On Tuesday, Facebook stopped a team of researchers from New York University from studying political ads and COVID-19 misinformation by blocking their personal accounts, pages, apps, and access to its platform. The move was meant to stop NYU’s Ad Observatory from using a browser add-on it launched in 2020 to collect data about the political…
Just because Apple has a plan — and a forthcoming security feature — designed to combat the spread of child sex abuse images, that doesn’t mean everyone’s getting on board. WhatsApp boss Will Cathcart joined the chorus of Apple critics on Friday, stating in no uncertain terms that the Facebook-owned messaging app won’t be adopting…
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New to TikTok and want to learn how to follow your new fave TikTokers? We’ve got you covered. Following a user on TikTok is very straightforward and makes it so their videos will show up on your “Following” page. Following a user will also help curate your “For You” page. If you’re sick of a…
Far-right personality Laura Loomer really wants back on Twitter. So much so, she just inadvertently cost herself $125,000 in a failed lawsuit over her Twitter ban. If that wasn’t enough of a self-own, it appears Loomer’s lawsuit was sparked by a prank. The Islamophobic Congressional candidate, who is also banned from platforms such as Clubhouse,…
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Yelp is introducing two new COVID-related profile attributes, the “Proof of vaccination required” and “Staff fully vaccinated” attributes, the company announced Thursday. Users will be able to filter searches using these attributes and the “Proof of vaccination required” attribute will be visible in search results. Image: Yelp. “We’ve put additional safety measures in place to…
In the internet is eating itself news, TikTok is apparently launching a new feature: Stories. Yep, the app that has caused every other social media company to scramble and create short-form video TikTok clones is now copying the last thing those other apps really had going for them. As spotted by social media consultant Matt…
Google is removing the safe browsing signal from the Google page experience update, the company announced. Google said “we recognize that these issues aren’t always within the control of site owners, which is why we’re clarifying that Safe Browsing isn’t used as a ranking signal and won’t feature in the Page Experience report.” As a…
Bing has introduced “Make Every feature Binary” (MEB), a large-scale sparse model that complements its production Transformer models to improve search relevance, the company announced Wednesday. This new technology, which is now running on 100% of Bing searches in all regions and languages, has resulted in a nearly 2% increase in clickthrough rate for the…