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Meta Announces Paid Ad-Free Subscription for Facebook, Instagram in Europe
Meta announced a paid ad-free subscription for Facebook and Instagram via a blog post on Monday. Starting next month, Facebook and Instagram users in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland can pay a monthly fee to use Meta-owned platforms without ads.
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Reddit Rolls Out Contributor Program, Offering Real Money for Gold and Karma
Reddit, the popular social networking platforming, is starting a new contributor program, which will let users convert their Reddit gold and karma into real money. Reddit made the announcement in a blog post, alongside bringing a new simplified way to award content on its platform with Reddit gold.
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Instagram, Messenger Users Can Now Use Meta Avatars in Video Calls: How It Works
Meta has announced new real-time Avatar feature for video calls on Instagram and Messenger. The company has announced the feature via its blog post, sharing that users can now use their Avatars during video calls on Instagram and Messenger. Meta Avatars on these social media apps' video calls look somewhat similar to Apple’s Memoji avatars.
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Twitter Says Indian Among Top 5 Countries That Sought Account Information of Users in First Half of 2022
India was among the top requesting countries to remove content from Twitter last year, the popular microblogging platform said in a blog post. On Tuesday, Twitter shared data on its health and safety efforts and said it received approximately 53,000 legal requests to remove content from governments across the globe from January 1 to June 30, 2022.
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Twitter Says It Removed 6.5 Million Pieces of Content in First Half of 2022 Before Elon Musk's Takeover
Twitter disclosed the number of content removals in a blog post on the same day the European Union said the social media platform would be among 19 tech companies subject to new landmark rules that require them to share data with authorities, do more to tackle disinformation and conduct external and independent auditing.
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Twitter Reveals Parts of Source Code Behind the Microsite's Algorithm
Twitter on Friday made public parts of the computer code that decides how the social media site recommends content, allowing users and programmers a peek into its workings and the ability to suggest modifications to the algorithm. The company said in a blog post it uploaded the code in two repositories on code-sharing platform Github.
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Signal's Moxie Marlinspike Quits, WhatsApp Co-Founder Brian Acton to Take Over as Interim CEO
Signal's Founder and CEO Moxie Marlinspike said in a blog post on Monday that he will step down and WhatsApp Co-Founder Brian Acton will become the interim CEO.
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Donald Trump Pulls Own Blog From Internet, Will Not Return Online
Donald Trump has cancelled his own blog, an advisor announced, highlighting the ex-president and election conspiracy theorist's struggle to escape the social media wilderness.
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Who Made Clubhouse App? Paul Davison, a Founder in a State of Perpetual Motion
Paul Davison left Pinterest after about two years and in 2019 reconnected with an old acquaintance named Rohan Seth. At the time, Seth was looking for help raising money for a research effort to treat his young daughter’s rare disease. The two decided to give social media startups “one last try,” they wrote in a company blog post. They introd...
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Facebook Pledges $1 Billion to Support News Media Over Next Three Years, Defends Australia Blackout
Facebook pledged to invest at least $1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,230 crore) to support journalism over the next three years as the social media giant defended its handling of a dispute with Australia over payments to media organisations.
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Pokemon Go May Be Looking to Increase India Presence, New Job Listing Suggests
Game maker Niantic is scouting for local talent that can generate momentum, attend industry events in the largest cities in the country, and plan meetups for Pokemon Go community members. The employee may also have to generate more social noise by writing blog posts, articles, social media posts, and newsletters. The job listing hints that Niantic ...
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Facebook Improves Automatic Alt Text for Visually Impaired Users, Now Recognises Over 1,200 Concepts
Facebook has announced improvements for its Automatic Alt Text (AAT) system. It will now be able to identify activities, landmarks, types of animals, and more. The tech giant said in a blog post that the improved AAT recognises over 1,200 concepts, that is 10 times more than what it could identify when it was launched in 2016.
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Twitter Verification Policy Revamped, Will Be Implemented on January 20 Next Year
Twitter will implement its revamped account verification policy on January 20, 2021. The company shared the development through a blog post. It will also implement a new memorialisation policy.
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Twitter Plans to Create Label for Automated Bot Accounts in 2021
Twitter is planning to create a new type of account for bots next year that will identify them as automated, the company said in a blog post finalising plans for a reboot of its long-paused verification programme.
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Facebook, Swamped With Misinformation, Extends Post-Election US Political Advertisement Ban
Facebook said its post-election ban on political advertisements would likely last another month, raising concerns from campaigns and groups eager to reach voters for key Georgia races in January that will decide control of the Senate.
