mobile software
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Threads Isn’t Showing Search Results for ‘COVID,’ ‘Vaccines,’ or Other Sensitive Topics
Meta is intentionally limiting search results on Threads for keywords related to the COVID-19 virus and a variety of other potentially controversial topics. In a statement sent to Gizmodo, a spokesperson for the tech giant confirmed the “temporary” restrictions and said the social network’s newly released search function may not show results for keywords that…
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Olivia Rodrigo Unveils Instagram’s New Musical Carousel Feature
Capitalism may breed innovation, but Instagram is no stranger to ripping off TikTok. The social network’s newest feature is a rotating carousel of images set to music, delightfully similar to TikTok’s own. Instagram tapped zoomer singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo to use the feature to promote her new song “bad idea right?” on her profile, and announced…
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Instagram Gets Off the Hook for Copyright Claims on Embedded Photos
Just how much copyright protection should an artist or photographer expect after they post their work on social media? It’s a murky legal question by itself that’s now made even murkier as an appeals court digs directly into the nature of HTML to say that—no—that embedded photo isn’t a copy of the original photo, but…
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Instagram Head Wants Threads to Be a Sterile, News-Free Environment
Zuckerberg and Mosseri have repeatedly said that Threads is supposed to be an app for ‘kindness’ without all those news publishers demanding a cut.