Mastodon Has a Child Abuse Material Problem, Like Every Other Major Web Platform

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A new report suggests that the lax content moderation policies of Mastodon and other decentralized social media platforms have led to a proliferation of child sexual abuse material.

Police crashed Elon Musk's attempt to take down Twitter's sign outside San Francisco headquarters

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Photo of a worker taking down letters from Twitter's sign.
Police responded to “a possible unpermitted street closure,” a representative for The San Francisco Police Department confirmed to Insider.

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No Need for Twitter—TikTok Users Can Now Make Text Posts

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TikTok is bringing text posts to its Camera page in a format that’s much like Instagram’s stories. Users can choose from a photo option, video, or text. The company announced the updated feature in a news release on Monday.

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Elon Musk says its X logo design, which was submitted by a fan, will be refined after some users mocked it

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An effigy of Elon Musk is seen on a mobile device with the X and Twitter lgoso in the background in this photo illustration on 23 July, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland.
Elon Musk with the X and Twitter logos in the background.

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People are comparing Elon Musk's rebranding of Twitter to X with a cringe pitch from Kendall Roy in 'Succession'

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Elon Musk clasps his hands together while wearing a suit at the VivaTech conference, and Kendall Roy from 'Succession' wearing a baseball cap
Elon Musk and Kendall Roy.

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Why Threads will never be the new Twitter

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Twitter logo with the threads logo in its mouth like a worm
Threads doesn't have any of the magic that made Twitter popular in the first place.

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This exclusive chart reveals why the groundswell of buzz around 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' could help reverse Hollywood's box-office doldrums in spite of the actors' strike

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Ryan Gosling as Ken and Margot Robbie as Barbie in
Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie as Ken and Barbie in "Barbie."

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If you're getting mocked for loving Apple Maps, here's your reminder that people once thought the iPhone was stupid too

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A lot of the takes about the original iPhone have aged very, very badly.

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Meet Hollywood's hottest new movie star: corporate brands

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Barbie, Mario, and a beanie baby with paparazzi flashes surrounding them
Brand-centric films like Barbie have a dark side: They are a symptom of the precarity of today's job market.

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Crypto memes could land you in prison or with an unlimited fine for breaching financial promotion rules, UK regulator warns ‘finfluencers’

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