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• 3d of advertisers may boycott Facebook in hate speech revolt - "‘Stop Hate for Profit’ campaign gathers momentum as ad boycott spreads outside US."
• 3rd-party apps Twitter just killed made the site what it is today - "A surprising amount of the Twitter experience came from alternative apps - and now they’re gone."
• 4 features that would tame Facebook - The Verge.
• 6 ChatGPT Prompts To Supercharge Your LinkedIn (And Build A Huge Following) - "Don’t underestimate the intensity required to do something well. That applies to your business and sport, your customer service and your writing. Your Twitter, LinkedIn or Threads activity. If you’re going to do LinkedIn, do it properly. Learn from the experts, put your plan together and commit to showing up even when you don’t feel like it. Start on the route towards mastery to hit the results that hardly anyone achieves."
• 7 amazing Facebook 'secrets' you probably didn’t know about - The Telegraph.
• 7 Simple Ways to Protect Your Digital Privacy - "You’ve heard about plenty of privacy risks. Here’s what to do next."
• 10 social media sins that every 40+ needs to avoid - The Telegraph.
• 12 Facebook tips that everyone should know - The Guardian.
• 15 MOMENTS THAT DEFINED FACEBOOK'S FIRST 15 YEARS - Wired.
• 16 predictions for social networks in 2020 - "What’s next for Facebook, TikTok, Slack, and more."
• 20 First People To Sign Up For Facebook
• 90-9-1 Rule for Participation Inequality in Social Media & Online Communities - "Summary: In most online communities, 90% of users are lurkers who never contribute, 9% of users contribute a little, and 1% of users account for almost all the action."
• A beginner’s guide to Mastodon, the Twitter alternative that’s on - "If you’ve heard the word 'mastodon' a lot since Elon Musk took over Twitter in late October, here’s why: The extinct mammal is also the name of a relatively small, formerly little-known social network that has skyrocketed in popularity, as many Twitter users try it out as an alternative for connecting with others online."
• A Face Search Engine Anyone Can Use Is Alarmingly Accurate - "PimEyes is a paid service that finds photos of a person from across the internet, including some the person may not want exposed. 'We’re just a tool provider,' its owner said."
• A Guide to Social Media Image Sizes in 2022 - "An up-to-date guide on the best image sizes you should upload to the most popular social media services such as Facebook and Instagram."
• Alchetron - "Free Social Encyclopedia for the World."
• All the Ways Facebook Tracks You - and How to Limit It - "If you have a Facebook account - and even if you don't - the company is going to collect data about you. But you can at least control how it gets used."
• Alt-tech - Alt-tech are social media platforms and Internet service providers that have become popular among conservatives, the alt-right, far-right, and others who espouse extreme or fringe opinions, in the belief that these alternatives moderate content less stringently than mainstream internet service providers.
• Americans lost $1bn to Tinder-Swindler style romance cons last year, FBI says - "Americans lost more than $1bn in 2021 alone to 'romance scams' such as the one documented in the hit Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler, according to the FBI. Victims ‘financially and emotionally devastated’ by scammers who prey upon vulnerable, often older, people, bureau finds."
• Apple removes Russia’s largest social network from the App Store - "Apple has removed the iOS apps belonging to VK, the technology conglomerate behind Russia’s version of Facebook called VKontakte, from its App Store globally."
• Are YOU 'beautiful'? Try the simple 'hot or not' finger test that's taking social media by storm - Mail Online.
• As Meta & Twitter slash staff, TikTok plans to keep hiring - "While much of Silicon Valley is grappling with hiring freezes and job cuts, at least one social media company is still planning to keep hiring: TikTok."

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• Banning TikTok in the US ‘should be looked at,’ says Schumer - "'We do know there’s Chinese ownership of the company that owns TikTok. And there are some people in the Commerce Committee that are looking into that right now,' Schumer, the Senate majority leader, told George Stephanopoulos of ABC News in a Sunday interview. 'We’ll see where they come out.'"
• Bed rotting: TikTok’s latest trend reveals the toxic side of self-care - "The phrase describes staying in bed all day by choice, thereby 'rotting' there, according to Gold, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis."
• Behind the staggering success of MrBeast - "In the fall of 2016, Jimmy Donaldson did not seem like a future celebrity multimillionaire. The shy 18-year-old had been posting videos on YouTube for five years from his mom’s North Carolina house without much traction. After he quit school, his mother was so disappointed that she kicked him out of the house, he says. Seven years later, Donaldson, better known online as MrBeast, has 167 million YouTube subscribers – more than any other individual creator on the platform. At 25, he oversees a fast-growing empire that may be worth more than $1 billion."
• ‘Beige Flag’? - "On TikTok, the term is being used to describe romantic partners’ weird habits that are less than a deal breaker, but not exactly a plus, either." The New York Times.
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• Belkin Auto-Tracking Stand Pro with DockKit. This is the coolest new iPhone accessory at CES 2024 - "Belkin just revealed the first DockKit-compatible iPhone stand. The Belkin Auto Tracking Stand Pro is perhaps the most practical device I've seen at CES 2024, even if it sounds rather pricey at $180. Essentially, it's a battery-powered iPhone mount that unlocks a lesser-known iOS 17 feature, and it's super convenient for recording content."
• BeyoncÉ & Ronaldo among those to lose Twitter blue check in purge - "The social media giant began removing the once-coveted blue tick verification from thousands of accounts on Thursday. The move comes as owner Elon Musk attempts to overhaul the social media company to turn a profit. Users who wish to retain the check beside their name must pay $84 a year to subscribe to Twitter Blue."
• Biden calls out Elon Musk & Twitter at Chicago-area fundraiser - "President Joe Biden on Friday called out Elon Musk, saying the billionaire had purchased a social media platform that 'spews lies all across the world.' 'Elon Musk goes out and buys an outfit that spews lies all across the world,' the president said at a Democratic fundraiser in Rosemont, Illinois, just outside of Chicago, according to the pool."
• Bill Gates: Lies spread faster than facts on social media, which is hard to police - "Facts travel slowly on social media compared with 'negative' misinformation, which makes it difficult for companies like Facebook and Twitter to strike a balance, Gates said."
• Blocking feature to be removed from former Twitter platform X, says Musk - "Social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, will remove a protective feature that lets users block other accounts. Loss of protective feature may bring it into conflict with safety guidelines on App Store and Google Play."
• Bluesky’s user base has doubled in the past 90 days. Is it a mass exodus from X? - "X competitor Bluesky rocketed to the No. 1 spot on the Apple App Store’s US chart this week, as many users of Elon Musk’s platform said they were decamping in the wake of his significant role in the US presidential election."
• Brainrot: If You Know What ‘Brainrot’ Means, You Might Already Have It - "A popular term captures the condition of being terminally online, with humor and pathos. The term refers primarily to low-value internet content and the effects caused by spending too much time consuming it. Example: 'I've been watching so many TikToks, I have brainrot.'"
• Bring back personal blogging - "Twitter is creaking. Social media seems less fun than ever. Maybe it’s time to get a little more personal."
• Building a social media app by yourself is tricky - "For the next five weeks, The Vergecast is talking to people who work independently to build cool things on the internet, like Hive — the Twitter competitor."
• Buying Twitter was Elon Musk’s $44bn gamble. It might be working - "Two years after the takeover the platform ‘X’ is losing billions, but it’s still setting the political agenda and has had some success in promoting his libertarian views."

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• Can ActivityPub save the internet? - "The tech industry is abuzz about a new standard for social networking that is more open, more user-centric, and potentially more powerful than Twitter and Facebook. But we’ve been here before."
• Can Celebrity Activism Campaigns on Social Media Actually Make a Difference? Here's What an Expert Thinks - "The world of social media was a little quieter than usual on Wednesday: Celebrities ranging from Kim Kardashian West to Mark Ruffalo 'froze' their Instagram accounts for 24 hours, to protest hate speech and misinformation being spread on Facebook, Instagram’s parent company."
• Can Elon Musk turn Twitter into an ‘everything app’? - "Verification is an old nemesis for Musk."
• Can Social Media Be Saved? - The New York Times.
• cat with more than 50,000 social media followers - "Pet influencers are on the rise thanks to a surge in animal adoptions during the pandemic. In the US, pets who endorse everything from e-commerce to clothing brands, are part of a $100bn market, but Asia could very well be the next big destination for these furry influencers."
• Catfishing - a type of deceptive activity where a person creates a sock puppet social networking presence, or fake identity on a social network account, usually targeting a specific victim for deception.
• #CaviarTok Is Trending & Gen Z Is Obsessed - "Creators on TikTok are decoding the delicacy and preparing Gen Z-ers for the moment they're asked: Beluga or Ossetra?"
• Chinese app takes social media by storm - "China's ByteDance is taking the social media world by storm. Chinese social media apps have struggled to win over users beyond their home turf. TikTok is changing that."
• Click Farms: Photographer steps inside Vietnam's shadowy 'click farms' - "The shadowy enterprises that help clients artificially boost online traffic and social media engagement in the hope of manipulating algorithms and user perceptions."
• Closure of Google+: everything you need to know - "Social network’s demise has confused many Google users. We answer the key questions."
• Clubhouse app: what is it and how do you get an invite to the audio app Elon Musk uses? - "The exclusive invitation-only social networking app is a hybrid of conference calls, talkback radio and Houseparty."
• Clubhouse defined a format - now it has to defend it - "The social audio era has arrived. Clubhouse had an incredible year in one most of us would rather forget. The live audio app launched during a pandemic; gained more than 10 million downloads for an invite-only, iOS-only app; and succeeded to the point that most every social platform wants to copy it. Congrats to Clubhouse."
• Clubhouse is developing a new way to invite friends to chat called 'Wave' - "Clubhouse isn't just an app you can fire up to attend talks by famous people. It has different types of rooms you can use, including ones where you can have intimate, private conversations with friends - and in the future, you may be able to invite those friends to chat by 'waving' at them. Jane Manchun Wong, who's famous for reverse engineering apps to find hidden experimental features, has discovered that Clubhouse is working on a new way to invite contacts to have an audio conversation."
• Clubhouse is no longer invite-only - "The app goes wide."
• Complete Guide to Facebook's Privacy & Security Settings - Wired.
• Concern over Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover wipes $126bn off Tesla value - "Fears that carmaker’s CEO may have to sell shares to fund $44bn acquisition of social network."
• Cyber Shill - definition & explanation.

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• DATA PROTECTION STANDARDS NEED TO BE GLOBAL - Wired.
• DATA TO DATE: THE RAPID RISE OF SOCIAL and STREAMING - Next Big Sound.
• Delete your account: leaving Facebook can make you happier, study finds - "New study from Stanford and NYU finds logging off causes ‘small but significant improvements in wellbeing’."
• Digital Fragments We Leave Behind After Death - "The photos, texts, playlists and to-do lists that we find after loved ones die can offer poignant glimpses into their lives."
• dm - a direct message sent to one or more users of a social media service or private messaging service, usually when the accounts involved have an established relationship; to send a direct message to (another user of such a service).
• do parents share too much online? - The Guardian.
• Do You Suddenly Need To Stop Using Facebook? - "A serious reality check this week for Facebook’s 2.5 billion-plus users. Suddenly, the shockingly personal information the tech giant holds on you cannot be ignored. You may have dismissed the dangers of data harvesting and tracking—but not any more. Worse, behind this week’s stark exposure, there’s a much more serious warning."
• Does Instagram reveal who’s stalking your feed? - Verge.
• DONALD TRUMP & THE GOLDEN AGE OF SUBTWEETING - Wired.
• Donald Trump G7 photo becomes internet classic - The Guardian.
• Donald Trump returns to X / Twitter to post his mug shot - "Elon Musk reinstated former President Donald Trump’s account months ago, and the first thing he has posted is his own mug shot."
• Donald Trump’s Truth Social Has Lost $73 Million Since Its Launch, Filing Shows - "A new SEC filing shows Truth Social's parent firm TMTG lost $50 million in 2022 and another $23 million in the first half of 2023."
• Don’t Let Facebook Make You Miserable - The New York Times.
• DRONIE - definition & explanation.
• Duck Face Is Over. The New Selfie Face Is Fish Gape - Cosmopolitan.
• Dunbar's number - suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships.

