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X Could Soon Stop Displaying Headlines on News Articles, Says Elon Musk
Elon Musk is pushing to change how news links appear on his social media platform X, formerly called Twitter, in a move that could potentially undermine the ability of news publishers to draw audience. X is planning to remove the headline and text while retaining just the lead image from links to news articles shared on the platform, Musk said in ...
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Meta's 'Friendly' Threads Collides With Unfriendly Internet
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has pitched Meta's Twitter copycat app, Threads, as a "friendly" refuge for public discourse online. The company said it would hold users of the new Threads app to the same rules it maintains on its photo and video-sharing social media service, Instagram.
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Google, Twitter Told by Australian Regulators to Disclose Their Efforts to Stop Online Child Abuse
An Australian regulator has sent legal letters to Twitter and Google telling them to hand over information about their efforts to stop online child abuse, drawing them into a crackdown that has already put pressure on other global tech firms.
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Meta Warned of Potential Breach of EU Antitrust Laws Over Competition in Online Classified Advertising
Meta was warned by the European Commission on Monday that it was likely breaching EU antitrust laws. The social media firm will face an investigation into whether it abused its dominant position and distorted competition in markets for online classified advertising. EU antitrust regulators last month were said to be drawing up charges against Meta ...
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Elon Musk’s Fight Over Twitter Deal Could Attract Further SEC Scrutiny, Experts Say
Elon Musk’s fight with Twitter over his $44 billion (roughly Rs. XXX crore) deal to buy the microblogging service could draw further scrutiny from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to experts. The SEC might want to investigate whether Musk misled the market during the deal. The social media service has not only alleged th...
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YouTube Influencers And Broking Apps Draw In Millions Of Day Traders
In India it's been a wave of YouTube influencers as well as a host of private stock-tipping social media chat groups that have drawn millions of day traders into discount brokers like Zerodha Broking Ltd, Angel Broking Ltd and SoftBank Group-backed Paytm's broker app.
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Clubhouse Emerges as Platform for Thai Dissidents, Government Issues Warning
Thailand warned users of Clubhouse not to break the law after the audio social media app emerged almost overnight as a platform for discussion of the monarchy, the latest example of the fast-growing app drawing the ire of governments in Asia.
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Microsoft TikTok US Acquisition: Deal Talks Draw Criticism in China
Microsoft’s talks to buy the US operations of TikTok provoked an outcry on Chinese social media as well as drew criticism from prominent ByteDance investor, Fred Hu.
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Big Tech Antitrust Hearing: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Skewered With Internal Emails
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stumbled at a congressional hearing on alleged abuse of market power, as lawmakers confronted the social media titan with damaging internal emails about the company's acquisitions.
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Instagram Bans Fictional Snippets Showing Suicide
Instagram early this year clamped down on images of self-injury after a British teen who went online to read about suicide took her own life.
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Saudis Defend App That Lets Men Give Women Permission To Travel
A Saudi mobile-phone app that's come under fire for perpetuating the kingdom's male guardianship system is drawing praise on social media as the government pushes back against the criticism.
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Snapchat Redesigns App to Shift Attention to Media Channels
Snapchat is trying to fix that by interspersing Discover channels with the app's Live Stories, which often draw tens of millions of viewers for popular events.
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X Could Soon Stop Displaying Headlines on News Articles, Says Elon Musk
Elon Musk is pushing to change how news links appear on his social media platform X, formerly called Twitter, in a move that could potentially undermine the ability of news publishers to draw audience. X is planning to remove the headline and text while retaining just the lead image from links to news articles shared on the platform, Musk said in ...
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Meta's 'Friendly' Threads Collides With Unfriendly Internet
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has pitched Meta's Twitter copycat app, Threads, as a "friendly" refuge for public discourse online. The company said it would hold users of the new Threads app to the same rules it maintains on its photo and video-sharing social media service, Instagram.
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Google, Twitter Told by Australian Regulators to Disclose Their Efforts to Stop Online Child Abuse
An Australian regulator has sent legal letters to Twitter and Google telling them to hand over information about their efforts to stop online child abuse, drawing them into a crackdown that has already put pressure on other global tech firms.
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Meta Warned of Potential Breach of EU Antitrust Laws Over Competition in Online Classified Advertising
Meta was warned by the European Commission on Monday that it was likely breaching EU antitrust laws. The social media firm will face an investigation into whether it abused its dominant position and distorted competition in markets for online classified advertising. EU antitrust regulators last month were said to be drawing up charges against Meta ...
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Elon Musk’s Fight Over Twitter Deal Could Attract Further SEC Scrutiny, Experts Say
Elon Musk’s fight with Twitter over his $44 billion (roughly Rs. XXX crore) deal to buy the microblogging service could draw further scrutiny from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to experts. The SEC might want to investigate whether Musk misled the market during the deal. The social media service has not only alleged th...
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YouTube Influencers And Broking Apps Draw In Millions Of Day Traders
In India it's been a wave of YouTube influencers as well as a host of private stock-tipping social media chat groups that have drawn millions of day traders into discount brokers like Zerodha Broking Ltd, Angel Broking Ltd and SoftBank Group-backed Paytm's broker app.
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Clubhouse Emerges as Platform for Thai Dissidents, Government Issues Warning
Thailand warned users of Clubhouse not to break the law after the audio social media app emerged almost overnight as a platform for discussion of the monarchy, the latest example of the fast-growing app drawing the ire of governments in Asia.
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Microsoft TikTok US Acquisition: Deal Talks Draw Criticism in China
Microsoft’s talks to buy the US operations of TikTok provoked an outcry on Chinese social media as well as drew criticism from prominent ByteDance investor, Fred Hu.
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Big Tech Antitrust Hearing: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Skewered With Internal Emails
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stumbled at a congressional hearing on alleged abuse of market power, as lawmakers confronted the social media titan with damaging internal emails about the company's acquisitions.
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Instagram Bans Fictional Snippets Showing Suicide
Instagram early this year clamped down on images of self-injury after a British teen who went online to read about suicide took her own life.
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Saudis Defend App That Lets Men Give Women Permission To Travel
A Saudi mobile-phone app that's come under fire for perpetuating the kingdom's male guardianship system is drawing praise on social media as the government pushes back against the criticism.
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Snapchat Redesigns App to Shift Attention to Media Channels
Snapchat is trying to fix that by interspersing Discover channels with the app's Live Stories, which often draw tens of millions of viewers for popular events.
