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The arrest of “Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg” rattles social media
Why Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, is in a French jail
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'Very demure, very mindful' - are we missing the joke of viral trend?
A demure TikTok has gone viral, but is it an ironic joke or does it set unrealistic standards for women?
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‘Flights grounded’: Airports in chaos
A global software outage has been catastrophic for travellers who have reported being stuck at airports across Australia as flights around the world are grounded.
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IT expert reveals cause of global outage
A cyber expert has explained why the world hasn’t seen an outage like the one being currently experienced in recent times.
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Data analysis reveals growing trust in information found on social media among young people, even as tech companies roll back moderation.
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Florida advances law banning children under 16 from using social media
Bill would prohibit teenagers from creating an account, and is now headed to the state’s Republican-controlled senate
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Apple, Google Get Billions From Their App Stores. That’s Now Under Threat.
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Windows is now an app for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and PCs
Microsoft has created a new ‘Windows App’ for accessing its OS on a variety of devices, possibly signaling broader ambitions.
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Nepal bans TikTok over threat to ‘social cohesion’
This nation of 30 million people has banned TikTok, effective immediately, due to its threat to social order.
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Musk makes $1 billion name-change offer to Wikipedia
The owner of X (formerly Twitter) has accused the online encyclopedia of biased editing
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Israeli Arabs arrested over Gaza social media posts
Dozens of Arab citizens of Israel have been arrested in connection with social media posts about the war in Gaza.
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Elon Musk’s X is testing an annual fee for unverified accounts
Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter, has started charging new users in New Zealand and the Philippines $1 (£0.82) a year to access key features, as part of a new trial.
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Graphic war videos go viral, testing social media’s rules
Facebook, YouTube and TikTok ban support for Hamas. Telegram allows it. And X struggles to enforce its own policies.
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Delete your digital history from dozens of companies with this app
Americans finally have some privacy rights. Permission Slip makes telling companies to delete or not sell your data simple. Really.
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