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• Editing tweets is one step closer to becoming a reality. What you need to know - "Twitter said Thursday it is working on a feature called Edit Tweet that will allow users to alter their tweets after publishing them."
• Ellen DeGeneres’ Oscars Selfie Is The Most Retweeted Tweet Of All Time, Breaks 2 Million Retweets - BuzzFeed.
• Elon Musk begins process of rebranding Twitter as X - "In a radical rebranding, Twitter owner Elon Musk has begun the process of replacing Twitter’s iconic bird logo with X."
• Elon Musk breaks silence after 10 million Twitter users vote for him to step down - "The billionaire says only paid Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to vote in future policy-related polls on the platform."
• Elon Musk blames data scraping by AI startups for his new paywalls on reading tweets - "You need an account just to read tweets now, and you’ll have to pay for Twitter Blue 'verified' access to see more than 600 posts per day."
• Elon Musk buys 9.2% stake in Twitter, making him the largest shareholder - "News of the purchase sent shares of Twitter (TWTR) soaring 22% in early trading. Musk did not disclose what he paid for the shares, but his stake was worth $2.9 billion as of the close of trading Friday, and $3.5 billion after the spike early Monday."
• Elon Musk claims he has acquired Twitter ‘to help humanity’ - "Tweet comes as advertisers fear one of his first moves as chief will be to restore Donald Trump’s account."
• Elon Musk declares Twitter ‘moderation council’ - as some push the platform’s limits - "Conservative users began recirculating conspiracy theories as others voiced concerns over allowing hate speech and disinformation."
• Elon Musk defends deep cuts to company's workforce - "Twitter's new owner Elon Musk says he had 'no choice' but to slash the company's workforce as the firm is losing more than $4m a day."
• Elon Musk details his plan to turn Twitter into a bank - "Supposedly, it’ll be simple: one balance that you can spend within the Twitter payment network, or outside it using a debit card or checks."
• Elon Musk ‘doesn’t seem like’ right person to own Twitter, says co-founder - "Biz Stone, one of quartet who set up company, says positive changes he oversaw have been undone by Tesla chief executive."
• Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter & fired its top executives - "Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, a source familiar with the deal told CNN Thursday, putting the world’s richest man in charge of one of the world’s most influential social media platforms."
• Elon Musk: How the world's richest person bought Twitter - "It was a cool evening in late March in San Jose. A hastily organised meeting had been arranged at an Airbnb to host the world's richest person. The meeting was a big one for Twitter. Elon Musk had recently become Twitter's largest shareholder. Now there was talk that he wanted to join the company's board."
• Elon Musk is conspicuously quiet after Twitter users vote for him to step down - "Is Elon Musk resigning as “chief Twit” or not? That’s the question remaining to be answered this Monday evening, more than 12 hours after an unscientific poll posted by the Twitter CEO resulted in 57.5% of participants voting that he should step down as head of the beleaguered social media company."
• Elon Musk just bought Twitter. Here are the winners & losers - "After months of uncertainty and legal threats, Elon Musk has officially purchased Twitter. Here's who stands to gain and lose the most now that the deal has gone through."
• Elon Musk just decided to bring the worst people on the internet back to Twitter - "Twitter CEO Elon Musk has decided to offer 'general amnesty' to suspended accounts starting next week - a gentler way of saying that he’s decided to welcome back some of the site’s worst and most toxic people. It’s the second major moderation decision he’s made since taking over after unbanning former President Donald Trump; both decisions were made after Musk ran an informal poll from his personal Twitter account."
• Elon Musk just made Donald Trump's life a lot more difficult - "On Tuesday, Elon Musk confirmed it: He wants Donald Trump back on Twitter. 'I do think it was not correct to ban Donald Trump, I think that was a mistake,' Musk, who is in the process of buying the social media company, said at a Financial Times conference. 'I would reverse the perma-ban ... Banning Trump from Twitter didn't end Trump's voice, it will amplify it among the right and this is why it's morally wrong and flat out stupid.'"
• Elon musk lawyers say twitter refusing new $44b bid for company - "Judge delays Twitter trial, gives Musk time to seal buyout."
• Elon Musk may want a WeChat for the world. It won’t be easy to build - "Elon Musk is taking inspiration from China’s top social media platform, WeChat, while planning a future for Twitter. And while he has shared very few details of his ambition for an app for everything, experts say it won’t be easy to achieve."
• Elon Musk names NBCU ad chief Linda Yaccarino as Twitter CEO - "As CEO, Yaccarino will face a long list of challenges that have piled up under Musk’s ownership, including an advertiser exodus, service disruptions, regulatory scrutiny and a growing list of rivals. Musk’s controversial policy changes and statements have also alienated some longtime Twitter users."
• Elon Musk now has over 100 million Twitter followers - "But how many of them are bots?"
• Elon Musk offers general amnesty to suspended Twitter accounts - "Poll organised by new owner backed reopening accounts, leading to fears ‘superspreaders of hate’ will return to social media platform."
• Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $41.4bn - "Tech entrepreneur makes offer of $54.20 a share in cash for microblogging site."
• Elon Musk plans to cut 75% of Twitter staff if he takes over company - report - "The news comes at a difficult time for the company, which had announced hiring freezes and has seen low employee morale."
• Elon Musk plans to quintuple Twitter revenue by 2028 - "If Elon Musk’s $44 billion bid to acquire Twitter is greenlit by shareholders and regulators in the coming months, the wealthy entrepreneur believes he’ll be able to quintuple the company’s revenue by 2028."
• Elon Musk posts baseless conspiracy theory about Paul Pelosi attack on Twitter - "Post comes days after Musk takes over social media platform amid concern that hate speech will run rampant under his leadership."
• Elon Musk reactivates Kanye West’s Twitter account following X rebrand - "X, formerly known as Twitter, has reinstated Kanye West’s account on the social media platform. West will not be able to monetize his account, and no ads will appear next to his posts, the company told the Wall Street Journal on Saturday."
• Elon Musk reinstates Twitter accounts of suspended journalists - "On a wild day of bans, sudden U-turns and chaotic messaging, Musk abides by Twitter poll result that favoured restoring the accounts of reporters he accused of ‘doxxing’ him."
• Elon Musk says he’s found a new CEO for Twitter - "Elon Musk on Thursday said he’s found a new CEO to take over Twitter, months after he first promised to step back from the role. The new CEO will assume the role at Twitter Inc., which recently changed its name to X Corp., in the coming weeks, Musk said. He did not provide a name. However, the Wall Street Journal reported - citing sources - that Linda Yaccarino, NBCUniversal’s head of advertising, was in talks for the job."
• Elon Musk says he will leave Twitter CEO role after he finds a successor - "Twitter owner Elon Musk confirmed Tuesday evening he will step down as the company’s CEO, but only when he identifies a successor, directly addressing for the first time a Twitter poll he created this week in which millions of users voted for his ouster."
• Elon Musk says he will step down as Twitter CEO if voted out by a poll he tweeted - "Twitter’s mercurial new boss may be out the door after less than two months on the job, if results of a Twitter poll go against him. Elon Musk tweeted a poll Sunday evening asking people to vote on whether he should step down as Twitter’s CEO. Musk said he would abide by the poll’s results. As of Sunday evening, 'Yes' was winning by a margin of 58% to 42%."
• Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter's Trump ban - "Elon Musk said Tuesday that he would restore former President Donald Trump's banned account on Twitter if his deal to acquire the company is completed."
• Elon Musk says he's seriously considering creating a new social media platform - "Elon Musk said he is giving 'serious thought' to creating a new social media platform in a tweet Saturday. Musk's tweet follows criticism of Twitter, where he claimed the platform doesn't allow for free speech."
• Elon Musk says his offer to buy Twitter is about 'the future of civilization,' not making money - "Elon Musk defended his offer to purchase Twitter on Thursday, saying during an on-stage interview at the TED conference that he sees the acquisition as nothing less than a turning point for civilization."
• Elon Musk says X will fund legal bills if users treated unfairly by bosses - "Elon Musk has said X, formerly known as Twitter, will pay the legal bills of anyone who is treated unfairly by their employer for their activity on his social media platform. He asked users to 'let us know' if they had experienced unfair treatment for posting or liking something. Mr Musk is a self-described 'free speech absolutist' and has been vocal in his criticisms of the platform's policies on moderating content prior to his takeover."
• Elon Musk set to become number-one influencer on Twitter - "Tuesday, 17 January 2023 is the day analysts predict Elon Musk will become the number-one influencer on Twitter."
• Elon Musk sues Unilever, Mars, CVS Health & Danish renewable energy firm Ørsted over X 'boycott' - "Elon Musk's X/Twitter is suing a group of major companies, alleging that they unlawfully conspired to boycott the site."
• Elon Musk Takes Twitter & Tech Deals, to Another Level - "Silicon Valley moguls used to buy yachts and islands. Now they are rich enough, and perhaps arrogant enough, to acquire companies they fancy."
• Elon Musk thinks he can double Twitter’s revenue through subscriptions alone - "Musk expects 69 million Twitter Blue subscribers by 2025."
• Elon Musk thinks Twitter's algorithm should be public. Here's what that could mean - "On March 24, weeks before he offered to buy Twitter, Elon Musk posted a poll on the social media platform: 'Twitter algorithm should be open source,' he wrote, with options for users to vote 'yes' or 'no.' Some of Twitter's technology is already open source, which means it's publicly available for anyone to view, rework, and use for other purposes. But what Musk was asking, essentially, was whether the rules that computers follow to determine what you see in your Twitter (TWTR) feed should be public, too. Over a million votes were tallied by the time the poll closed, with an overwhelming amount of 'yes' votes (82.7%)."
• Elon Musk threatens to walk away from Twitter deal - "Elon Musk has threatened to walk away from his $44bn takeover of Twitter, accusing the social media company of 'thwarting' his requests to learn more about its user base."
• Elon Musk to launch new blue, gold & grey Twitter ticks - "New colour-coded categories next week for individuals, government and firms with accounts ‘manually authenticated’."
• Elon Musk to strip headlines off news links on Twitter in latest overhaul - "Move by the billionaire owner of the social media site may be an attempt to drive up subscription of the app’s premium service."
• Elon Musk, Twitter & the mysterious X app - "It was beginning to feel like Elon Musk and Twitter were locked in an eternal dance. And then it came to an abrupt end - for now at least - with a short, succinct letter from Musk's lawyers to Twitter's, which announced that he intended to buy the firm after all, and an enigmatic tweet from Musk himself to his 107 million followers about creating 'X, the everything app'."
• Elon Musk under federal investigation over $44bn Twitter deal - filing - "Court filing made public by social media company does not state what is being investigated, nor which federal authorities are involved."
• Elon Musk: Twitter says parts of source code leaked online - "Parts of the source code which underpins multi-billionaire Elon Musk's social media platform have been leaked online, Twitter says. It says the code was posted on GitHub, a Microsoft-owned service where software developers share code."
• Elon Musk was just forced to reveal who really owns X. Here's the list - "Here's the list: Bill Ackman, Elon Musk and Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud are connecting with the ownership of X, formerly Twitter. Bill Ackman and Sean 'Diddy' Combs are among the list of owners of Elon Musk's X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter."
• Elon Musk's bumpy road to possibly owning Twitter: A timeline - "A board seat accepted and then rejected. A stunning $44 billion takeover offer with uncertain financing. And a surprise early morning tweet putting the deal on hold, temporarily. Even by the standards of Twitter, a company that has known plenty of chaos and dysfunction in its history, the weeks-long effort by billionaire Elon Musk to buy the company has proven to be uniquely tumultuous - and there's no clear end in sight."
• Elon Musk’s Twitter bans CNN, NYT, WaPo journalists without explanation - "Twitter on Thursday evening banned the accounts of several high-profile journalists from top news organizations without explanation, apparently marking a significant attempt by new owner Elon Musk to wield his unilateral authority over the platform."
• Elon Musk’s Twitter faces its ‘Titanic’ moment as executives & advertisers flee while trolls run rampant - "The world is watching the world’s richest man single-handedly destroy one of the world’s most powerful and important communication platforms, just weeks after acquiring it for $44 billion. And of course, the world is watching the dramatic spectacle unfold on - where else? - Twitter."
• Elon Musk’s Twitter Will Be a Wild Ride - "His deal to buy the company is back on. Here are six predictions about Twitter under Musk’s control, if it happens."
• Elon Musk’s wealth plummets by $12.6 billion after chaotic 24 hours at Twitter, Tesla & SpaceX - "Angry Tesla shareholders, Twitter verification chaos, and exploding rockets: Musk’s 4/20 may have been more ‘lit’ than he was hoping for."
• Elon Musk’s X is worth nearly 80% less than when he bought it, Fidelity estimates - "The social media platform formerly known as Twitter is worth almost 80% less than two years ago when Elon Musk bought it, according to estimates from investment giant Fidelity. X no longer trades publicly after Musk shelled out $44 billion to take it private in October 2022."
• Everyone knows you paid to be verified on Twitter - "Clicking on the check mark on someone’s profile might tell you more than they want you to know."
• Exodus continues at Twitter as Elon Musk hints at possible bankruptcy - "Departures of top figures handling safety, security, privacy and compliance come amid warnings from Federal Trade Commission. The departures began on the same day Elon Musk addressed employees for the first time, saying that 'bankruptcy isn’t out of the question', according to multiple reports."

