A lonely boy and a sparky bot team up for in a tender film that dials up the charm but swerves the big-tech questionsScreenwriters Peter Baynham and Sarah Smith have programmed this watchable if very derivative animated movie about a lonely, bullied ki…
Facebook and Instagram say issues now fixed after second outage in a week
Facebook apologises to users struggling to access picture feeds and send messagesFacebook has said that issues that blocked access to its apps and services for some users have been fixed.The problems, which lasted around two hours on Friday, came days …
Facebook and Instagram went down again this afternoon
It’s been a rough week for Facebook, and it seems that Friday afternoon had no mercy for the tech giant. After one of their longest outages in company history on Monday, Facebook went down again on Friday afternoon. The outage affected all Facebook properties, including WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram. ut oh pic.twitter.com/NqA3xpWKsN — Matt Navarra […]
TikTok adds new sound partners to allow brands to leverage audio on the platform
TikTok is announcing new partnerships aimed at making it easier for brands to tap into music and sound on the platform. The company has expanded its TikTok Marketing Partners program and introduced six certified partners that will help brands create “sound-on” strategies for the platform. TikTok notes that it essentially wants to connect brands with […]
‘I might delete it’: Facebook’s problem with younger users
According to leaked research, the firm has found engagement among a key demographic is in declineOliver Coughlan embodies Facebook’s problems with teen and young adult audiences – a growing number of them do not like it. The 23-year-old says he stopped…
民衆のブラック・ツイッター史 第1部：Coming Together (2008–12年)
日本におけるツイッター史があるように、米国の黒人には「ブラック・ツイッター」があった。「#UknowUrBlackWhen（あなたが黒人だとわかるのはいつ）」から「#BlackLivesMatter（黒人の命も大切だ）」まで、ゆるやかなオンラインネットワークが、いかにして巨大なポップカルチャーとなり、社会正義の原動力となり、未来を見通すレンズとなったのかを追う民衆史。第1部はその黎明期から変革前夜まで。
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Where does Facebook go from here?
Facebook should be charting a course of humility, introspection and transparency as their best and only strategy for sustaining growth. What does this look like? Well, it starts with an apology.
Tech giants’ slowing progress on hate speech removals underscores need for law, says EC
Tech giants have gotten worse at removing illegal hate speech from their platforms under a voluntary arrangement in the European Union, according to the Commission’s latest assessment. The sixth evaluation report of the EU’s Code of Conduct on removing illegal hate speech found what the bloc’s executive calls a “mixed picture”, with platforms reviewing 81% […]
‘Facebook can’t keep its head in the sand’: five experts debate the company’s future
Whistleblower Frances Haugen testified the company is harming children and putting profits over safety, but what lies ahead?The congressional testimony of Frances Haugen is being described as a potential watershed moment after the former Facebook emplo…
Twitter trials warnings about ‘intense’ conversations
Users urged to ‘look out for each other’ and ‘remember the human’ as platform tries to limit abuseTwitter users poised to dive into a heated online debate will be warned they are about to enter an “intense” conversation, under a safety trial.The socia…