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YouTube’s Ad Blocker Crackdown Spurs Record Uninstalls
Google has had a complicated relationship with the ad blocking industry. The Google Play mobile app store, unlike Apple’s App…
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The New Era of Social Media Looks as Bad for Privacy as the Last One
When Elon Musk took over Twitter in October 2022, experts warned that his proposed changes—including less content moderation and a…
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Greece’s New Political Star Is a TikTok Creation
On the night that Greece’s biggest left-wing party voted for its new leader, all anyone could talk about was pizza.…
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Inside Elon Musk’s First Election Crisis—a Day After He ‘Freed’ the Bird
The day after Elon Musk closed his deal to buy Twitter, the company’s Seattle office held a Halloween party for…
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TikTok Streamers Are Staging ‘Israel vs. Palestine’ Live Matches to Cash In on Virtual Gifts
Live matches, also known as player knockout or PK battles, have been a feature on TikTok since at least 2021,…
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The 5 Instagram Features That US States Say Ruin Teens’ Mental Health
In 2019, Instagram’s top executive, Adam Mosseri, went on TV to describe how the Meta-owned social media app was “rethinking…
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The Hamas Threat of Hostage Execution Videos Looms Large Over Social Media
Ahmed alleges that the companies are failing to implement systems that automatically detect violent extremist content as effectively as they…
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The GitHub Black Market That Helps Coders Cheat the Popularity Contest
The index is a good predictor of whether a company will raise a round, says Konstantin Vinogradov, a general partner…
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Palestinians Claim Social Media ‘Censorship’ Is Endangering Lives
When Israel issued an evacuation order from north Gaza on October 13, Shouq Al-Najjar left her house and headed south,…
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Who’s Responsible for the Gaza Hospital Explosion? Here’s Why It’s Hard to Know What’s Real
“When you see people in such a capacity putting out a claim, walking it back, putting out a video, deleting…
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