#YouTube suspends Sky News Australia over COVID-19 videos

#YouTube suspends Sky News Australia over COVID-19 videos

“#YouTube suspends Sky News Australia over COVID-19 videos” Sky News Australia has been temporarily suspended by YouTube for videos that the Google-owned video service claims violated its COVID-19 policies. The 24-hour cable channel owned by News Corp, which also owns The Post, saw its YouTube account go dark on Thursday after a review of the…

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#Instagram will default profiles to ‘private’ for minors

#Instagram will default profiles to ‘private’ for minors

“#Instagram will default profiles to ‘private’ for minors” It’s not quite so Insta for the 16-and-under influencer crowd anymore. Minors logging on to Instagram for the first time will now automatically default to a “private” account as the company aims to create a more “safe and private” platform. “Wherever we can, we want to stop…

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#Letters to the Editor — July 26, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — July 26, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — July 26, 2021” The Issue: The Biden administration’s call for social-media sites to restrict vaccine “misinformation.” It is one thing to monitor and censor hate speech; it’s quite another to censor disagreements about political, social and medical issues of great importance to the public (“Outsourcing Censorship,” Jacob Sullum, PostOpinion, July…

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#Influencer dies from 160-foot fall while recording video

#Influencer dies from 160-foot fall while recording video

“#Influencer dies from 160-foot fall while recording video” A 23-year-old woman has apparently become the second social media star in China to plunge to her death in recent weeks while recording herself on camera. Xiao Qiumei, 23, was a crane operator who shared videos of her career to a reported social media audience of 100,000…

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# Reddit deploys layer-2 solution aimed at scaling Ethereum-based community points

# Reddit deploys layer-2 solution aimed at scaling Ethereum-based community points

“# Reddit deploys layer-2 solution aimed at scaling Ethereum-based community points ” Social media platform Reddit announced it would be using scaling solution Arbitrum to handle scaling its Ethereum-based Community Points system. In a Thursday announcement, Reddit administrator jarins said the platform had launched its own layer-2 rollup using Arbitrum technology for its rewards points….

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#Twitter is testing ‘downvote’ and ‘upvote’ buttons

#Twitter is testing ‘downvote’ and ‘upvote’ buttons

“#Twitter is testing ‘downvote’ and ‘upvote’ buttons” Twitter is testing a Reddit-style feature that allows users to “downvote” and “upvote” replies, the company said Wednesday. The feature — which the company described as “just a test for research” — is available to an unspecified number of users, according to Twitter. Upvotes will be displayed as…

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#Clubhouse is no longer invite-only

#Clubhouse is no longer invite-only

“#Clubhouse is no longer invite-only” Live audio app Clubhouse has removed its invite system so that anyone can join the platform, it said on Wednesday. The social app, which saw explosive early growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, previously required people to be invited by an existing user or request to join a waitlist. It said…

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