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• f8 - yearly event held by Facebook and takes place in San Francisco, California. Its mission is to bring together the developers and entrepreneurs who are building the social web.
• Facebook & Google are coming for Zoom - "If there's one company the pandemic has turned into a household name, it's Zoom. Amid the continued state lockdowns, the video conferencing platform has become a lifeline for schools and businesses and a gathering place for virtual cocktail hours, birthday parties, workout classes and even weddings. And that hasn't escaped the notice of some of the world's biggest technology companies, including Facebook and Google."
• Facebook & Instagram are testing selling you blue checks for $12 a month - "‘Meta Verified’ will give you a blue badge along with several other benefits, including increased visibility, protection against impersonation, priority customer support, and more."
• Facebook & Instagram introduce time limit tool - "Facebook and Instagram are releasing a new tool to limit how much time people spend on their apps."
• Facebook & other tech giants 'too big to fail' - "Researchers call for new regulations to protect users, and society, in case of collapse."
• Facebook & Twitter target Trump over virus claim - "Facebook and Twitter have penalised US President Donald Trump and his campaign for posts in which he claimed children are 'almost immune' to coronavirus."
• Facebook Adds Privacy Features to Social Login
• Facebook admits social media can be bad for democracy - The Verge.
• Facebook algorithm found to 'actively promote' Holocaust denial - "Similar content is also readily accessible across Twitter, YouTube and Reddit, says UK-based counter-extremist group."
• Facebook buys an unused headquarters even as more employees work remotely - "Facebook is buying a previously unused corporate headquarters from outdoor retailer REI, despite the social media company's plans to shift more of its employees to working from home."
• Facebook Cannot Fix Itself. But Trump's Effort to Reform Section 230 Is Wrong - "The President’s Executive Order calls for changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, a law created to protect the nascent Internet’s ability to moderate extreme, harmful and inflammatory content without fear of litigation. Internet platforms have interpreted Section 230 as providing blanket immunity, and the courts have concurred even in cases where their platforms directly facilitate terrorism, defamation, false information, communications between adolescents and alleged sexual predators, violations of fair-housing laws, and a range of other issues."
• Facebook has a coronavirus problem. It's WhatsApp - "Governments and medical officials are scrambling to provide the public with accurate and timely information about the novel coronavirus. But those efforts are being undermined by the spread of medical misinformation and fake cures on one of the world's most popular messaging platforms."
• Facebook has another hidden inbox you probably didn't realise was there - The Guardian.
• Facebook Has Finally Banned Holocaust Denial. Critics Ask What Took Them So Long - "Facebook updated its rules on Monday to explicitly ban any content that 'denies or distorts' the Holocaust, after years of allowing people to deny that the genocide occurred."
• Facebook has officially hit 2 billion users - Business Insider.
• Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp All Went Down - "The problem relates to something called BGP routing, and it took down every part of Facebook's business."
• Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition software - "Facebook said Tuesday it plans to stop using facial-recognition software that could automatically recognize people in photos and videos posted on the social network, marking a massive shift both for the tech industry and for a company known for collecting vast amounts of data about its billions of users."
• FACEBOOK IS TESTING ITS DATING SERVICE. HERE’S HOW IT’S DIFFERENT FROM TINDER - Wired.
• Facebook knows Facebook isn’t the future - The Verge.
• Facebook: One Billion and Counting - September 14, 2012.
• Facebook owner Meta set to launch Twitter rival on Thursday - The app, which is called Threads and is available for pre-order on the Apple App Store, will be linked to Instagram. Screengrabs show a dashboard that looks similar to Twitter. Meta describes Threads as a 'text based conversation app'. The move is the latest in a rivalry between Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter owner Elon Musk.
• Facebook Plans Global Financial System Based on Cryptocurrency - "The effort, with partner like Mastercard and Uber, will use a cryptocurrency called Libra that Facebook has worked on secretly for over a year."
• Facebook reveals its rules for deleting racist & violent posts - Facebook.
• Facebook ‘Secretly’ Tracks Your iPhone Location - This Is How To Stop It - "Facebook has a data addiction - it can’t help itself. The social media giant’s entire business model is built around collecting, processing and then monetizing our personal information."
• Facebook spent $22.6 million to keep Mark Zuckerberg safe last year - "Security costs for the tech billionaire and his family more than doubled last year, as an outcry over Facebook’s practices grew."
• Facebook to introduce new privacy controls in wake of data scandal - Reuters.
• Facebook to suspend Trump’s account for two years - " Decision follows oversight board recommendation over ex-president’s post on Capitol attack."
• Facebook Tracking Through Social Plug-ins - Belgian Privacy Commission.
• Facebook unveils tool that lets you clear browsing history - The Guardian.
• Facebook whistleblower revealed on '60 Minutes,' says the company prioritized profit over public good - "The 37-year-old former Facebook product manager who worked on civic integrity issues at the company says the documents show that Facebook knows its platforms are used to spread hate, violence and misinformation, and that the company has tried to hide that evidence."
• Facebook’s $5 billion FTC fine is an embarrassing joke - "Facebook gets away with it again."
• Facebook's dating service is launching in the US - CNN tech.
• Facebook’s ever-shifting goals: a timeline - "What is Facebook? Just ask Mark Zuckerberg. A look back at how Facebook’s CEO has defined the company on the heels of its latest reinvention."
• Facebook's future keeps getting murkier - "For nearly two months, Facebook has been scrambling to get a handle on a wave of criticism over its policies on moderating content, particularly hateful speech and misinformation that spreads on its platforms."
• Facebook's interactive COVID-19 map displays symptoms by county - "The maps will launch in further countries this week."
• Facebook’s New Gadget Is a Video-Chat Screen With a Camera That Follows You - "On Monday, Facebook introduced Portal and Portal Plus, the fruits of its first major foray into designing, building and selling consumer hardware from scratch."
• Facebook’s new move isn't about privacy. It’s about domination - "Mark Zuckerberg announced on Wednesday that Facebook would be ‘pivoting to privacy’. That’s an empty pledge."
• Facebook’s New Oversight Board Is Deciding Donald Trump’s Fate. Will It Also Define the Future of the Company? - "The end of April will be a turning point for former President Donald Trump. That’s when he will learn whether he can regain control of his Facebook and Instagram accounts - and direct access to nearly 60 million followers on two of the world’s largest social media platforms."
• Facebook’s redesigned desktop site with dark mode is now available everywhere - "Toggle on the new Facebook now if you haven’t already."
• Facebook’s rocky road to the metaverse - "The CEO has changed the world - but he faces regulatory, technological and branding troubles in his push to do it again."
• Facebook's value rises above $1tn for first time - "A US federal court has dismissed two separate anti-trust lawsuits filed against Facebook."
• Facebook's Zuckerberg accused of setting dangerous precedent over Trump - "Mark Zuckerberg is setting a 'dangerous precedent' by allowing a post by Donald Trump to remain on Facebook, a group of civil rights leaders has warned."
• Facerape - definition & explanation.
• FBI director raises national security concerns about TikTok - "FBI Director Chris Wray said the FBI was concerned that the Chinese had the ability to control the app’s recommendation algorithm, 'which allows them to manipulate content, and if they want to, to use it for influence operations.' He also asserted that China could use the app to collect data on its users that could be used for traditional espionage operations."
• Finstagram - or, Finsta for short, is a mixture of Fake & Instagram. People, usually girls, get a second Instagram account along with their real instagrams, rinstagrams, to post any pictures or videos they desire. The photos or videos posted are usually funny or embarrassing. Only your closest friends follow this account.
• Finstagram - a secret Instagram account to post ugly selfies - "Users of the app, sick of prying parents and having to look perfect, are creating private secondary profiles where they can just be themselves. It’s a real #nofilter."
• First day at school: Mum's before-and-after photos of daughter go viral - "Before-and-after photos of a five-year-old's first day back at school have been shared thousands of times online after her mother posted the 'really funny' images on Facebook."
• FOMO - fear of missing out, or FOMO, is "a pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent."
• For Gen Z, TikTok Is the New Search Engine - "Need to find a restaurant or figure out how to do something? Young people are turning to TikTok to search for answers. Google has noticed."
• For millions, the WhatsApp outage could have been a matter of life & death - "Social media is a lifeline in many countries, and Facebook must do more to protect its systems from routine failures."
• Friends, and Influence, for Sale Online - International New York Times.
• From dance videos to global sensation: what you need to know about TikTok’s rise - "The app has grown at breakneck speed to surpass the internet behemoths in downloads."

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• Gaslighting: How To Tell If Someone Is Gaslighting You - "Spreading rumors and gossip about you, or telling you that other people are gossiping about you. Changing the subject or refusing to listen when confronted about a lie or other gaslighting behavior. Telling you that you're overreacting when you call them out."
• GEOSOCIAL NETWORKING - Wikipedia.
• Ghosting - refers to ending a romantic relationship by cutting off all contact and ignoring the former partner’s attempts to reach out.
• 'girl' trend prefix explained - "'Girl' trends are sticky and fun. But they can also be problematic. Lazy girl jobs, girl math, girl dinner - feminised trends are everywhere on social media. There's community and levity in them, but also a darker side."
• Go change your Twitter password right now - The Verge.
• Go read The New York Times’ incredible account of how the Twitter attack may have happened - "We’re starting to get an idea of how the legendary hack went down."
• godfather of fake news - "Meet one of the world’s most prolific writers of disinformation."
• Goldendoodles: Is That Dog Actually a ... Human? - "TikTok is onto Goldendoodles, the designer dog breed that is a cross between golden retriever and poodle, noting that they exhibit quite a few person-like qualities."
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• Google can now alert you when your private contact info appears online - "You can receive notifications when your address, phone number, or email pops up in its search results."
• GREED IS TO BLAME FOR THE RADICALIZATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA - Wired.
• Greta Thunberg ends year with one of the greatest tweets in history - "Thunberg’s funny exchange is a reminder of the connection between machismo, misogyny and hostility to climate action."

