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Facebook’s Influence on Political Views May Be Greatly Exaggerated, Researchers Find
Social media algorithms have been a point of contention for lawmakers and regulators for several years over concerns that users were being brainwashed by the flood of misinformation promoted on their feeds. As it turns out, while the algorithms do impact the person’s experience on social media, four studies published on Thursday found it does…
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Threads Update Finally Brings a Proper Following Feed to the ‘Twitter Killer’ App
Threads users are asking for new feature updates and it seems Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is taking their opinions into account. The app’s update will include a “Following” feed and “Translations” which will register the original language and translate it to the language settings of the user reading it, Meta announced on Tuesday. The announcement…
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Instagram’s Threads Adds Some New Features, Still Falls Short of Being a True Twitter Clone
Threads is getting some new feature updates, inching it a little closer to the Twitter clone that was promised. The updated features will include a followers list, the option to subscribe to unfollowed users, and a revised “follows” tab, Threads developer Cameron Roth, said in a Threads post. Unfortunately, the most important tab is still…
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Meta Told to Hand Over Threads Content Moderation Documents to the Government
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee has issued an additional subpoena directing Meta to hand over documents surrounding content moderation on its newest app, Threads. The request was sent amid the ongoing investigation into policies on tech platforms including Google’s parent company, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft. House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sent a letter…