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Judges toss lawsuit alleging anti-conservative bias on social media
In 2018, the nonprofit organization Freedom Watch and a conservative YouTuber named Laura Loomer tried to sue social media companies. They alleged that Twitter, Facebook and Google — which owns YouTube — broke antitrust laws and violated their Firs… Source
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Facebook’s latest experiment is a collaborative music video creation app
Facebook is no stranger to releasing experimental apps, but Collab, the latest effort from its NPE team, may end up its most creative yet. The software allows you to create a clip of original music and then add up to two other community-created compo… Source
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Instagram brings commercials to IGTV to lure influencers
Instagram is taking its most aggressive steps yet to challenge YouTube: the app is piloting a series of features that will allow influencers to make money off their videos. Instagram announced that it’s testing commercials in IGTV videos and the abil… Source
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Facebook launches Collab, a mix-and-match app for making collaborative music videos
Facebook’s internal R&D group, NPE Team, is rolling out yet another new app today called Collab after having just launched a new group audio calling app, CatchUp, on Tuesday. With Collab, the focus has now returned to video, and specifically, the concept of watching, mixing, and matching original videos together,…
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How Automattic pays its remote employees across different geographies
A growing number of tech companies is telling their employees they can work from anywhere, even after this pandemic has passed. A looming question, however, is how. Last week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees that Facebook will adjust the pay of those who choose to move out of the…
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Facebook’s own research warned its algorithms exploit ‘divisiveness’
Facebook’s executives resisted internal efforts to make its platform less divisive, according to The Wall Street Journal. The company’s internal research found that its algorithms “exploit the human brain’s attraction to divisiveness,” and could make… Source
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