Discord took no action against server that coordinated costly Mastodon spam attacks https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/21/d...hat-coordinated-costly-mastodon-spam-attacks/
Meta explains how WhatsApp’s encrypted chats will work with third-party services https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/6/24092384/meta-third-party-encrypted-chats-implementation-eu-dma FYI: March 6th marks a long-awaited moment of change: it’s the deadline for tech’s biggest “gatekeepers” to comply with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act, or DMA. The DMA requires powerful companies to allow more interoperability and avoid preferencing their own digital services.
Elon Musk’s X is launching a YouTube clone for smart TVs. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-elon-musk-x-launching-012434914.html
Interesting, I do watch a lot of YouTube on my smart TV. But I doubt he can pull this off since others have also tried to compete and they failed.
Yea, I agree. My family does too. He might get it started (looks like next week there will be an 'official' announcement) but he does not have the required staff to support it. I think he is counting on TikTok being banned in the US 'soon' - all those users looking for an alternative - it will not be FB or IG, in my opinion - in reality, if it happens, I think most will go to YouTube. Definitely not X.
Psychologist accuses Meta of ‘turning a blind eye’ to posts she believes represent further danger to vulnerable women https://www.theguardian.com/technol...ove-self-harm-content-?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Here's why X/Twitter sends you to a different site than what you clicked https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...ou-to-a-different-site-than-what-you-clicked/
Elon Musk and X lose lawsuit against anti-hate nonprofit https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-x-lose-center-for-countering-digital-hate-ccdh-lawsuit
Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...access-end-of-facebook-streaming-biz-lawsuit/
Elon Musk deposed in a lawsuit for spreading a conspiracy theory on X https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon...eleased-here-it-is_n_66133d2ce4b0d81853f9a766
Ghost may join The Fediverse (using ActivityPub) https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/15/open-source-substack-rival-ghost-may-join-the-fediverse/
Truth Social users are feeling glum about Trump Media's stock crash https://markets.businessinsider.com...h-djt-truth-social-donald-trump-retail-2024-4 It has been difficult to find a write-up on this social media site that is not political. This one is about the users and not 'you know who'. The value of the stock has gone from $79 to $26 per share in less than a month. Some market watches believe it is actually worth $2/share based on 2023 finances - $58m in losses & only $4m income.
Newsletter platform Ghost adopts ActivityPub April 22: It is now official. https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/22/24137296/ghost-newsletter-activitypub-fediverse-support
Today, US Congress Passed a Bill That Could Ban TikTok https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/...unlocked_article_code=1.m00.uQcZ.7zt-AaKzFs0O The article is behind a paywall - but this link unlocks it - hope it works for you all.
Yes, this Trump Media Group stock is proof that the stock market is basically a casino. How on earth can a stock rise this much while this company has such little income and is making lots of losses. In fact, how was this company even allowed on the stock exchange? This is another crappy company which make lots of losses, with a not so great future, in my view.
Moderator staff to users across the big social media platforms https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/x-has-significantly-fewer-moderation-staff/714650/
