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If you spend a significant amount of time on YouTube, you’ll want to make the most of that time—whether it’s the choice of videos you get recommended or the quality of those videos when they start playing. There are actually lots of different ways you can tweak YouTube, both in the apps and on the web, to improve your…

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Meta no longer allows teenagers to receive direct messages from anyone they’re not following on Instagram, or friends with on Facebook, according to a company blog post on Thursday.

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TikTok is a welcome pacifier for people looking to disconnect as our world careens towards the fiery abyss. However, the app has one major flaw standing in the way of total smooth-brained pleasures: you have to move your fingers when you want to see another video. Terrible, yes, but that nightmare may be ending.

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Critics say that Meta has often caused serious psychological harm to younger users by exposing them to a variety of toxic and inappropriate content.

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A US Federal Judge blocked a Montana law Thursday that would have banned TikTok in the state starting on January 1st, arguing the bill is unconstitutional on the basis that it violates users’ right to free speech.

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Just when you thought his reputation couldn’t get worse, TikTok has officially canceled Osama bin Laden. Somehow, videos promoting Osama bin Laden’s letter explaining his reasoning for orchestrating the 9/11 terrorist attacks have gone viral this week and TikTok is responding with a crackdown on bin Laden stan…

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TikTok’s cultural dominance just gained another weapon, and it’s an awfully convenient one: a new feature that will easily allow users to add songs they hear on TikTok to a s

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Republican lawmakers pounding the well-worn TikTok ban drum are using flaming hot tensions over the conflict in Israel to try, once again, to knock the app offline. The new line of attacks, based on shoddy data analyses, claims TikTok is boosting anti-Israel content in order to brainwash a generation of gullible…

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Meta’s Oversight Board wants the company to revise its policies to prevent it from incentivizing creators who post about dangerous extreme diets. As of now, creators posting through Meta’s Partner Monetization Program can earn ad revenues off of content that describes people trying to survive on only juice or no food…

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