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• HASHTAGS - are words or phrases prefixed with the symbol #, a form of metadata tag.
• Here are the highlights from Twitter's lawsuit against Elon Musk - "It's not every day that a major corporate lawsuit features a poop emoji, but then again it's not every day that one of the world's most influential social media platforms sues the world's richest man to make him buy it."
• Hikikomori - definition & explanation.
• hotel with more social media followers than any other - The Telegraph.
• How A.S.M.R. Became a Sensation - "The brain-tingling feeling was a hard-to-describe psychological oddity. Until, suddenly, it was a YouTube phenomenon."
• How China is changing social media - "How China could shape the future of technology. One of the world’s fastest-growing apps, TikTok could usher in an era where Asia - not Silicon Valley - leads the tech industry. That change could be transformative."
• How David Geffen’s Yacht Photos Became a “Status Thing” in Hollywood - "David Geffen's superyacht the Rising Sun has become a photo op for A-list stars such as Oprah Winfrey, Chris Rock, Steven Spielberg, Leonardo DiCaprio and even Jeff Bezos."
• How Elon Musk upended Twitter & his own reputation in 6 months as CEO - "When Elon Musk first agreed to buy Twitter, he promised to make the company 'better than ever,' with greater transparency, fewer bots, a stronger business and more of what he called 'free speech.' But six months after Musk took control of Twitter, the future of the company and the platform have never been less certain. After acquiring the social media platform for $44 billion in late October, Musk reportedly now values Twitter at around $20 billion - and some who track the company believe even that estimate is likely high."
• How Facebook Figures Out Everyone You've Ever Met - Gizmodo.
• How food on social media affects you - "How food influencers affect what we eat. It is hard to browse through social media without coming across a banquet's worth of mouth-watering posts, but do these actually alter your own food choices?"
• How Instagram became a social media giant - "Instagram has attracted a billion users since it was launched in 2010. Now, its founders have announced they are quitting the company."
• How Is Everyone Making Those A.I. Selfies? - "Images generated with Lensa AI are all over social media, but at what cost?"
• How millions use YouTube tutorials to perfect their trade - "From bike mechanics to baking, the video-sharing site offers a goldmine of knowledge."
• How Old Do I Look? - Microsoft website guesses your age.
• How QAnon went mainstream - "QAnon has flourished on social media. The coronavirus only accelerated its rise."
• How Social Isolation Is Killing Us - The New York Times.
• HOW SOCIAL MEDIA BECAME A PINK COLLAR JOB - Wired.
• How Social Media Influences Our Behavior & Vice Versa - "Max Fisher’s 'The Chaos Machine' examines the psychological impacts of technology."
• How Streaming Stars Pay the Price of Online Fame - "Stars on Twitch, the video game streaming platform, invite viewers into their homes virtually. What happens when one shows up in person?"
• How technology is changing our idea of beauty - "From diversity to accessibility, can technology change the way we think about beauty for the better?"
• How Telegram Became the Anti-Facebook - "Hundreds of millions of users. No algorithm. No ads. Courage in the face of autocracy. Sound like a dream? Careful what you wish for."
• How TikTok can help you get better at studying - "A growing group of educational influencers can help."
• How TikTok’s algorithm made it a success - "‘It pushes the boundaries.’ The company’s secret sauce is what populates its For You Page, which predicts the videos that will pique a viewer’s interest."
• How to arrange for your digital legacy - "What happens to your online stuff when you’re no longer around?"
• HOW TO CHECK IF YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT GOT HACKED - "The 30 million affected users fall into three categories."
• How to Clean Up Your Old Social Media Posts - "These tips will help you safely tidy up your Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram accounts - or give your profile a fresh start."
• How to Delete Facebook & Instagram From Your Life Forever - "Lost faith in Facebook and Instagram after data leakages, breaches and too much noise? Here’s a guide to breaking up with the social network and its photo-sharing app for good."
• How to delete old tweets so you don't get fired - "The internet rarely forgives, but you can help it forget."
• How To Delete Your Data From Facebook Forever - TIME Magazine.
• How to delete your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat - Wired.
• How to delete Twitter’s storage cache from your iPhone - "Because every MB is precious."
• How to delete your Twitter history - The Verge.
• How to download and read all of the data Facebook has on you - The Telegraph.
• How to Get Every Email Returned - "Or at least how to try."
• HOW TO GET MORE 'LIKES' ON FACEBOOK
• How to Join FaceTime Calls on Any Device - "Apple's video calling app is finally available on non-Apple hardware. Here's how it works."
• HOW TO KEEP HACKERS OUT OF YOUR FACEBOOK & TWITTER ACCOUNTS - Wired.
• How to look 'filthy rich' on the web - "How 'filthy rich' alter egos can protect your privacy. If you have ever wondered what the internet looks like if you are filthy rich, now is your chance to find out."
• How to Protect Your Digital Self - Wired.
• How to protect your Facebook privacy - The Guardian.
• How to Reject an Online Suitor - The New York Times.
• How to see every photo your friends have ever liked on Facebook - The Telegraph.
• How to send secret & disappearing Facebook messages - The Telegraph.
• How to spot a Twitter bot - The Verge.
• How to spot the software that could be spying on you - "Research suggests that proliferation of stalkerware is a growing problem: A study by Norton Labs found that the number of devices indicating that they had stalkerware installed rose by 63% between September 2020 and May 2021."
• How to stop arguing & actually change someone's mind on social media - The Guardian.
• How to survive a Twitter storm - "Tanya Gold published a piece about a plus-size mannequin one Sunday. By Monday morning the internet had gone mad and was out for her blood."
• How to Use Snapchat: Critical Tips for New Users - Wired.
• How to Use Social Media in Your Career - The New York Times.
• How to Use Twitter - The New York Times.
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• HP Sprocket Portable Photo Printer - "Print Social Media Photos on 2x3 Sticky-Backed Paper."
• HUBSPOT - "How to Use Facebook for Business."

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• I Deleted Facebook Last Year. Here’s What Changed (and What Didn’t) - "Our personal tech columnist didn’t lose touch with his true friends - but strange things did occur, including Instagram thinking he was a woman."
• I Found the Perfect Replacement for Twitter. It’s LinkedIn - "In a fragmented online world, the professional social network is finding mass appeal."
• I Get Paid $6,000 a Day to Write Inspirational Quotes for Instagram. Here's How I Perfected This Dream Job - TIME Magazine.
• I text myself all day every day & you should, too - "Messaging yourself reminders, to-do lists, links, and photos is the fastest way you’ll find to make sure everything is searchable and cross-platform."
• I TRIED LEAVING FACEBOOK. I COULDN’T - The Verge.
• I used TikTok to plan my vacation. Here’s how that went - "TikTok doesn’t only cater to those seeking the newest dance trend or funniest comedy skit. I put a stint of endless scrolling to good use by using the app to decide the itinerary for my latest vacation. The hashtag #TravelTok has more than 11.4 billion views on TikTok and #TravelTikTok has 39.3 billion, so there’s no doubt that the app is a popular tool for vacation inspiration and planning."
• If You Know What ‘Brainrot’ Means, You Might Already Have It - "A popular term captures the condition of being terminally online, with humor and pathos. The term refers primarily to low-value internet content and the effects caused by spending too much time consuming it. Example: 'I've been watching so many TikToks, I have brainrot.'"
• IMAGE HOSTING SERVICE - Wikipedia.
• IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT YOUTUBE - "Fifteen years ago this month, one of the most important web domains in history was registered: youtube.com. Today’s teenagers have never known an internet that couldn’t host as much video as they want for free, server costs be damned. YouTube has helped elect politicians, create entire industries, and taught millions of people how to use eyeliner. It’s not a stretch to say it shaped the internet as we know it."
• In The Age Of TikTok, YouTube Shorts Is A Platform In Limbo - "YouTube is pushing the idea of the 'multiformat' creator, who posts both TikTok-style short videos, as well as the longer videos YouTube is known for. Meanwhile, creators are eyeing something else: Shorts monetization coming early next year."
• India banned TikTok without warning. 200 million people learned to live without it - "What happened when world's most populous nation turned off TikTok overnight. As TikTok fans in the United States worry about losing access to the wildly-popular social media app, there are lessons they can learn from a country on the other side of the world."
• Infinite scroll: life under Instagram - "After a few years, I came to understand Instagram dwellers as broken people - my people."
• INSIDE FACEBOOK - "Tracking Facebook and the Facebook Platform for Developers and Marketers."
• Inside Facebook’s Decision to Blow Up the Like Button - Bloomberg Business.
• INSIDE SOCIAL GAMES - "Tracking Innovation at the Convergence of Games and Social Platforms."
• Inside the Mating Rituals of Brands & Online Stars - The New York Times.
• Instagram & WhatsApp will add ‘from Facebook’ to names - "Facebook really wants you to know that it’s in charge."
• Instagram Exerts a Force in Beauty Trends - The New York Times.
• INSTAGRAM NEEDS STARS, AND IT’S BUILT A TEAM TO FIND THEM - "To ramp up IGTV, Instagram’s not betting on an algorithm. Its (literal) money is on old-fashioned talent scouting."
• Instagram Rich List 2020 - Hopper HQ.
• Instagram's grim appeal as a silent self-esteem breaker - "'Instagram can be a dark and troubling place for the minds of our kids, my teen clients tell me. Not feeling they are good enough to post a selfie, for instance, they will filter and alter the shape of their bodies to mirror those of celebrities or influencers whose physique they admire, many of whom, our kids are well aware, are doing the same.'"
• Introducing A New Optional Feature Called Nearby Friends - Facebook.
• Is Jake Paul a Social Media Genius or a Jerk? - The New York Times.
• Is ‘manifesting’ dangerous magical thinking or a formula for success? - "The practice’s popularity picked up when it went viral on TikTok in 2020 - but indulged without action, it could untether us from our sense of agency."
• Is there a way to use Facebook without giving up my privacy? - "Eira wants to join because she is missing out on things, but doesn’t want to build a profile."
• It’s Time to Break Up Facebook - "Mark Zuckerberg is a good guy. But the company I helped him build is a threat to our economy and democracy."
• IT’S TIME TO BREAK UP FACEBOOK - "‘Start by breaking off WhatsApp and Instagram’."

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• Jack Dorsey's first ever tweet sells for $2.9m - "Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's first ever tweet has been sold for the equivalent of $2.9m to a Malaysia-based businessman."
• JOBY GorillaPod MagSafe Vlogging Kit - "Do-everything, go-anywhere kit that’s been expertly crafted for influencers and mobile content creators."

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• Kanye West is no longer acquiring Parler, company says - "In a statement, Parler’s parent, Parlement Technologies, said it 'has mutually agreed with Ye to terminate the intent of sale of Parler. This decision was made in the interest of both parties in mid-November. Parler will continue to pursue future opportunities for growth and the evolution of the platform for our vibrant community.'"
• Kanye West's Twitter account has been suspended after Elon Musk says it violated rule against incitement to violence - "'I tried my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended,' Musk tweeted in a reply."
• Keep Your Rolex To Yourself, Don't Flaunt It Online - "A Word Of Watch Advice - Please Keep Your Rolex To Yourself And Don't Flaunt It Online. How high-profile watches became magnets for thieves."
• Kim Kardashian West will freeze her Instagram to protest Facebook - "Kim Kardashian West, who has one of the biggest Instagram followings in the world, said Tuesday that she would be joining other high-profile users in a protest against Instagram's parent company Facebook and its handlng of misinformation and hate. Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Orlando Bloom, Kerry Washington and Sacha Baron Cohen are among those also taking part in the protest, which is slated to take place on Wednesday."
• Kim Kardashian’s budding law career takes celebrity hubris to a whole new level - "A-listers have a habit of thinking they are gifted at everything - and not always to other people’s benefit."
• KLOUT - "The Standard for Influence." A website and mobile app that uses social media analytics to rank its users according to online social influence via the "Klout Score", which is a numerical value between 1 and 100. In determining the user score, Klout measures the size of a user's social media network (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Foursquare, Wikipedia, and Instagram) and correlates the content created to measure how other users interact with that content.
• Know Your Meme - "Internet Meme Database." Website dedicated to documenting Internet phenomena: viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, web celebs and more.

