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The main private equity investor in the beloved movie review site looks to sell its controlling stake in the company.
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Kids and teens in Australia self-report that they're easily bypassing their country's social media restrictions.
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It's been years, but Elon Musk is reportedly still trying to make this happen.
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Erdŏgan has 15 days to sign the bill into law. The legislation enters into force six months after publication in the Official Gazette. The main opposition CHP criticised it as a political censorship tool rather than child protection. Turkey has previously blocked Instagram, Roblox, and restricted platforms during the İmamoglu protests. Turkey’s Grand National Assembly […]

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In short: Bond, a new “post-feed” social network founded by former Index Ventures principal Dino Becirovic and ex-Google DeepMind researcher Arthur Brazinskas, launched on 21 April with no infinite scroll and no algorithmic feed, instead using AI trained on users’ photos, videos, and audio to recommend real-world activities. The app enters a growing “healthier social […]

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MTS is a little like cable TV news, but backed by a Silicon Valley VC.
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The Trump regime thinks it should be illegal to not give Elon money.
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YouTube will now automatically hold back advertisements during livestreams when its systems detect that chat engagement has peaked, a change that prioritises collective viewer experience over ad impressions in real time. The platform announced the feature on Monday alongside a suite of updates to its live-streaming tools, including personal ad-free windows for viewers who purchase […]

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Everything is getting more expensive.
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Two landmark social media addiction trials opened the floodgates and Meta is officially afraid.