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Meta Announces Paid Ad-Free Subscription for Facebook, Instagram in Europe
Meta announced a paid ad-free subscription for Facebook and Instagram via a blog post on Monday. Starting next month, Facebook and Instagram users in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland can pay a monthly fee to use Meta-owned platforms without ads.
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Reddit Rolls Out Contributor Program, Offering Real Money for Gold and Karma
Reddit, the popular social networking platforming, is starting a new contributor program, which will let users convert their Reddit gold and karma into real money. Reddit made the announcement in a blog post, alongside bringing a new simplified way to award content on its platform with Reddit gold.
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Instagram, Messenger Users Can Now Use Meta Avatars in Video Calls: How It Works
Meta has announced new real-time Avatar feature for video calls on Instagram and Messenger. The company has announced the feature via its blog post, sharing that users can now use their Avatars during video calls on Instagram and Messenger. Meta Avatars on these social media apps' video calls look somewhat similar to Apple’s Memoji avatars.
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Twitter Says Indian Among Top 5 Countries That Sought Account Information of Users in First Half of 2022
India was among the top requesting countries to remove content from Twitter last year, the popular microblogging platform said in a blog post. On Tuesday, Twitter shared data on its health and safety efforts and said it received approximately 53,000 legal requests to remove content from governments across the globe from January 1 to June 30, 2022.
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Twitter Says It Removed 6.5 Million Pieces of Content in First Half of 2022 Before Elon Musk's Takeover
Twitter disclosed the number of content removals in a blog post on the same day the European Union said the social media platform would be among 19 tech companies subject to new landmark rules that require them to share data with authorities, do more to tackle disinformation and conduct external and independent auditing.
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Twitter Reveals Parts of Source Code Behind the Microsite's Algorithm
Twitter on Friday made public parts of the computer code that decides how the social media site recommends content, allowing users and programmers a peek into its workings and the ability to suggest modifications to the algorithm. The company said in a blog post it uploaded the code in two repositories on code-sharing platform Github.
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Signal's Moxie Marlinspike Quits, WhatsApp Co-Founder Brian Acton to Take Over as Interim CEO
Signal's Founder and CEO Moxie Marlinspike said in a blog post on Monday that he will step down and WhatsApp Co-Founder Brian Acton will become the interim CEO.
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Donald Trump Pulls Own Blog From Internet, Will Not Return Online
Donald Trump has cancelled his own blog, an advisor announced, highlighting the ex-president and election conspiracy theorist's struggle to escape the social media wilderness.
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Who Made Clubhouse App? Paul Davison, a Founder in a State of Perpetual Motion
Paul Davison left Pinterest after about two years and in 2019 reconnected with an old acquaintance named Rohan Seth. At the time, Seth was looking for help raising money for a research effort to treat his young daughter’s rare disease. The two decided to give social media startups “one last try,” they wrote in a company blog post. They introd...
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Facebook Pledges $1 Billion to Support News Media Over Next Three Years, Defends Australia Blackout
Facebook pledged to invest at least $1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,230 crore) to support journalism over the next three years as the social media giant defended its handling of a dispute with Australia over payments to media organisations.
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Pokemon Go May Be Looking to Increase India Presence, New Job Listing Suggests
Game maker Niantic is scouting for local talent that can generate momentum, attend industry events in the largest cities in the country, and plan meetups for Pokemon Go community members. The employee may also have to generate more social noise by writing blog posts, articles, social media posts, and newsletters. The job listing hints that Niantic ...
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Facebook Improves Automatic Alt Text for Visually Impaired Users, Now Recognises Over 1,200 Concepts
Facebook has announced improvements for its Automatic Alt Text (AAT) system. It will now be able to identify activities, landmarks, types of animals, and more. The tech giant said in a blog post that the improved AAT recognises over 1,200 concepts, that is 10 times more than what it could identify when it was launched in 2016.
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Twitter Verification Policy Revamped, Will Be Implemented on January 20 Next Year
Twitter will implement its revamped account verification policy on January 20, 2021. The company shared the development through a blog post. It will also implement a new memorialisation policy.
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Twitter Plans to Create Label for Automated Bot Accounts in 2021
Twitter is planning to create a new type of account for bots next year that will identify them as automated, the company said in a blog post finalising plans for a reboot of its long-paused verification programme.
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Facebook, Swamped With Misinformation, Extends Post-Election US Political Advertisement Ban
Facebook said its post-election ban on political advertisements would likely last another month, raising concerns from campaigns and groups eager to reach voters for key Georgia races in January that will decide control of the Senate.