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• Latecomer’s Guide to TikTok - "TikTok has become massively influential. We’re here to help you understand how it all works."
• Lego’s new Minifigure Factory lets you create a $12 minifig of yourself - "Customize your very own minifigure."
• LET’S GO THROUGH TRUMP’S TERRIBLE INTERNET CENSORSHIP ORDER, LINE BY LINE - "Spoiler: you can’t nationalize Twitter."
• Life after death: How will you handle your digital legacy? - engadget.
• LIST OF ACTIVE SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITES - Wikipedia.
• LIST OF DEFUNCT SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITES
• List of social platforms with at least 100 million active users - "This is a list of social platforms with at least 100 million monthly active users. The list includes social networks, as well as online forums, photo and video sharing platforms, messaging and VoIP apps."
• Living Out Loud, Headphones Nowhere to Be Found - "Welcome to their conversation. (Or YouTube video. Or baseball game.) For people bothered by the liberal use of speakerphones, the public sphere can be a circle of hell."

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• Major US Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam - "Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent US figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam."
• Mannequin Challenge - viral Internet video trend where people remain frozen in action like mannequins while a video is recorded, usually with the song "Black Beatles" by Rae Sremmurd playing in the background.
• Mark Zuckerberg concealed his kids’ faces on Instagram. Should you? - "When Mark Zuckerberg shared a photo on Instagram of his family on July 4, two things stuck out: the billionaire CEO wore a striped souvenir cowboy hat, and the faces of his children were replaced with happy face emojis. Zuckerberg’s post was promptly criticized by some who saw the decision to obscure the faces as a reflection of his privacy concerns for sharing pictures of his children online, despite his creating massive platforms that allow millions of other parents to do just that."
• Mark Zuckerberg finally explains why Facebook is doing nothing about Trump's posts - "Within two-and-a-half hours of the post, Twitter had placed a warning label on it saying it glorified violence. Facebook, by contrast, remained silent on the matter for 18 hours until Zuckerberg's post appeared."
• Mark Zuckerberg proves he is Facebook's editor by allowing Trump's hate speech - The Guardian.
• Mark Zuckerberg Quietly Buries the Metaverse - "Mark Zuckerberg Quietly Buries the Metaverse. The CEO of social-media giant Meta has sworn by AI, popularized by the chatbot ChatGPT."
• Mark Zuckerberg Says He Strongly Disagrees With "The Ugly" Memo By Top Facebook Exec - BuzzFeed.
• MARK ZUCKERBERG SAYS IT WILL TAKE 3 YEARS TO FIX FACEBOOK - Wired.
• Mark Zuckerberg tapes over his webcam. Should you? - The Guardian.
• Mark Zuckerberg: The Recode interview - The Verge.
• Mark Zuckerberg’s Long March to China - MIT Tech Review.
• Mark Zuckerberg's old Facebook posts have vanished. The company says it 'mistakenly deleted' them - "Facebook won't restore the posts, saying the work to do so would be 'extensive' and not guaranteed to work. Facebook has also made changes to the way it saves its archives of previous corporate announcements and blog posts that make it that much harder to parse the company's historical records."
• MASHABLE - "The Social Media Guide." Top source for news in social and digital media, technology and web culture.
• Meerkat app - "Tweet Live Video."
• Meet 2018's highest-paid YouTuber - "7-year-old made $22M last year."
• Meet the Creator of the Egg That Broke Instagram - The New York Times.
• Meet the people who still use Myspace - The Guardian.
• Men, No Time for Tinder? Pay Someone Else to Use the Dating App for You - "Tinder can be such a hassle. That's where Tinder Done For You comes in."
• Meta announces AI chatbots with 'personality' - "Meta has announced a series of new chatbots to be used in its Messenger service. The chatbots will have "personality" and specialise in certain subjects, like holidays or cooking advice. It is the latest salvo in a chatbot arms race between tech companies desperate to produce more accurate and personalised artificial intelligence."
• Meta lifts restrictions on Trump’s Facebook & Instagram accounts - "‘Guardrails’ that previously existed removed as Meta says voters should be able to hear from presidential nominees."
• Meta rolls out paid verification option for Facebook & Instagram users in US - "Facebook and Instagram users in the United States will soon be able to pay to get a coveted blue check on their account."
• Meta spends $14 million on Mark Zuckerberg’s security & Tesla is ‘highly dependent’ on Elon Musk - "But no one can actually stop them from maiming each other in a cage."
• Mewing: what is the YouTube craze that claims to reshape your face? - "The practice involves of keeping the tongue on the roof of the mouth – but some say it’s leading people down ‘a new road of obsession’."
• MI5 chief Ken McCallum accuses Facebook of giving ‘free pass’ to terrorists - "Facebook has given terrorists a “free pass” by allowing stronger encryption on its network, the head of MI5 has said in his first criticism of Mark Zuckerberg’s company. Ken McCallum said that the social media giant’s plans to install end-to-end encryption would block hundreds of counterterrorism investigations by the Security Service."
• Mia Khalifa’s Messy World of Money, Sex & Activism - "To be influential online is to confront difficult questions about self-presentation, public judgment, freedom of speech, power and money. Over the last decade or so, Mia Khalifa has been forced to try to find some answers."
• Miley Effect - selfie-posters posing for the camera (often their own) with their tongues sticking out.
• Milkshake Duck - is an Internet meme that describes phenomena that are initially perceived as positive, only to soon after be revealed as deeply flawed. Oxford Dictionaries defined the term as "a person or character on social media that appears to be endearing at first, but is found to have an unappealing back story".
• MOLKA - in South Korea, molka are miniature cameras secretly and illegally installed in order to capture voyeuristic images and videos. Spy cameras proliferated in the country in the 2010s and are most commonly installed in small holes or cracks in walls in locations such as women's public restrooms and motel rooms. The voyeuristic images and videos are sold online across various platforms, including popular social media sites like Twitter and Tumblr, without knowledge or consent of those on camera.
• Most Liked Instagram Photo Of All Time - Marie Claire.
• Most of your Facebook friends couldn't care less about you - engadget.
• MrBeast: How the world's biggest YouTuber made his millions - "Jimmy Donaldson, the person the online world knows as MrBeast, is the biggest YouTuber on the planet - and with that popularity comes large sums of money. In November 2022, Forbes estimated he earned $54m in a year from the platform, combining advertising revenue from videos and sponsorship deals. Since then, he has gained 60 million more subscribers on his main channel, taking his total 172 million."
• myths & reality of modern friendship - "Over the past couple of years, digital connection has mattered more than ever, writes the philosopher Rebecca Roache. So, how is the nature of friendship changing?"

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• New Google Photos Feature Will Affect Millions - "It will soon become possible to export all of your Facebook pictures and videos directly to Google Photos without having to download them first."
• NING - "Create your own social network for anything. Build a social destination to create a community. Foster conversations, drive action and earn revenue. All in a matter of clicks." Online platform for people to create their own social networks, launched in October 2005.

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• ONLINE CHAT - Wikipedia.
• OnlyFans: Who is Leonid Radvinsky, the elusive owner of a porn empire? - "OnlyFans' profits have skyrocketed in the past year and news that its owner earned more than $300m in dividends has ignited fresh questions about the pornography mogul."
• Only verified accounts can vote in Twitter polls from April 15, says Musk - "Elon Musk said on Monday only verified Twitter accounts would be eligible to vote in polls starting April 15, 2023, a move that the social media company's CEO believes will address advanced AI bot swarms."

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• Parler website partially returns with support from Russian-owned technology firm - "Platform popular with Trump supporters is back online, but only carries a message from its CEO, using IP address owned by DDOS-Guard."
• Passenger Shaming humiliates inconsiderate travellers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram - The Independent.
• PEER INDEX - "Understand Your Online Social Capital."
• People Are Getting Plastic Surgery to Look Like Snapchat Filters, Doctors Warn - "Doctors warn that apps like Snapchat and Facetune may be contributing to 'Snapchat dysmorphia' and driving people to get plastic surgery."
• People Are Now Giving Cats Fragile Eggs to See If They’ll Keep Them From Cracking - "A new TikTok challenge where cats are given eggs to protect may be changing that narrative by showing that cats can be gentle protectors when given the opportunity. Of course, not all cats are living up to the task."
• People are texting phone numbers identical to their own, with one key difference. Meet the 'number neighbor' - "Knock knock. Who's there? It's your (number) neighbor! Could this be the beginning of a beautiful friendship?"
• Photographer steps inside Vietnam's shadowy 'click farms' - "The shadowy enterprises that help clients artificially boost online traffic and social media engagement in the hope of manipulating algorithms and user perceptions."
• PimEyes: Face Recognition Search Engine & Reverse Image Search - since 2017. "PimEyes is an online face search engine that goes through the Internet to find pictures containing given faces."
• POKE (FACEBOOK) - feature is intended to be a poke gesture (similar to "nudge" in instant messaging) to attract the attention of another user.

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• Quit Social Media. Your Career May Depend on It - The New York Times.

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• Ray-Ban Stories - "The New Way To Capture, Share & Listen." In partnership with Facebook, discover our first generation of smart sunglasses and eyeglasses that keeps you connected. So you can keep your eyes on the world around you.
• Reddit is going to let you turn gold into money - "Reddit’s new Contributor Program will let you cash out gold given to your posts by other users in real money."
• Reddit's IPO Is a Content Moderation Success Story - "The site's journey from toxic cesspool to trusted news source illustrates the business value of keeping bad actors at bay."
• rise of 'solo polyamory' - "Does 'solo polyamory' mean having it all? With no ‘primary partner’ and a potential for multiple meaningful relationships, solo polyamorists are hopping off the heteronormative 'relationship escalator'."
• Royal family issues social media guidelines after Meghan-Kate abuse - "Britain's royal family has told social media users to show 'courtesy, kindness and respect' when interacting with its online posts, after repeated cases of online abuse directed at Duchesses Meghan and Kate."
• Ruby Wax: ‘I felt I had no community - so I started one’ - "Frazzled Cafe aims to help those who feel overwhelmed. Since moving to Zoom, we’ve been flooded with people who want to talk."

