#Twitter’s new ‘Communities’ and ‘Super Follows’ will make it more like Facebook and Patreon

#Twitter’s new ‘Communities’ and ‘Super Follows’ will make it more like Facebook and Patreon

“#Twitter’s new ‘Communities’ and ‘Super Follows’ will make it more like Facebook and Patreon” At its core, Twitter hasn’t changed all that much in the past few years. For the most part, people use it the same as they always have — a mostly public-facing ‘microblogging’ platform. But the company today unveiled highlighted multiple upcoming…

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#Myanmar military banned from Facebook, Instagram after coup

#Myanmar military banned from Facebook, Instagram after coup

“#Myanmar military banned from Facebook, Instagram after coup” Facebook banned Myanmar’s military from the social network amid violent protests against the coup that was carried out there this month. The Silicon Valley giant also booted the Tatmadaw armed forces from Instagram over concerns that the military’s posts on the platforms would lead to real-world violence….

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#Facebook sorry for threat to ban 81-year-old for hate speech

#Facebook sorry for threat to ban 81-year-old for hate speech

“#Facebook sorry for threat to ban 81-year-old for hate speech” Facebook has apologized to Rita Rich-Mulcahy, the 81-year-old knitter who was nearly banned from the site for promoting “white pigs.” It all started when Rich-Mulcahy, of Adelaide, Australia, began knitting stuffed animals to pass the time and distract the grieving widow from the death of…

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#Australia passes law requiring Facebook, Google to pay for news

#Australia passes law requiring Facebook, Google to pay for news

“#Australia passes law requiring Facebook, Google to pay for news” Australia’s parliament officially passed a landmark law Thursday effectively forcing tech titans to pay for news content following intense public opposition from Facebook and Google. The first-of-its-kind measure cleared its last hurdle when the parliament approved a set of amendments made to appease Facebook, which…

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# Meme pioneer launches NFT lolcats on OpenSea

# Meme pioneer launches NFT lolcats on OpenSea

“# Meme pioneer launches NFT lolcats on OpenSea ” The original “I Can Has Cheezburger?” meme has become the latest symbol of popular culture to be immortalized as an NFT. The meme’s creator, Eric Nakagawa, announced his foray into a series of lolcat NFTs on Feb. 23. “Happy Cat” — the crown jewel of Nakgawa’s…

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#Australian lawmakers push news law after Facebook concessions

#Australian lawmakers push news law after Facebook concessions

“#Australian lawmakers push news law after Facebook concessions” Australian lawmakers advanced a bill that effectively will force Google and Facebook to pay media companies for news content, clearing the last major hurdle for legislation that could set precedents for government policies worldwide. The bill, which was amended and green-lighted by Australia’s Senate, will return to…

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