrities the app says bought a subscription and verified their phone number.