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• Samuel L Jackson’s embarrassing Twitter porn gaffe - "Fans are having a field day after Samuel L Jackson was caught out in an embarrassing X-rated online gaffe - on his birthday, no less."
• Section 230 - piece of Internet legislation in the United States, passed into law as part of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) of 1996 (a common name for Title V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996), formally codified as Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 at 47 U.S.C. § 230. Section 230 generally provides immunity for website publishers from third-party content. At its core, Section 230(c)(1) provides immunity from liability for providers and users of an "interactive computer service" who publish information provided by third-party users: "No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider." The statute in Section 230(c)(2) further provides "Good Samaritan" protection from civil liability for operators of interactive computer services in the removal or moderation of third-party material they deem obscene or offensive, even of constitutionally protected speech, as long as it is done in good faith.
• See the Most Googled Person in Each Country in 2015 - TIME Magazine.
• SELFIE - a self-portrait photograph or group photograph featuring the photographer, typically taken with a hand-held digital camera or camera phone.
• Selfie is the New Autograph - autographs are social currency. They represent the social equity of “Hey, I met this person.” The selfie is an even more powerful version of that.
• Selfies Have Led to 259+ Deaths Since 2011 - Here’s How - "It has been widely reported that selfies cause more deaths these days than shark attacks. Now a new study has provided new facts and figures on how at least 259 people have lost their lives while trying to capture smartphone self-portraits since 2011."
• SEX, BEER & CODING: INSIDE FACEBOOK’S WILD EARLY DAYS - Wired.
• Shitstorm - definition & explanation.
• Shadow banning - also called stealth banning, hellbanning, ghost banning, and comment ghosting, is the practice of blocking or partially blocking a user or the user's content from some areas of an online community in such a way that the ban is not readily apparent to the user, regardless of whether the action is taken by an individual or an algorithm. For example, shadow-banned comments posted to a blog or media website would be visible to the sender, but not to other users accessing the site.
• SHOULD I DELETE MY TWEETS? - Wired.
• Should you delete TikTok? Here’s what experts say about the app Trump wants to ban - "With the US government considering banning the China-based video-sharing app, here’s what you need to know."
• Should You Reconsider Using WhatsApp After the Jeff Bezos Hack? Probably Not - TIME Magazine.
• Should You Set Friendship Boundaries? Experts Analyze Those 'Emotional Capacity' Memes - TIME Magazine.
• SKA DATE - advanced dating & community software. Dating layouts & social networking software templates.
• SNAPCHAT’S FLYING CAMERA - "Snap takes another stab at hardware with a selfie drone called Pixy."
• So where are we all supposed to go now? - "It’s the end of a social era on the web. That’s probably a good thing. But I already miss the places that felt like everyone was there."
• SOCIAL CAPITAL - definition & explanation.
• Social capital: measurement & associations with economic mobility - "Social capital - the strength of an individual’s social network and community - has been identified as a potential determinant of outcomes ranging from education to health."
• SOCIAL MEDIA - interactive media technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks.
• Social media bias lawsuits keep failing in court - "So why do conservatives keep filing them?"
• Social Media Hurts Girls More Than Boys - "Social media can damage teens' mental health under certain circumstances, but a new study says it can be used safely. Here's how."
• Social media isn’t driving the plastic surgery boom. Who doesn’t want to look better? - "Vanity is a basic instinct, but women and men are risking their lives as cosmetic procedures become cheaper."
• Social media turns on Harry - "There goes the 'publicity-shy' Prince again! Twitter users accuse Harry of being a 'one-trick pony' whose 'ONLY means of getting interest is by 'b*tching about his family'."
• Social Media Week - since 2009. Leading media platform and worldwide event with local presence and global reach across five continents, including Europe, North America, South America, Africa and Asia.
• Social media's effect on truth - "The best long-form writing on technology and more in print and on the web."
• Social Media’s Globe-Shaking Power - The New York Times.
• Social network aggregation - is the process of collecting content from multiple social network services, such as MySpace or Facebook. The task is often performed by a social network aggregator, which pulls together information into a single location, or helps a user consolidate multiple social networking profiles into one profile.
• Social networking Service - online platform which people use to build social networks or social relationships with other people who share similar personal or career content, interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections.
• SOCIAL NETWORKING WATCH - "News on the Social Networking and Social Media Industry."
• SOCIALOOMPH - TOOLS TO BOOST YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRODUCTIVITY.
• Sofia Coppola's daughter becomes film family's latest star, with viral TikTok clip - "Her mother is an Oscar-winning film-maker. Her grandfather shot one of the greatest movies, The Godfather. Now, Romy Coppola Mars has joined the family dynasty - with a TikTok that has inadvertently made her a viral star."
• Stephen King quits Facebook over concerns of 'false information' - "Stephen King has quit Facebook after voicing concerns about false information and privacy."
• STREISAND EFFECT - the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet.
• study concludes we can only have five best friends - engadget.
• Suzanne Somers, Original Influencer? - "Before Goop, There Was Suzanne Somers." Long before influencers took over, the actress went from sitcom fame to cheerleader for supplements, exercise fads and sexual wellness, with great success.

