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Looks Like American TikTok’s Problems Are Sending Users Flocking to Alternatives

January 27, 2026January 28, 2026 · Gadgets

According to Appfigures, the top five free iPhone apps right now in the U.S. are: ChatGPT JumpJumpVPN V2Box UpScrolled Threads Yesterday, Apple blogger John Gruber of Daring Fireball…

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TikTok finalizes a deal to form a new American entity

January 23, 2026January 23, 2026 · Sacramento, California Local News

TikTok has finalized a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the United States that has been in discussion for…

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Meta’s Use of the Term ‘PG-13’ Has Run Afoul of the U.S. Movie-Rating Organization

November 5, 2025November 5, 2025 · Gadgets

The MPA would like a word with Meta about its new filters for young users. Lucas Ropek Source link

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AI Slop Is Flooding Medium

AI Slop Is Flooding Medium

October 28, 2024October 28, 2024 · Gadgets

Some Medium writers and editors do applaud the platform’s approach to AI. Eric Pierce, who founded Medium’s largest pop culture publication Fanfare, says he doesn’t have to fend…

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X’s First Transparency Report Since Elon Musk’s Takeover Is Finally Here

X’s First Transparency Report Since Elon Musk’s Takeover Is Finally Here

September 25, 2024September 25, 2024 · Gadgets

Today, X released the company’s first transparency report since Elon Musk bought the company, formerly Twitter, in 2022. Before Musk’s takeover, Twitter would release transparency reports every six…

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Why It’s So Hard to Fully Block X in Brazil

Why It’s So Hard to Fully Block X in Brazil

September 5, 2024September 5, 2024 · Gadgets

The social network X has been largely inaccessible in Brazil since Saturday, after the country’s Supreme Court ordered all mobile and internet service providers to block the platform.…

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Mark Zuckerberg Vows to Be Neutral–While Tossing Gifts to Trump and the GOP

Mark Zuckerberg Vows to Be Neutral–While Tossing Gifts to Trump and the GOP

August 30, 2024September 2, 2024 · Gadgets

This week Mark Zuckerberg sent a letter to Jim Jordan, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee. For months, the GOP-led committee has been on a crusade to…

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Telegram Faces a Reckoning. Other Founders Should Beware

Telegram Faces a Reckoning. Other Founders Should Beware

August 29, 2024August 29, 2024 · Gadgets

“[Elon] Musk and fellow executives should be reminded of their criminal liability,” said Bruce Daisley, a former executive at Twitter, who worked at the company’s British office, days…

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Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Charged Over Alleged Criminal Activity on the App

Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Charged Over Alleged Criminal Activity on the App

August 28, 2024August 28, 2024 · Gadgets

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is forbidden from leaving French territory after being charged for complicity in running an online platform that allegedly enabled the spread of sexual images…

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Pavel Durov’s Arrest Leaves Telegram Hanging in the Balance

Pavel Durov’s Arrest Leaves Telegram Hanging in the Balance

August 25, 2024August 25, 2024 · Gadgets

“Civil society has had a complicated relationship with Telegram over the years,” says Natalia Krapiva, a lawyer at the digital rights group Access Now. “We have defended Telegram…

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Telegram’s Founder Reportedly Arrested in France Over Moderation Policy

Telegram’s Founder Reportedly Arrested in France Over Moderation Policy

August 25, 2024August 25, 2024 · Gadgets

Telegram’s cofounder Pavel Durov was arrested on Saturday night after at an airport several miles north of Paris, according to French news outlets BFMTV and TF1. Both outlets…

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How Watermelon Cupcakes Kicked Off an Internal Storm at Meta

How Watermelon Cupcakes Kicked Off an Internal Storm at Meta

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024 · Gadgets

Williams in her note explained that “‘Prayers for …’ any location where there is a war in process might be taken down, but prayers for those impacted by…

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A Nonprofit Tried to Fix Tech Culture—but Lost Control of Its Own

A Nonprofit Tried to Fix Tech Culture—but Lost Control of Its Own

May 29, 2024May 29, 2024 · Gadgets

Allen, a data scientist, and Massachi, a software engineer, worked for nearly four years at Facebook on some of the uglier aspects of social media, combating scams and…

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The Low-Paid Humans Behind AI’s Smarts Ask Biden to Free Them From ‘Modern Day Slavery’

The Low-Paid Humans Behind AI’s Smarts Ask Biden to Free Them From ‘Modern Day Slavery’

May 22, 2024May 23, 2024 · Gadgets

AI projects like OpenAI’s ChatGPT get part of their savvy from some of the lowest-paid workers in the tech industry—contractors often in poor countries paid small sums to…

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The Dark Side of Open Source AI Image Generators

The Dark Side of Open Source AI Image Generators

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 · Gadgets

Whether through the frowning high-definition face of a chimpanzee or a psychedelic, pink-and-red-hued doppelganger of himself, Reuven Cohen uses AI-generated images to catch people’s attention. “I’ve always been…

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X vs. EU: Elon Musk hit with probe over spread of toxic content

X vs. EU: Elon Musk hit with probe over spread of toxic content

December 14, 2023December 18, 2023 · Politics

Elon Musk just got an early, unwelcome Christmas present from Europe: the bloc’s first-ever investigation via its new social media law into X. The European Commission on Monday…

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Twitch's new nudity policy allows illustrated nipples, but not human underboob | TechCrunch

Twitch's new nudity policy allows illustrated nipples, but not human underboob | TechCrunch

December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 · Technology

Twitch announced sweeping updates to its sexual content policy and content classification system, which now allows previously prohibited content like illustrated nipples and “erotic dances,” in addition to…

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Meta has a moderation bias problem, not just a ‘bug,’ that’s suppressing Palestinian voices | TechCrunch

Meta has a moderation bias problem, not just a ‘bug,’ that’s suppressing Palestinian voices | TechCrunch

October 19, 2023October 19, 2023 · Technology

Earlier this year, Palestinian-American filmmaker Khitam Jabr posted a handful of Reels about her family’s trip to the West Bank. In the short travel vlogs, Jabr shared snippets…

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Hamas hate videos make Elon Musk Europe’s digital enemy No. 1

Hamas hate videos make Elon Musk Europe’s digital enemy No. 1

October 12, 2023October 12, 2023 · Politics

Elon Musk has made himself Europe’s digital public enemy No. 1. Since Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday, the billionaire’s social network X has been flooded with gruesome images,…

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Graphic videos of Hamas attacks spread on X

Graphic videos of Hamas attacks spread on X

October 9, 2023October 10, 2023 · Politics

Videos and images of mass shootings, kidnapped civilians and soldiers and other violence linked with Hamas’ attack on Israel are being widely shared on X, formerly known as…

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