SOCIAL MEDIA
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Meta launches Instagram spinoff Instants as a standalone app
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Instagram is trying out another way to engage younger audiences, via a Snapchat-like separate app called Instants that emphasizes the raw, unedited content sharing of temporary photos. As displayed in these images, Instants opens to the camera, like Snapchat, and lets users…
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Lawmakers in Turkey pass teen social media ban
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Turkey is the latest country to implement teen social media restrictions, with lawmakers passing a bill that will restrict access to social media platforms for children under 15. As reported by AP News, lawmakers in Turkey voted on April 22 to support…
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X introduces topic-based Custom Timelines
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. After experimenting with topic-based feed filters over the past month, X has launched a Custom Timelines option, which will enable X users to pin topic-based feeds to their home tab, and could potentially help expand usage behaviors. The new Custom Timelines option…
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Snapchat launches loyalty badges for Snap Map locations
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Snapchat added a new feature designed to encourage repeat visits to locations listed on the Snap Map with the app’s place loyalty badges, which celebrate the places each user visits most frequently. So if you really liked Foursquare, this is for you.…
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Threads will add Broadcast Channels-style feature called live chats
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Threads is looking to add another way to help users follow event and topic-related discussions, with a feature that sounds a lot like Broadcast Channels, which is already available on Instagram and Messenger. Broadcast Channels, which Instagram added in 2023, is essentially…
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Judge sides with plaintiffs in case against online ICE trackers
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A judge has granted a preliminary injunction to a Facebook group, along with a dedicated app, which used publicly available information to highlight the activity of ICE agents in the U.S. The judge sided with plaintiffs, and said they are likely to…
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Threads updates reply format and web UI
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Threads is rolling out indented replies in order to make it easier to follow reply chains in-stream, while it’s also working on a new UI for its web version, which will also include DMs. First, Thrteads’ updated presentation format for indented replies will…
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Facebook wants to scan users’ camera rolls for content
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Facebook is trying out a new approach to get people to share more content, with users in the U.K. now able to opt into a process that will recommend photos to share from users’ camera roll and provide suggestions for edits, collages,…
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NiemanLab offers advice for posting news on X
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Looking for ways to improve post performance on X? The platform formerly known as Twitter has taken something of a reputational hit of late, as more right-wing discussion points seemingly dominate the conversation. However, X is still used by more than 500…
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Advocacy groups warn against adding facial recognition to Meta AI glasses
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. As Meta continues to advance its plan to make artificial intelligence-powered glasses a key factor for digital connection, a group of more than 70 advocacy organizations have issued a warning about the potential invasion of privacy that these devices could facilitate. The…
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