Tag: social media
Twitch has new penalties for streamers caught viewbotting, CEO says
Repeat offenders will be punished with "caps" on their views. Source
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Snap’s $400 million deal with Perplexity is dead
The planned AI search feature for Snapchat never fully rolled out. Source
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Elon Musk settles with the SEC for $1.5 million after years-long dispute over his Twitter investment
Musk did not admit wrongdoing. Source
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Instagram is testing optional ‘AI creator’ labels
The company is encouraging accounts that frequently post Gen AI content to use the feature, but isn't requiring it. Source
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How I quit social media for a month… and then ended up right back where I started
As a tech journalist, I’m pretty much always online. With that sometimes comes certain habits that are not necessarily conducive to either productivity or mental health. I’m pretty sure most people would relate to that statement, regardless of profession, to say the least. My current bugbear? It’s definitely my social…
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‘The ‘engineering of addiction’ explained — 3 ways Meta and YouTube have harmed young users, according to the landmark case
On Wednesday, a Los Angeles jury found that Meta and Google are liable for designing products that are deliberately addictive and failing to warn users about the nature of their products. This is huge news, a landmark verdict that will inform hundreds of cases to come. While the plaintiff, a…
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