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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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Universal Music impasse with TikTok threatens to take more tracks off platform

Talks stumble over money, copyright and use of artificial intelligence

Social Media Platforms Are Done With News, But Gen Z Still Treats Them as a Go-To Source

Data analysis reveals growing trust in information found on social media among young people, even as tech companies roll back moderation.

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

Apple, Google Get Billions From Their App Stores. That’s Now Under Threat.

Google’s court loss, increased regulatory scrutiny could derail software profit machines for the tech giants

Incognito Mode Isn’t Doing What You Think It’s Doing

Private browsing, for one thing, may be giving holiday shoppers a false sense of privacy

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.

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.

AI has rescued Mark Zuckerberg from a metaverse-size hole

His long-term bet still stands, though

Musk makes $1 billion name-change offer to Wikipedia

The owner of X (formerly Twitter) has accused the online encyclopedia of biased editing

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.

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.

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.

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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