Social platforms have learned to remove violent videos of extremist shootings more quickly over the past few years. It’s just not clear they’re moving quickly enough. Police say that when a white gunman killed 10 people and wounded three others — most of them Black — in a “racially motivated violent extremist” shooting in Buffalo…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
WhatsApp has been spotted testing rich link previews for text status updates to let users look at a preview of the links being shared on status updates. Separately, WhatsApp is testing a new text status update interface for Android users.Read More
A new study explains which aspects of social media influencing may lead to followers’ problematic engagement. For this, the researchers studied 500 Instagram users. They found out that influencers’ social attractiveness has a stronger effect than other factors in building followers’ attachments.Read More
Twitter’s chief Parag Agrawal defended the messaging platform’s battle against “bots” that aspiring buyer Elon Musk says vex the platform, only to have the billionaire respond with a poo emoji.Read More
Elon Musk says he could seek a lower price for Twitter, saying that there could be at least four times more fake accounts than what the company has said.Read More
WhatsApp has been spotted introducing the ability to let users silently exit any of their groups — without letting other members know about their leaving.Read More
In a video released by an American far-right activist group Project Veritas, Siru Murugesan, being described as a senior engineer with the Twitter, has spoken about the social media company. He mentioned that Twitter does not believe in free speech and people working at the company ‘hated’ Elon Musk’s $44 billion bid to take control…
Donald Trump will reportedly have to wait for six hours before reposting his messages from social media platform Truth Social on other platforms, according to a regulatory filing.Read More
Elon Musk says his $44 billion offer would not move forward until Twitter shows proof that spam bots account for less than 5 percent of its total users, hours after suggesting he could seek a lower price for the company.Read More
Elon Musk’s ties to China through his role as electric car brand Tesla’s biggest shareholder could add complexity to his bid to buy Twitter. Other companies that want access to China give in to pressure to follow Beijing’s positions on Taiwan and other issues.Read More