Brazil Proposed Internet Regulation. Big Tech Took the Gloves Off
On April 28, Felipe Neto, a Brazilian YouTuber with more than 45 million followers, was angry. He had just received a message from YouTube warning him about PL2630, a bill … Read More
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Did Instagram Just Kill Linktree?
Thirteen months ago, Linktree, the link-in-bio company that allows creators to collect links to different platforms in a single, easily digestible page, announced its latest funding round. The $110 million … Read More
LinkedIn Verification Now Lets You Verify Your Job and Account
In the never-ending battle against online impersonation scams, the professional social media platform LinkedIn announced today a set of new verification features that enable users to authenticate aspects of their … Read More
Signal President Meredith Whittaker learned what not to do from Google
Meredith Whittaker, a former Google Manager who is now president at Signal.(Florian Hetz for The Washington Post via Getty Images) Florian Hetzt | The Washington Post | Getty Images Meredith … Read More
Microsoft to improve Office 365 with ChatGPT-like generative A.I. tech
Microsoft is bringing generative artificial intelligence technologies like the popular ChatGPT chatting app to its Microsoft 365 suite of business software. The enterprise technology giant said Thursday that the new … Read More
Twitter’s $42,000-per-Month API Prices Out Nearly Everyone
Since Twitter launched in 2006, the company has acted as a kind of heartbeat for social media conversation. That’s partly because it’s where media people go to talk about the … Read More
Twitter Is No Longer a Creative Haven
WIRED has written frequently of late about Elon Musk’s Twitter, so forgive me for coming back to it—but for those of us as terminally online as I am, let me … Read More
Mastodon Is Hurtling Toward a Tipping Point
Rodti MacLeary started a Mastodon instance, mas.to, in 2019. By early November 2022, it had amassed around 35,000 users. But since Elon Musk bought Twitter and unleashed one chaotic decision after another, people have signed up for … Read More
Twitter says it will no longer allow ‘free promotion’ of other social media platforms
Twitter said it will no longer allow users to promote other social media accounts on its platform, according to a thread of tweets the company shared Sunday. “We recognize that … Read More
No One on Twitter Is Safe From Elon Musk
Musk changed his tune this week after he alleged a “crazy stalker” followed a car carrying his young son. Questions about the incident remain, and it’s not clear how an … Read More