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• Taliban start buying blue ticks on Twitter - "The Taliban have started using Twitter's paid-for verification feature, meaning some now have blue ticks on their accounts."
• Taylor Swift & Kanye West’s 2016 Phone Call Leaks: Read the Full Transcript - "Swift fans believe it vindicates her of charges she lied about not being told all the 'Famous' lyrics. Either way, the 25-minute call diverges fascinatingly into West's relationship with his wife, Drake rivalry, debt load and confidence of becoming 'a multi, multi, multi-billionaire.'"
• Telegram Became a Playground for Criminals, Extremists & Terrorists - "Drug dealers, scammers and white nationalists openly conduct business and spread toxic speech on the platform, according to a Times analysis of more than 3.2 million Telegram messages."
• Telegram: 'The dark web in your pocket' - "'There is no doubt that criminality is happening on other social networks too, but my experiment hints at a broader problem that many in law enforcement have been concerned about for years. Here is a flavour of some of the groups to which I have found myself added.'"
• Texas woman awarded $1.2bn in revenge porn case - "All US states, with the exception of Massachusetts and South Carolina, have anti-revenge porn laws in place."
• The big winner in Elon Musk's Twitter deal - "Even the world's richest person needs financial advice. That's great news for Morgan Stanley, the investment bank of choice for Elon Musk."
• THE CASE FOR A ZUCK-FREE FACEBOOK - Wired.
• The dark side of being an influencer - "The dark side of being a content creator. Being a social media influencer is one of the top career picks for young people today. But the path is filled with pay gaps, burnout, unpredictability and more."
• The definitive list of what everyone likes on Facebook - The Verge.
• THE GOLDEN AGE OF YOUTUBE IS OVER - "The platform was built on the backs of independent creators, but now YouTube is abandoning them for more traditional content."
• the history of Twitter's rules - Motherboard.
• The Kardashian index - "A measure of discrepant social media profile for scientists."
• The machine always wins: what drives our addiction to social media - "Social media was supposed to liberate us, but for many people it has proved addictive, punishing and toxic. What keeps us hooked?"
• The New Queen of Instagram - Tech Insider.
• The newest influencer on Instagram is ... Goldman Sachs? - "Food photographers and brand ambassadors, move aside: Goldman Sachs is joining Instagram."
• The Not-So-Universal Language of Laughter - Facebook.
• The pleasure-based guide to life online - "The Epicurean guide to digital life. It's an Ancient Greek philosophy known for its lessons on material existence and pleasure-seeking. So what might Epicureanism say about living well on social media and the internet?"
• The Real Threat To America Raised By TikTok Isn't Privacy - "The larger challenge for America highlighted by TikTok’s popularity is that ByteDance has come up with a video-sharing app that’s taken the world by storm and that didn’t come from Silicon Valley."
• The rise of TikTok: why Facebook is worried about the booming social app - "Chinese-owned video platform is set to overtake the advertising scale of Twitter and Snapchat combined."
• The synthetic social network is coming - "Between ChatGPT’s surprisingly human voice and Meta’s AI characters, our feeds may be about to change forever."
• The Vexing Problem of the ‘Medium Friend’ - "They’re not our besties, but they’re more than just acquaintances. How much of ourselves do we owe them? Most of us maintain an informal mental inventory of our friendships, sorting those closest to us, our intimates, from our acquaintances."
• The Weird Psychology Behind Why We Hate Follow People On Instagram - "Why do we waste our precious internet data looking at pictures posted by people we don't like?"
• The Wired Guide to Your Personal Data (and Who Is Using It) - Wired.
• There’s never been a better time to stop tweeting - "Twitter, how do I leave thee? Let me count the ways."
• These kids get free vacations thanks to their YouTube fame. But what happens behind the scenes? - "The most popular content creators can easily clear six or seven figures per year with advertising revenue and brand partnerships."
• Thousands fled to Mastodon after Musk bought Twitter. Are they still ‘tooting’? - "The decentralized social network has seen user numbers drop in recent months, but tech-savvy users remain passionate."
• Threads: Here’s why Threads is delayed in Europe - "Europe’s Digital Markets Act could prevent Meta from connecting Instagram to Threads accounts."
• Threads is rolling out some new features amid a user slump - "The platform now allows users to see their likes and organize their follower lists. The Twitter clone's growth has stalled after it failed to entice users to return."
• Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says - "Threads, Meta’s Twitter rival, is drawing users at an astounding pace, amassing 10 million sign-ups in just seven hours, according to co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. But the highly anticipated new service, which requires an Instagram account for onboarding, features an intriguing stipulation: Deleting a Threads account requires deleting the linked Instagram account."
• Threads struggling to keep users - "CNN technology reporter, Brian Fung, talks to Isa Soares about why Meta's Threads app is suffering from a fall in engagement as it struggles to keep up with rival, Twitter."
• Threads: Ten million join Meta's Twitter rival, Zuckerberg says - "Experts say Threads could attract Twitter users unhappy with recent changes to the platform. Threads allows users to post up to 500 characters, and has many features similar to Twitter. Threads is now available to download in over 100 countries including the UK, but not yet in the EU because of regulatory concerns."
• Threads upends social media in less than 48 hours - "In less than 48 hours, Meta’s Twitter rival Threads has surpassed 70 million sign-ups, upended the social media landscape and appears to have rattled Twitter enough that it is now threatening legal action against Meta."
• Threads users are already spending less time in the app - "Engagement has dropped off after a blockbuster first week, according to analytics firms."
• Threads: We tried Threads, Meta’s new Twitter rival. Here’s what happened - "Kari Paul tested the social network minutes after its launch - did it fail to impress, or should Elon Musk be shuddering?"
• Threads will never be the new Twitter - "While Threads does look eerily similar to Twitter, there are critical differences. The search experience is limited to finding accounts, with no ability to find people's posts or search by topic. There is no trending page, making it impossible to see what issues are dominating the discourse."
• TikTok Added 188M New Users Last Quarter - Sensor Tower.
• TikTok Became a Diplomatic Crisis - "A Chinese app conquered the planet - and now the U.S. is threatening to shut it down. Can the world’s biggest virality machine survive?"
• TikTok becomes the unofficial behind-the-scenes Olympic channel - "It's not the first time social media has featured at an Olympics Games. Athletes are also using older platforms - Facebook, Twitter and Instagram- to express themselves. But this year, TikTok - the most downloaded app of 2020 - is having its moment."
• TikTok: Beneath Its Fun Exterior Lies A Sinister Purpose - "Three years since TikTok was launched, the video-sharing social network grown rapidly to accumulate more than two billion downloads, one of the most popular apps of the moment, beating even Instagram or YouTube in consumption time in the United States, United Kingdom or Spain, particularly among younger age segments."
• TikTok fight explained in 60 seconds - "Is the platform a security risk or just another piece in the larger fight between the US and China? The BBC's James Clayton explains the fight over TikTok."
• Zhang Yiming: TikTok founder becomes China's richest man - "Zhang Yiming is now worth $49.3bn - 43% more than in 2023. The surging global popularity of TikTok has seen the co-founder of its parent company, ByteDance, become China's richest person."
• TikTok: From gummy bears to national security threat - "The story of a social media giant. President Donald Trump has warned that he will ban TikTok unless an American firm buys its US operations. So how did an app attract millions of users but come to be seen as a national security risk in just two years?"
• TikTok: how the west has turned on gen Z’s favourite app - "US and European fears about China exploiting TikTok’s data harvest and promoting Beijing’s worldview look set to inspire an urgent overhaul in data privacy laws."
• TikTok is Convincing People to Scratch Their Camera Lenses with Rocks - "Some photographers on TikTok are trying an unconventional technique for unusual results: taking a rock to the front of their lenses, scratching the glass, and destroying them in the process."
• TikTok really a danger to the West? - "China has attacked a bill going through US Congress that could ultimately see TikTok banned in the States, calling it unjust."
• TikTok: Setting a new standard in European data security with Project Clover - "TikTok is where creativity thrives. Over 150 million people across Europe come to our platform every month to express themselves, learn new hobbies or skills and grow their business. With such scale comes significant responsibility - building trust by ensuring the safety, privacy and security of our community and their data is critical."
• TikTok's latest trending beauty filter, Teenage Look, returns users to their younger selves - "TikTok users of a certain age are getting a heavy dose of nostalgia with a new trending filter that purports to wind back time to your teenage self. Teenage Look, which mostly works by smoothing out wrinkles, has quickly racked up 3.4 million views to date, often paired with the melody from The Verve Pipe's 1996 alt heartbreak song 'The Freshmen.'"
• TikTok’s ties to China: why concerns over your data are here to stay - "Harvesting data is the norm for social media apps, but the question that many have is where it goes and who has access to it."
• Tim Berners-Lee: ‘We need social networks where bad things happen less’ - "The father of the world wide web talks about its first 30 years, the rise of the toxic internet - and whether Facebook needs to be broken up."
• Tinder boss Elie Seidman: ‘If you behave badly, we want you out’ - "The dating app has become the go-to tool for singles looking for a ‘hook-up’ rather than a relationship. Its chief executive reckons it can broaden its appeal – but will have to get tough with some users."
• Tinder's Face to Face video chats launch globally - "The feature helps bridge the gap between a text chat and a live date."
• 'Too big to fail': why even a historic ad boycott won’t change Facebook - "The company has survived previous seemingly existential crises with little damage to its monarchical structure."
• TRENDSMAP - "Real-time local Twitter trends."
• Trump Administration ‘Certainly Looking At’ Banning TikTok In The U.S., Pompeo Says - "Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a Fox News interview on Monday that the U.S. is 'certainly looking at' restricting TikTok and other Chinese social media apps, reviving national security and privacy concerns about China’s tech giants, and stoking one front in the Trump Administration’s trade war with Beijing."
• Trump signs order targeting social media giants - "Trump signs executive order targeting Twitter after fact-checking row."
• Trump sues to reinstate his Twitter account - "The former president is seeking a preliminary injunction."
• Trump to launch new social media platform TRUTH Social - "He said the platform would 'stand up to the tyranny of big tech', accusing them of silencing opposing voices in the US."
• Trump’s free speech app Truth Social is censoring content & kicking off users - "Nearly 500,000 people are on the app’s waitlist."
• Trump’s return to Twitter solidifies a sharp right turn for Musk’s platform - "By posting his mugshot, Trump joins Ron DeSantis and Marjorie Taylor Greene in transforming site now known as X."
• Trump’s Social Network: Ads for Miracle Cures, Scams & Fake Merchandise - "Truth Social, the social network started by former President Donald J. Trump, has struggled to attract large brands."
• Trump’s Twitter account has extra protections, which could be why it didn’t get hacked - "A lot of high-profile accounts were hit yesterday, but not Trump’s."
• Truth Social Has Lost $73 Million Since Its Launch, Filing Shows - "A new SEC filing shows Truth Social's parent firm TMTG lost $50 million in 2022 and another $23 million in the first half of 2023."
• Truth Social is strapped for cash and struggling to find new users - "It’s having a hard time getting Google Play Store approval."
• Truth Social: will Trump’s ‘free speech haven’ overcome its rocky start? - "Technical snags, criticisms of its terms of service and questions about copyright infringement plague the app’s kickoff."
• Tweet Deck - "The most powerful Twitter tool for real-time tracking, organizing and engagement."
• TWEET THE BRITISH MONARCHY - Twitter address (Verified Account).
• TWHIRL - a social software desktop client, based on the Adobe AIR platform.
• twiplomacy - definition & explanation.
• Twitch temporarily bans President Trump - "A temporary suspension for ‘hateful conduct’."
• Twitter adopts ‘poison pill’ plan to shield itself from Elon Musk takeover - "The social media company adopted a shareholder rights plan to protect itself from the billionaire’s bid."
• Twitter announces employees will be allowed to work from home ‘forever’ - "The company said those who want to return to the office won’t likely do so until at least September and reopening will be ‘careful’."
• Twitter appears to delay links by five seconds to sites Elon Musk dislikes - "When content posted from critical news outlets and competitor apps was clicked, it opened a blank screen, delaying access."
• Twitter blocked Trump campaign account from tweeting over COVID-19 misinformation - "The account is tweeting again, suggesting the tweet was deleted."
• Twitter blue check unavailable after impostor accounts erupt on platform - "Before Elon Musk took over the badge was granted to celebrities and journalists verified by the platform to prevent impersonation."
• Twitter Blue verification was a complete disaster in exactly the ways everyone predicted - "It lasted less than 48 hours."
• Twitter boss announces blue tick shake-up - "From 15 April only verified subscribers will have posts recommended to other users and be allowed to vote in polls. Under the policy, posts from non-paying accounts will not be included in the 'For you' stream of recommended tweets. Last week, the firm said it would remove the verified status of some 'legacy' accounts, which date from before Mr Musk bought the firm. Users currently pay $7 a month for blue-tick verification, which also allows access to additional features. Mr Musk said the changes were 'the only realistic way to address advanced AI bot swarms taking over. It is otherwise a hopeless losing battle.'"
• Twitter ‘closes offices’ after Elon Musk’s loyalty oath sparks wave of resignations - "The tech company is struggling to retain workers after Musk demanded employees sign a pledge to work ‘long hours at high intensity’."
• Twitter confirms it is working on an edit button - "Twitter has confirmed that it is working on an edit button that would allow users to change tweets after they have been posted."
• Twitter Considering 10,000-Character Limit for Tweets - Re/code.
• Twitter deletes controversial new policy banning links to other social platforms - "Twitter deleted its controversial new policy on Sunday evening that had banned links to certain other social media platforms, less than 24 hours after the policy’s initial introduction."
• Twitter descends into chaos as news outlets & brands lose verification - "The end of traditional verification marked the beginning of a radically different information regime on Twitter, one highlighted by almost immediate impersonations of government accounts; the removal of labels previously used to identify Chinese and Russian propaganda; and a scramble by the company to individually re-verify certain high-profile figures such as Pope Francis."
• Twitter hack should ring the alarm - "The latest Twitter hack should ring the alarm for November election."
• TWITTER HAD A NEW PLAN TO FIGHT EXTREMISM - THEN ELON ARRIVED - "The company had an ambitious plan to fight extremism on the platform. So what happened to it?"
• TWITTER: How Twitter’s new drastic changes will affect what users can view on the site - "Elon Musk says ‘temporary limits’ address security issues, while some users suspect move is to lift Twitter Blue paid subscriptions."
• Twitter is bringing back its Mac desktop app - "The company outlines why it dropped the app last year."
• Twitter is making DMs encrypted & adding video, voice chat, per Elon Musk - "Musk says the creator of Signal is interested in helping make it so that 'I can’t look at anyone’s DMs if somebody has put a gun to my head.'"
• Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification - "And if the employees building it don’t meet their deadline, they’ll be fired by Elon Musk."
• Twitter launches $8 blue tick subscription service - "Twitter Blue offers status marks formerly used to validate VIP accounts, with more features ‘coming soon’."
• Twitter launches Birdwatch, a fact-checking program intended to fight misinformation - "The program, currently open to a small group of users, will add context notes to tweets."
• Twitter 'looking' at a possible TikTok tie-up - "Twitter has approached TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to express an interest in buying its US operations, according to sources."
• Twitter might let you ‘unmention’ yourself from tweets - "The features are meant to 'control unwanted attention' on the platform."
• Twitter moderators turn to automation amid a reported surge in hate speech - "New head of trust and safety Ella Irwin says Elon Musk is urging Twitter ‘to take more risks’ in the wake of mass layoffs."
• Twitter neighbours complain of lit-up ‘X’ sign working at high intensity - "New logo for Elon Musk’s social network strobes over San Francisco neighbourhood, prompting complaints and mobilising building inspectors."
• Twitter now lets you schedule tweets from its web app - "You can also save draft tweets."
• Twitter: Only verified accounts can vote in Twitter polls from April 15, says Musk - "Elon Musk said on Monday only verified Twitter accounts would be eligible to vote in polls starting April 15, 2023, a move that the social media company's CEO believes will address advanced AI bot swarms."
• Twitter owner Elon Musk has taken first steps in creating an ‘everything app’ to rival WeChat. It’s going to be an uphill battle - "Elon Musk wants Twitter to be an 'everything app,' which includes peer-to-peer payments, and has taken the first steps toward that goal by securing crucial financial licenses in three states. But, according to company insiders who spoke to Fortune, the next steps are unclear as chaos reigns, regulatory hurdles loom, and potential competitors like Venmo and PayPal dominate the market." Fortune.
• Twitter says Musk is ‘conjuring’ excuse to escape takeover deal - "Twitter rebuts billionaire’s lawsuit and his arguments for abandoning the takeover as legal standoff heats up."
• Twitter sued over $136,260 in unpaid rent after Elon Musk takeover - "Landlord alleges the social media company owes back rent for its California Street branch in San Francisco."
• Twitter Sues Musk After He Tries Backing Out of $44 Billion Deal - "The question of whether Elon Musk must buy Twitter, as he agreed to do in April, is headed to a court in Delaware."
• Twitter suspends over 70 million accounts in two months - "Twitter Inc suspended more than one million accounts a day in recent months to reduce the flow of misinformation on the platform."
• Twitter tags Trump post with fact-checking warning - "A post by US President Donald Trump has been given a fact-check label by Twitter for the first time. President Trump tweeted: 'There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent.' Twitter put a warning label under the post and a subsequent tweet under its new policy on misleading information."
• Twitter: The demise of Twitter: how a ‘utopian vision’ for social media became a ‘toxic mess’ - "In the early days it was seen as a place for ‘genuine public discourse’, but users have fled since Elon Musk took over. What went wrong? If anything is emblematic of the demise of Twitter, it is the rise and stall of the account of Oprah Winfrey."
• Twitter threatens to sue Meta over rival Threads app - "In a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a lawyer for the Elon Musk-owned app said Meta had unlawfully misappropriated trade secrets."
• Twitter trolls bombard platform after Elon Musk takeover - "Platform says 300 accounts carried out 50,000-plus tweets in ‘organised effort to make users think firm has changed content policy’."
• Twitter turns 10: The 100 greatest tweets of all time - The Telegraph.
• Twitter unveils X logo to replace Larry the bird - "A picture of Twitter's new logo, a white X on a black background, has been unveiled by Twitter's chief executive, after its owner Elon Musk said he wanted to get rid of the bird logo."
• Twitter users jump to Mastodon - but what is it? - "In the wake of Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, some users have been seeking alternative platforms. One of the biggest beneficiaries has been Mastodon. But what is it?"
• Twitter users told they’ve hit daily post limit in latest outage since Musk takeover - "US tech publication reports CEO Elon Musk has asked staff to pause all new development to stabilise app."
• Twitter uses Earth Day to announce ban on climate denialism ads - "The platform has been a source of a growing wave of climate misinformation and said denialism ‘shouldn’t be monetized’."
• Twitter will let businesses keep their gold checkmarks - for $1,000 per month - "Twitter could also charge extra to add badges to every account affiliated with the brand as part of its latest money-making scheme."
• Twitter will let you tweet with your voice - "Twitter has spent years trying to combat misinformation and abuse on its platform. Now it's introducing a new feature with the potential to complicate that effort: audio tweets."
• Twitter will now charge for SMS two-factor authentication - "Only Twitter Blue subscribers will get the privilege of using the least secure form of two-factor authentication."
• Twitter worth less than half of what he paid for it - "Calculation based on leaked offer to staff that implies firm valued at $20bn compared with $44bn he bought it for."
• Twitter’s future is in doubt as Threads tops 100 million users - "Twitter has weathered months, if not years, of mismanagement as well as mass layoffs, frequent service disruptions and an exodus of top advertisers, but the launch of a rival app from Meta could prove to be the final straw. Threads surpassed 100 million users this weekend, less than a week after it launched, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Monday, marking a staggering feat for any social network and one that puts it on pace to rapidly pass Twitter’s audience size."
• Twitter's link service (http://t.co) - "How does link shortening work? Links shared on Twitter, including links shared in Direct Messages, will automatically be processed and shortened to an http://t.co link. Learn how to shorten links. Please note: anyone with a t.co shortened link will be able to navigate to the destination URL."
• Twitter’s New Stickers Are Snapchat Filters, But for Tweets - Wired.
• Twitter's rebrand: Why 'x' could be the most powerful letter in English - "From its origins with the Phoenicians to Twitter's rebrand, 'x' is one of the English alphabet's most powerful and alluring letters."
• Twitter’s TweetDeck will only be available to verified users, company says - "Restriction on previously free dashboard tool is latest dramatic change to platform under Elon Musk. The popular and previously free tool allows users to organize the accounts they follow into different columns to easily monitor content. It has been popular with businesses and news organizations."

