Tag Archives: Social media

Posted on 05/03/2021 by Engadget

YouTube has taken down channels connected to five TV stations run by Myanmar's military (Tatmadaw) in the wake of further violence in the country. The service told the New York Times it removed the channels for breaking its community guidelines b...

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Gear, Military, myanmar, News, Social media, tatmadaw, youtube

Twitter is testing an ‘Undo Send’ button for tweets

Posted on 05/03/2021 by Engadget

After releasing its take on stories in the form of Fleets, Twitter could soon offer its own spin on one of Gmail's best features. Social media maven Jane Manchun Wong has shared a first look at an "Undo Send" timer for tweets that lets...

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged App, Gear, News, Social media, social network, test, tweet, Twitter

TikTok’s Q&A features open to all creators

Posted on 04/03/2021 by Engadget

TikTok’s Q&A feature is now official. The feature was first spotted last month, when TikTok started testing it with users who had 10,000 or more followers. But now the app is allowing anyone with a creator account to opt in. Once activated, there...

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged creators, Gear, News, Social media, tiktok, Video

Why is Clubhouse so addicted to notifications?

Posted on 04/03/2021 by Engadget

I’ve learned to dread Clubhouse notifications. They blow up my phone dozens of times a day, at all hours of the day and night. My childhood neighbor just joined the app, do I want to “welcome” them in? How about the guy I went on three dates with six...

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged clubhouse, Gear, News, notifications, screen time, Social media

Parler sues Amazon again, this time in Washington state

Posted on 03/03/2021 by Engadget

Parler may have voluntarily withdrawn its federal lawsuit against Amazon, but the company isn’t ready to give up its legal battle just yet. On the same day it dropped that previous suit, the company filed a new one against Amazon in a Washington stat...

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amazon, amazon web services, aws, Gear, internet, News, parler, Social media

Facebook will start accepting political ads again on March 4th

Posted on 03/03/2021 by Engadget

Facebook will lift its ban on political ads, including those that touch on social issues, on March 4th, the company announced on Wednesday. The social media giant put the policy in place after polls for the 2020 presidential election closed on the ni...

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Facebook, Gear, internet, misinformation, News, political ads, poltics, Social media

Facebook takes down hundreds of fake Instagram accounts in Russia

Posted on 03/03/2021 by Engadget

Facebook has taken down hundreds of fake Instagram accounts in Russia that were trying to interfere with protests in the country. The company says it found a network of 530 accounts that “targeted domestic audiences throughout the recent protests in...

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Facebook, Gear, instagram, News, security, Social media

Twitter’s Clubhouse-style audio chat rooms land on Android

Posted on 02/03/2021 by Engadget

Twitter Spaces, the company's answer to Clubhouse, is now available on Android. Until now, the audio chat rooms were iOS-only. The Spaces feature is still in beta. Only a select number of users can host the chat rooms, but now anyone on iOS and A...

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Android, Audio, Gear, iOS, News, Social media, Twitter, twitter spaces

TikTok forms an EU Safety Advisory Council following scrutiny from regulators

Posted on 02/03/2021 by Engadget

TikTok has established a Safety Advisory Council for Europe that will shape its content moderation policies amid a buildup of complaints and probes against the app in the continent. The creation of the nine-member panel, which includes anti-bullying...

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bytedance, content moderation, eu, Europe, Gear, News, Social media, SocialNetworking, tiktok

Social media bots may have fuelled the GameStop stock frenzy

Posted on 28/02/2021 by Engadget

The GameStop stock frenzy appears to largely have been the product of Reddit users and trading apps like Robinhood, but some of its contributors might not have been human. According to Reuters, cybersecurity firm PiiQ Media has determined that people...

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bots, Business, Finance, Gamestop, Gear, internet, News, Reddit, Social media, social network, social networking, Stock market, stocks, Stonks, trading

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