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New Lawsuit Accuses TikTok of Deploying Casino Tactics to Keep Kids Glued to Screens
The suit singles out TikTok, alleging its endless scroll and “For You” recommendation algorithm hook young users and leave them “unable to escape.”
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Meta Proposes Making EU Users Pay If They Don’t Want to See Targeted Ads
Meta’s bread and butter has long been its user-centric targeted ad business, but European regulations are forcing the company to rethink how it can monetize its ostensibly free social platforms. The answer? Make users pay up if they prefer not to let their data be used to sell them products. Last month, a separate report…
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TikTok Fixes Missing ‘Filter Video Keywords’ Safety Setting
In July 2022, TikTok introduced a tool called Filter Video Keywords to let users block videos with words or hashtags they did not want to see. Cormac Keenan, Head of Trust and Safety at TikTok, described it as an important safety feature to “help viewers customize their viewing preferences and continue to have a safe…
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How to Use Vanish Mode on Instagram
If you’re worried about someone opening your Instagram app and perusing your private DMs, there’s an easy way to make sure they’ll only find a blank screen: vanish mode. What is vanish mode? You can think of vanish mode as Instagram’s answer to Snapchat: Any messages seen when vanish mode is enabled will disappear when…