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• Unfollow? Block? And who gets custody of the WhatsApp groups? How to break up in the digital age - "Social media has made finding love easier, but ending relationships even messier. Here’s how to finish things online without losing your mind."
• Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone battery life - The Guardian.
• United States is 'looking at' banning TikTok and other Chinese social media apps, Pompeo says - "Washington's top diplomat added that people should only download the app 'if you want your private information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party.'"
• Unpacking the Facebook Tragedy as It Turns 20 - "Facebook and its parent company Meta have truly harmed the world, writes David Kirkpatrick."

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• VINE (TWIITER) - mobile app by Twitter that enables its users to create and post short video clips. Video clips created with Vine have a maximum length of six seconds and can be shared on a variety of social networking services, such as Twitter or Facebook.
• Viral video - video that becomes popular through a viral process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites, social media and email.

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• Want a blue check mark on Twitter? It may soon cost you $19.99 a month - "Twitter is considering offering verified accounts to users who are willing to pay $19.99 a month for a subscription service, and it may take away the coveted blue check marks of existing users if they don’t start paying for the product within 90 days, according to internal Twitter documents viewed by CNN."
• WEB CHAT - Wikipedia.
• Webstagram - "The best Instagram web viewer online." View photos of the people you follow; Like and Comment on photos; Follow and Unfollow other users; See your followers and following; Browse popular photos/tags/users; Get your RSS feeds; AND MANY OTHER STUNNING FEATURES...!
• Welcome to Botnet, Where Everyone’s an Influencer - "A social network populated entirely by adoring bots aims to mimic the experience of being a celebrity online - trolls not included."
• What Are Spam Bots & Why They’re an Issue in Elon Musk’s Twitter Deal - "Bots can tweet at people, share tweets, follow and be followed by other people. And there are good bots and bad."
• What Does Your TikTok Algorithm Say About You? - "It’s not that the TikTok algo can predict your future, but it can reveal certain things about your predilections and preferences that perhaps you haven’t fully realized."
• What even is the metaverse? - "For most of this year, Facebook has been talking about its plans for the metaverse, pledging to lose a lot of money in order to bolster its ambitions in the space."
• What happened when world's most populous nation turned off TikTok overnight - "India banned TikTok without warning. 200 million people learned to live without it. As TikTok fans in the United States worry about losing access to the wildly-popular social media app, there are lessons they can learn from a country on the other side of the world."
• What is BGP & how might it have helped kick Facebook off the internet? - "On Monday, Facebook was completely knocked offline, taking Instagram and WhatsApp (not to mention a few other websites) down with it. Many have been quick to say that the incident had to do with BGP, or Border Gateway Protocol, citing sources from inside Facebook, traffic analysis, and the gut instinct that “it’s always DNS or BGP.” Facebook is on its way back up, but this all begs the question: What is BGP?"
• What is Elite TikTok & what has it got to do with Donald Trump? - "Members of something called Alt or Elite TikTok have been credited with ruining a Trump rally. But who are they?"
• What the Telegram founder’s arrest means for the regulation of social media firms - "Pavel Durov’s detention by French authorities is a major break from the norm - but his low-moderation, non-encrypted app is an anomaly."
• What Was Twitter, Anyway? - "Whether the platform is dying or not, it’s time to reckon with how exactly it broke our brains. If there is one good thing that can be said about Twitter, it's that it really was democratizing: It allowed the previously voiceless to walk ..."
• WhatsApp Discovered Malware That Infects Phones With a Missed Call - "Spyware crafted by an 'advanced cyber actor,' reportedly an Israeli company, infected multiple targeted mobile phones through WhatsApp's in-app voice calls."
• WhatsApp Upgrade Warning: Here’s What 2 Billion Users Need To Know - "Users are now being exposed to a recurring security risk. That risk revolves around a warning that spread about a malicious WhatsApp message that first appeared back in 2016. The warning, which spread virally as these things have a habit of doing, involved a supposed WhatsApp invitation to upgrade to WhatsApp Gold. Accept the invite, and users would be asked to click a download link, which in turn would install malware on their device."
• WhatsApp's dark mode rolls out on Android &iOS today - "Good news for tired eyes."
• What’s in the Facebook Papers & what it means for the company - "Facebook - make that Meta - is battling serious issues on multiple fronts."
• What's next for Twitter now that Elon Musk wants out? - "New York Times reporter Lauren Hirsch said there has been an interesting confluence of events since news of Musk's offer first broke. The stock market 'basically dropped off the cliff,' including shares of Tesla, which Musk was presumably relying on to fund much of the deal."
• WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN FACEBOOK'S 'DOWNLOAD YOUR DATA' - Wired.
• Why are TikTok creators so good at making people buy things? - "TikTok has major power to move consumers to spend on the products creators feature. Why is the pull so strong?"
• Why Bored Ape Avatars Are Taking Over Twitter - "N.F.T. clubs are all the rage among cryptocurrency enthusiasts. Are they a get-rich-quick scheme or the future of culture?"
• Why do people spend money to promote their own tweets? - "Paying to promote your tweets won’t do much for your personal brand."
• Why does the internet keep breaking? - "'When Facebook has a problem, it creates such a big impact for the internet but also the economy, and, you know... society. Millions, or potentially hundreds of millions, of people are just sort of sitting around waiting for a small team in California to fix something. It's an interesting phenomena that has grown in the last couple of years.'"
• Why Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp All Went Down - "The problem relates to something called BGP routing, and it took down every part of Facebook's business."
• Why I’m Deleting All My Old Tweets - Wired.
• Why is Facebook shutting down its facial recognition system & deleting ‘faceprints’? - "The social media giant is putting a stop to its technology that identifies people in photos. We look at what prompted the move and what it means for users."
• Why luxury resorts are fed up with 'freeloading' social media 'influencers' - The Telegraph.
• Why Mark Zuckerberg had to announce 11,000 job cuts at Meta - "Company thought rise in online activity would last, rivals stole its users, and metaverse was too uncertain for shareholders."
• Why Trump-backed Truth Social still isn't available on Google's app store - "Truth Social, the Twitter-like social network backed by former President Donald Trump, remains unavailable on Google's Android app store because of deficiencies in the app's content moderation systems, according to a Google spokesperson."
• Why Twitter’s rebrand to X feels 'shocking' to users - "So long Twitter, hello X. The change doesn't sit right with many of its devoted users, and there may be reasons why."
• Why won’t TikTok confirm the Bold Glamour filter is AI? - "TikTok rolled out new AI tools for filters last month. But the company won’t say if its new Bold Glamour effect uses them - and the reaction to the filter isn’t entirely positive."
• Why you rarely believe celebrity apologies on social media - "On social media, posts of contrition from public figures are endless. They usually flop."
• WORLD MAP OF SOCIAL NETWORKS - created by Vincenzo Cosenza.
• Would Plato tweet? The Ancient Greek guide to social media - "Socrates or Plato may not have used Twitter or TikTok, but as Nathan Dufour Oglesby writes, they may have had a few things to say about how to navigate social media more wisely."

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• X: Apple rejects new name 'X' for Twitter iOS app because... rules - "Turns out, Apple's App Store can't accept the new name for Twitter's iOS app because of minimum character requirements."
• X: Elon Musk wants to turn tweets into ‘X’s’. But changing language is not quite so simple - "Elon Musk may want to send “tweet” back to the birds, but the ubiquitous term for posting on the site he now calls X is here to stay - at least for now. For one, the word is still plastered all over the site formerly known as Twitter. Write a post, you still need to press a blue button that says 'tweet' to publish it. To repost it, you still tap 'retweet.' But it’s more than that."
• X, formerly Twitter, commandeers ‘@music’ handle from user with half a million followers - "Social network Twitter, recently rebranded as X, has commandeered the handle '@music' from open-source software developer Jeremy Vaught, who told CNBC he created the account in 2007, and had built a community of around half a million followers there."
• X: Giant glowing ‘X’ sign atop Twitter office in San Francisco removed - "The city building department had logged 24 complaints after the new logo went up, with neighbors upset over its intrusive lights."
• X: The Brand, the Generation & Elon Musk - "One little letter, so much baggage." The New York Times.
• X: Twitter's rebrand: Why 'x' could be the most powerful letter in English - "From its origins with the Phoenicians to Twitter's rebrand, 'x' is one of the English alphabet's most powerful and alluring letters."
• X users can earn thousands from US election misinformation & AI images - "The BBC identified networks of dozens of accounts that re-share each other's content multiple times a day - including a mix of true, unfounded, false and faked material - to boost their reach, and therefore, revenue on the site."
• X: WeChat: Why does Elon Musk want X to emulate China's everything-app? - "Earlier this week Elon Musk rebranded Twitter to X - another step in his plan to emulate Chinese mega app WeChat."

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• YOU ARE WHAT YOU LIKE - Facebook personality test.
• You can buy a wearable camera to track your social life - The Verge.
• YOU CAN SEND INVISIBLE MESSAGES WITH SUBTLE FONT TWEAKS - Wired.
• Your attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen - "Social media and many other facets of modern life are destroying our ability to concentrate. We need to reclaim our minds while we still can."
• Your obsession with celebrities is helping scammers spread spam - "Promises of Alexis Bledel content led the most people to malware in 2019."
• Your online activity is now effectively a social ‘credit score’ - "Especially when the Morality Police get acquired."
• Your 'private' Instagram account isn't as private as you think - "Your followers can still share and save your posts without your knowledge by using a surprisingly simple trick."
• YouTuber - a YouTuber, also known as a YouTube personality, YouTube celebrity, or YouTube Content Creator, is a type of internet celebrity and videographer who has gained popularity from their videos on the video-sharing website, YouTube. Networks sometimes support YouTube celebrities. Some YouTube personalities have corporate sponsors who pay for product placement in their clips or production of online ads.
• YouTube Creator Awards - since 2012. Commonly known as YouTube Play Buttons or YouTube Plaques, are a series of awards from the American video platform YouTube that aim to recognize its most popular channels. They are based on a channel's subscriber count but are offered at the sole discretion of YouTube. Each channel is reviewed before an award is issued, to ensure that the channel follows the YouTube community guidelines. YouTube reserves the right to refuse to hand out a Creator Award, which it has done for channels featuring horror or extremist political content.
• YouTuber Trevor Jacob admits to crashing plane for views - "A YouTuber who intentionally crashed an airplane for views will plead guilty to obstructing a federal investigation by cleaning up the site of the crash, US prosecutors say."
• YOUTUBERS ARE GOING TO GO NUTS FOR THE NEW DJI OSMO POCKET - Wired.

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• Zoom is now 'the Facebook of video apps' - "Yet another startup that takes our privacy. Seriously."
• Zuckerberg outlines plan for 'privacy-focused' Facebook - "Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has said he believes secure, private messaging services will become more popular than open platforms."
• ZYNGA - "Connecting The World Through Games." Social network game developer: FarmVille, Café World, Treasure Isle, Mafia Wars, Frontier Ville, Petville, Zynga Poker.