Filing: Twitter was fined $350K for not giving Trump's account data after special counsel Jack Smith got a warrant in January 2023; Twitter ultimately complied
Remember when Donald Trump tweeted? Of course you do! James Farrell / SiliconANGLE : X Corp. hit with fine for not turning over data on Donald Trump Ryan Ozawa / Decrypt : Did Special Counsel Jack Sm...
In four new studies with collaboration from Meta, researchers find Facebook's algorithm is “influential” but doesn't necessarily change beliefs, and more
Ekeoma E. Uzogara Authors Info & Affiliations — pp. 386-387 Washington Post : Changing Facebook's algorithm won't fix polarization, new study finds Science : How do social media feed algorithms aff...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign announcement on Twitter Spaces was delayed by ~25 minutes of crashes, feedback glitches, and audio failures
even after Ron DeSantis' glitchy campaign kick off Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal : Twitter's Flaws Snag Elon Musk's Media Ambitions Steve Peoples / Associated Press : DeSantis set to make m...
A poll of 1,027 US adults: 41% support a TikTok ban, 25% oppose it, and 71% are concerned that ByteDance is based in China; 17% of US daily users support a ban
The debate over the national security risk posed by the misuse … Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times : What to Know About Today's Congressional Hearing on TikTok Mark Wilson / TechRadar : TikTok ban: wi...
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's management theme for 2023 is the “Year of Efficiency” and emphasizes the company is aiming to “become a leader in generative AI”
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Meta plans to further limit ad targeting users under 18 starting in February 2023, including removing the options to target based on gender and in-app activity
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Fake Twitter accounts of athletes and other celebrities, some now suspended, are spreading fake announcements and chaos as paid Blue checkmarks become available
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Twitch launches Guest Star, which lets streamers pull other creators and fans into their streams for a talk show-like experience, out of beta for all users
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch : Tweets: @thegarrett Tweets: Brain De La Worms / @thegarrett : Well, its live. Can honestly say this has been one of the most challenging yet rewarding launch of my care...
Elon Musk's history of amplifying misinformation shows that his Twitter won't be interested in protecting the LGBTQ community and others facing targeted abuse
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Reddit announces a developer portal, offering tools and other resources to build third-party extensions and bots, currently in beta
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