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Meta scraps AI image feature days after launch following privacy backlash
July 10 : Meta said on Friday it is discontinuing an AI feature launched this week that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram accounts, after drawing widespread criticism over privacy concerns, including from a Hollywood union.”Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give peo
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India asks WhatsApp to pause username feature rollout over fraud concerns
WhatsApp says the feature is not yet live and that it has built in safeguards against potential scams and impersonation.
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UK regulator considers opening Apple, Google app stores to rival payments
LONDON, June 30 : Britain’s competition regulator on Tuesday proposed allowing app developers to steer users to alternative payment options outside Apple and Alphabet’s Google app stores to cut fees and boost competition.The Competition and Markets Authority said the proposals would remove restrictions that c
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Exclusive-Bumble dating app explores sale, sources say
NEW YORK, June 25 : Dating app Bumble is exploring a sale amid slowing growth in the online dating sector, according to three people familiar with the matter.The company, which gained recognition as one of the first major platforms to require women to initiate contact, is working with investment bankers at Mo
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Meta’s Threads reaches 500 million monthly users, rolls out new features
June 16 : Meta Platforms said on Tuesday its Threads app had reached 500 million monthly active users, nearly three years after the social network platform was launched as a competitor to Elon Musk’s X.The social media company also announced new customization and community features on the platform.Here
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Florida sues TikTok, claiming it violates state child safety law
June 15 : Florida’s attorney general sued TikTok on Monday over claims it is violating the state’s law barring social media platforms from allowing children under age 14 to create accounts.In the lawsuit, filed in state court in St. Lucie County, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, a Republican, accuses
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Meta’s social networks down for thousands of users
June 12 : Facebook-parent Meta said on Friday that users were having trouble accessing the social media company’s services.”We’re aware people are currently having trouble accessing our services. We’re working on it,” the company’s spokesperson Andy Stone said in a post on X.There were more than 62,000
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Certification alone may not ensure safe PMA use, say occupational therapists
New personal mobility aid rules took effect on Jun 1, which include users having to obtain a certificate of medical need unless they qualify for an exemption.
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What are Europe’s alternatives to Instagram, TikTok and X?
As criticism of Instagram, TikTok and X grows in the EU, developers have been working on European social media apps. But can they compete? DW answers the key questions.
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What are EU social media alternatives to Instagram, TikTok?
Opaque algorithms, too little legal protection for minors, a lot of hate speech and disinformation: in Europe, US and Chinese social media platforms have long drawn criticism. Europe wants to go its own way — but how?
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