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Health Official in Papua New Guinea Explains How Facebook Spreads Misinformation
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape (R) preparing to receive a dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in Port…
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Facebook Lets Users Restrict Commenting to a Small Circle of Friends
File photo of Facebook CEO Mark ZuckerbergPhoto: Bill Clark/AFP (Getty Images) Facebook users will soon get more control over who…
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LinkedIn Also Has a Clubhouse Rival in the Works Now
Photo: Carl Court / Staff (Getty Images) The latest platform dipping its toes into the tepid waters of the “social…
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‘System Update’ Android App Is Dangerous Malware
Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) Beware a newly discovered malicious app that pretends to update your phone but, in reality,…
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Linktree Raises $45 Million for Its ‘Link in Bio’ Social Commerce Service
“Link in bio.” If you, like me, are constantly doomscrolling online, you’ve probably come across the phrase before. Between the…
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Mike Lindell’s New Social Media Site Is Just Named Frank
Screenshot: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia / FX / Edit by Gizmodo The MyPillow weirdo’s new censorship-free social media network…
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WhatsApp Testing Different Playback Speeds on iOS and Android
Photo: Lionel Bonaventure / AFP (Getty Images) If you’ve ever gotten a really long voice message on WhatsApp that you…
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Senate Considering Hauling in Facebook, Twitter CEOs so They Can All Ramble for Hours About Whatever Bullshit Gripe They Have This Time
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey at a Congressional hearing in November 2020.Photo: Hannah McKay (Getty Images) HellfeedHellfeedHellfeed is your bimonthly resource…
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How to Stop People From Sharing Misinformation, ‘Fake News’
Photo: JOSH EDELSON / Contributor (Getty Images) A new study in Nature suggests that shifting reader attention online can help…
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Facebook Working on Instagram Product for Children Under 13 Years Old
Photo: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP (Getty Images) Facebook, the social media behemoth that owns Instagram, is developing a new Instagram product for…
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