Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko says Meta's moderation changes are “deeply troubling”, and Mastodon will take action on Threads accounts violating Mastodon's policies
Today Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta is bending the knee … Wall Street Journal : Sources: Zuckerberg demanded a review of an algorithm change after his 2023 knee surgery Facebook post got anemic ...
Sources: Zuckerberg demanded a review of an algorithm change after his 2023 knee surgery Facebook post got anemic attention; Meta downplays the significance
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Internal memo: Meta plans to make Facebook more like TikTok, including bringing Messenger back into the app and recommending posts from “unconnected” sources
a big departure from how it currently works. That and more changes here: https://www.theverge.com/... Sameer Singh / @sameer_singh17 : Leaving even more room for new startups to re-build the social gr...
Study finds that Twitter's algorithmic timeline greatly reduces exposure to external links when compared to the chronological timeline
New research on Twitter's timeline curation algorithm sheds light on how it shapes what we're exposed to. — How does Twitter's algorithm change what users see in their timelines?
Transgender creators say they originally found TikTok to be a positive experience, but the app's design has created a culture of transphobia and harassment
- TikTok has skyrocketed in popularity, especially among LGBTQ communities. — But trans creators say they've experienced transphobia ranging … Tweets: @carnage4life Tweets: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4l...
Study: YouTube's recent efforts to fight misinfo by cutting recommendations to fringe channels worked but made Fox News the most recommended for election videos
and boosted Fox News at the same time, new research has found Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing : Oopsie! Facebook's Instagram is telling users the election is tomorrow Axios : Facebook to rely on election ...
Interview with Google News VP Richard Gingras on the algorithm change to spotlight original reporting, the difficulty of defining the term, raters, and more
Google's VP of News explains the wider implications of the new search algorithm. — Last week, Google said it had made changes …
Infowars' War Room relaunched its YouTube channel a day after Susan Wojcicki's letter to creators; YouTube deleted the channel after reports of its relaunch
again Kevin Webb / Business Insider : A YouTuber who was reportedly connected to the Christchurch shooter had his channel deleted … Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill : YouTube takes down Infowars again X...
In the UK, YouTube says it is experimenting with an algorithm change that can reduce the views of “borderline content” from recommendations by 50%
Views via recommendations of such ‘borderline’ videos were halved in similar US trial — YouTube is experimenting …
Instagram explains how its feed works and says users are now seeing 90% of friends' posts after an algorithm change, compared to 50% previously
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