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Case launched against TikTok over collection of children’s data
Former children’s commissioner for England launches case against video-sharing app
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The MyPillowGuy's social media site launch is a glorious disaster
We're now in Day Two of Frankathon, Mike Lindell's 48-hour livestream launch of his new "free speech" social media platform. It's going wonderfully, in case you wondered.
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Fanfiction about real people is flourishing
The two Minecraft YouTubers of Heat Waves aren’t dating, but they don’t mind the fantasy
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Social Media ‘Likes’ Change the Way We Feel About Our Memories
Sharing our personal experiences on social media may negatively impact how we feel about our memories, especially if the post doesn't get many likes, a new study reports.
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WordPress to automatically disable Google FLoC on websites
WordPress announced today that they plan on treating Google's new FLoC tracking technology as a security concern and plans to block it by default on WordPress sites.
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Reuters finally decides to charge you for its online news stories with a paywall
As online publishers grapple with how to replace dwindling ad revenue and find new ways to bring in money, Reuters, one of the largest news organizations in the world, is using a strategy that’s been around for years and putting its online content behind a paywall.
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Twitter bans James O’Keefe of Project Veritas over fake account policy
Twitter has banned right-wing provocateur James O’Keefe, creator of political gotcha video producer Project Veritas, for violating its “platform manipulation and spam policy,” suggesting he was operating multiple accounts in an unsanctioned way.
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MyPillow CEO’s free speech social network will ban posts that take the Lord’s name in vain
It’s named Frank. (Seriously.)
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‘Can babies see ghosts?’ The best of Yahoo Answers
After 16 years, one of the internet’s first – and most surreal – Q&A platforms is to be shut down
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Canada is considering a proposal that would allow internet providers to block piracy websites
The federal government is considering a controversial move to allow internet service providers to block websites that show pirated movies and TV shows. The government launched a consultation document Wednesday that proposes a number of options to crack down on online content that infringes copyright in Canada.
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's social-media site Frank is now set to launch on April 20
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is launching a social-media site focused on free speech that he says will be a cross between Twitter and YouTube.
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DuckDuckGo Announces Plans to Block Google's FLoC
DuckDuckGo announces plans to block FLoC, Google’s new way of tracking users’ web browsing activity in Chrome. As Google transitions away from using third-party cookies in Chrome, its developing a new technology called FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts).
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Why We’re Freaking Out About Substack
A company that makes it easy to charge for newsletters has captivated an anxious industry because it embodies larger forces and contradictions.
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YouTube Kids 'a vapid wasteland', say US lawmakers
The comments were made in a letter sent to YouTube chief executive Susan Wojcicki.
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Twitter reportedly discussed buying social audio app Clubhouse for $4 billion
But who approached whom is unclear.
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Yahoo Answers will be shut down forever on May 4th
Yahoo Answers will see its final day next month.
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533 million Facebook users’ phone numbers leaked on hacker forum
The mobile phone numbers and other personal information for approximately 533 million Facebook users worldwide has been leaked on a popular hacker forum for free.
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Pinterest is reportedly in talks to acquire VSCO
NYT sources claim Pinterest and VSCO could team up.
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This News Publisher Quit Facebook. Readership Went Up
Many media outlets feel they need to be on Facebook to reach people. So why did New Zealand's biggest news publisher decide to go it alone?
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Content Moderation Is A Losing Battle. Infrastructure Companies Should Refuse to Join the Fight
It seems like every week there’s another Big Tech hearing accompanied by a flurry of mostly bad ideas for reform. Two events set last week’s hubbub apart, both involving Facebook. First, Mark Zuckerberg took a new step in his blatant effort to use 230 reform to entrench Facebook’s dominance.
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