Meta Changed Its Speech Rules. Then Threats Against Politicians Skyrocketed
… Then the researchers scraped nearly 8 million comments on Facebook posts made by those lawmakers in the six months before and after Meta’s policy changes. …
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OpenAI Enables Marketing Cookies by Default for Free ChatGPT Users
… This section now says that OpenAI uses some information to run ads outside its platform. While it doesn’t say it in the Privacy Policy itself, OpenAI links to a help page explaining that it employs user identifiers to track ad conversions on other platforms. …
The UK Places a Sweeping Ban on Social Media for Kids Under 16
… Blanket bans push kids out of such curated, supervised, beneficial experiences and toward anonymous, less safe services.” “Because the majority of time spent on Snapchat is in private messaging between friends and family, an outright ban that disconnects teens from those relationships doesn’t make … …
TikTok Shoppers Thought They Were Bidding on iPhones. Instead, They Won Teddy Bears
… It’s a policy update that TikTok claims was already in the works. …
Elon Musk’s XChat App Is More Like Facebook’s Messenger Than Signal
… When you click on the “developer’s privacy policy” for XChat, it just leads to the overall page for X, rather than a specific policy catered to the encrypted messaging app. Another Messenger The privacy policy isn’t the only thing X and XChat share. …
It Sure Seems Like These Instagram Ads Want You to Do Cocaine
… On its Instagram account, also deleted after WIRED contacted Meta for comment, Snogo cultivated a flashy neon nightlife aesthetic and pitches its products as part of your “festival survival kit.” There were regular references to snow, along with promises that a Snogo straw will make you “the life o… …
China Didn’t Make Americans Hate Data Centers
… The Bitcoin Policy Institute report O’Leary cited is one of the key sources of right-wing claims about Chinese influence. …
The New Era of Militia Influencers
… While social media platforms like Facebook purged militia groups from their networks in 2020, pushing them to fringe platforms like Telegram and limiting their ability to organize and recruit new members, that’s all changed. …
Uber’s Autonomous Vehicle Strategy: Slow Their Adoption
… In May, the company published a policy paper arguing that a “phased transition” to driverless vehicles will protect riders, drivers, and cities themselves. …
In a Big Reversal, Zohran Mamdani Tells NYC Agencies They Can Use TikTok
… Mamdani leveraged TikTok to recruit volunteers and amplify his policy platform. Over his first few months in office, Mamdani has continued to leverage social media platforms, publishing a variety of public-service announcements related to city-run programs. …