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X Tests Expanded Grok Prompts and Functions In-Stream

Post author:Social Media Today
Post published:January 8, 2025
Post category:ai LATEST social

X is keen to get more people using its advanced AI chatbot. Source

Meta is ditching third-party fact checkers on Facebook, Instagram

Post author:Engadget
Post published:January 8, 2025
Post category:entertainment LATEST social

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a big shift in the company's approach to moderation and speech. Meta will be suspending its fact-checking program and will move to an X-style Community…

Threads prototypes custom display names and cover images for profiles

Post author:Tech Crunch
Post published:January 8, 2025
Post category:LATEST social

Instagram Threads is developing new features that would bring its user experience more in line with that of X (formerly Twitter) and the social network Bluesky. The Meta-owned company is…

Instagram blocked LGBTQ hashtags and treated them as ‘sexually suggestive content’

Post author:Engadget
Post published:January 8, 2025
Post category:LATEST social

Meta’s Instagram has been blocking LGBTQ-related hashtags for months, according to reporting by User Mag. This was done under the company’s “sensitive content” policy as an attempt to restrict “sexually…

TikTok Promotes Lemon8 in the US as Ban Looms

Post author:Social Media Today
Post published:January 8, 2025
Post category:LATEST social

Though Lemon8 will also be banned once the bill is enacted. Source

YouTube Looks to Simplify Shorts Creation from Longer Clips

Post author:Social Media Today
Post published:January 8, 2025
Post category:entertainment LATEST social

YouTube's testing another way to create Shorts from your longer content. Source

Reddit Launches Trend Tracking, AMA Ads

Post author:Social Media Today
Post published:January 8, 2025
Post category:LATEST social

Some handy new options from the Reddit ads team. Source

Zuckerberg Announces New Measures to Increase Hate Speech on Facebook

Post author:Futurism
Post published:January 8, 2025
Post category:entertainment LATEST social

In a cringe-inducing attempt to curry favor with president-elect Donald Trump, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced sweeping changes on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads that will almost certainly allow hate…

Apple inks giant new lease for 193,000 square-foot Seattle office previously occupied by Meta

Post author:Geekwire
Post published:January 7, 2025
Post category:deals LATEST social

On the rooftop at Arbor Blocks 333 in Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Apple is taking a big bite out of the Seattle commercial estate market with a…

Meta’s Revised Political Content Approach Could Benefit Threads

Post author:Social Media Today
Post published:January 7, 2025
Post category:LATEST social

More political content could open up the Threads discussion. Source

After Founder’s Arrest, Telegram Began Sharing Info on Thousands More Users With Police

Post author:Gizmodo
Post published:January 7, 2025
Post category:entertainment Events LATEST social software

The social media platform changed its policies in September and began responding to law enforcement requests at significantly higher rates than it had previously. Source

Meta’s Getting Rid of Fact-Checks and Switching to Community Notes

Post author:Social Media Today
Post published:January 7, 2025
Post category:LATEST social software

In a major shift for the company, Meta will now allow more political discussion in its apps. Source

You May See an AI Version of Yourself as an Instagram Post: Here's How to Turn It Off

Post author:CNET
Post published:January 7, 2025
Post category:ai LATEST reviews social software

Some users are seeing AI-generated images of themselves as private posts on the platform. Source

CES 2025 day 2: the 11 coolest gadgets we've seen, from Samsung's The Frame Pro TV to AI air fryers

Post author:Tech Radar
Post published:January 7, 2025
Post category:ai entertainment Events gadgets LATEST mobile social

(Image credit: Future)TechRadar will be extensively covering this year's CES, and will bring you all of the big announcements as they happen. Head over to our CES 2025 news page…

Meta axes third-party fact-checkers in time for second Trump term

Post author:Ars Technica
Post published:January 7, 2025
Post category:LATEST social

Meta announced today that it's ending the third-party fact-checking program it introduced in 2016, and will rely instead on a Community Notes approach similar to what's used on Elon Musk's…

Meta ditches fact-checking for community notes ahead of second Trump term

Post author:Mashable
Post published:January 7, 2025
Post category:entertainment LATEST social

In a video posted to his Facebook page on Tuesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the platform is getting rid of its fact-checkers."It's time to get back to our…

The Spirit of Facebook Is Moving From California to Texas

Post author:Gizmodo
Post published:January 7, 2025
Post category:entertainment LATEST social software

Mark Zuckerberg announced sweeping changes to the way that Meta moderates its social media sites. Source

As He Calls for "Positivity" on Twitter, Elon Musk Keeps Using a Disgusting Slur Against the Intellectually Disabled as a Bullying Insult

Post author:Futurism
Post published:January 7, 2025
Post category:entertainment LATEST social

FUbar In a run-of-the-mill fight on social media — you know, the type that the ultra-wealthy used to remain aloof from — Elon Musk deployed an appalling slur against disabled people.…

Some of CES 2025's weirdest robot pets are absolute nightmare fuel, but one made it all worthwhile

Post author:Tech Radar
Post published:January 7, 2025
Post category:ai entertainment Events gadgets LATEST mobile social

(Image credit: Future)We’re covering all of the latest CES news from the show as it happens. Stick with us for the big stories on everything from 8K TVs and foldable…

Meta’s fact-checking changes are just what Trump’s FCC head asked for

Post author:The Verge
Post published:January 7, 2025
Post category:LATEST social

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge I have to commend Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his new policy chief Joel Kaplan on their timing. It’s not hugely surprising that, as…