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Twitter will now ban users for spreading coronavirus vaccine misinformation
It's three, four, five strikes, you're out.
By Amanda Yeo
Instagram Live just got a bit more like Zoom with new, four-person Rooms
Clubhouse with cameras? Zoom for influencers? IG Live but with double the chaos? We'll see.
By Amanda Yeo
Did bots help push GameStop and other ‘meme stocks’? A new report says yes.
A new layer to the GameStop stock saga.
By Matt Binder
Minneapolis will pay influencers to post during the George Floyd murder trials
Minneapolis will pay $2k to post "approved messaging" during the trials.
By Matt Binder
Facebook releases TikTok-like rapping app, Bars
Write and record your own raps with Bars
By Anna Iovine
In France, Apple now shows how hard its products are to repair
Apple is adding repairability scores to its Apple Store app in France due to the new Right to Repair law.
TikTok agrees to $92 million settlement in class action privacy lawsuit
Anyone in the U.S. who used TikTok or Musical.ly before Feb. 25 this year can submit a claim for a fraction of the payout.
By Amanda Yeo
Amazon-owned Twitch took down Amazon's anti-union ads
Their explanation is simple — but the situation isn't.
By Amanda Yeo
Facebook updates Instagram's nudity policy after Oversight Board recommendation
It's not necessarily a win for the #FreeTheNipple movement, but Instagram’s policy now clarifies that "health-related nudity" is allowed.
California's net neutrality law is a reality. Here's what it means.
Net neutrality is the law of the land (at least in California).
By Matt Binder
Twitter's 'Super Follow' will finally let you charge for your precious tweets
This site was free.
By Jack Morse
Target is putting mini Apple stores inside its stores
I heard you like Apple stores so I put an Apple store inside our store.
'OK Google' has apparently been broken on Wear OS devices for months, but a fix is coming
We don't know when the fix is coming.
TikTok removed hundreds of thousands of videos spreading misinformation about the election and COVID-19
TikTok removed a lot of misinformation during the last six months of 2020.
By Matt Binder
What is Rumble, Donald Trump Jr.’s new favorite online video platform?
Don Jr. said he will now post most of his video content on the site. But what is Rumble?
By Matt Binder
Twitter is now adding a controversial 'hacked materials' warning label to tweets
“These materials may have been obtained through hacking."
By Matt Binder
Spotify Free users can no longer cast audio to Google smart speakers, displays
It's now a Premium-only feature.
By Matthew Humphries
Facebook reaches deal to reverse Australia's news ban
Facebook says Australian users and pages will be able to share news again "in the coming days".
Zuckerberg feared Facebook's conservative users, so they received special treatment
While many publishers suffered, Ben Shapiro and other conservative outlets flourished on Facebook.
By Matt Binder
Spotify announces new HiFi streaming tier for lossless audio
Pay a little more to get pristine audio from Spotify later this year.
By Alex Perry
Google fires yet another AI ethics lead and we've gotta ask: What's going on over there?
Google fired Margaret Mitchell following her support of Dr. Timnit Gebru, another fired Google AI ethicist.
By Jack Morse
Twitch dubbed over Metallica stream, and the internet thinks that's a shame
The DMCA, Metallica, and Amazon walk into a bar.
By Jack Morse
