social media
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People Want Threads to Be Old Twitter. Threads Would Prefer Not To.
When the Arab Spring unfolded just over ten years ago, Twitter played a pivotal role. The site was both a source for up-to-the-minute information and an organizing tool for protestors, and some celebrated Twitter as part of a new, digital revolution. But this week, a less hopeful moment in the Middle East proved once and…
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Welcome to the Age of Paid Social Media
On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Meta plans to charge European users $US17 a month for an ad-free version of Instagram and Facebook. It solidifies a trend that would have seemed absurd just a few years ago: every major social media platform now either has a premium tier or is experimenting with rolling…
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Kids These Days Get 4,500 Notifications and Hate Facebook, New Study Says
The kids are not all right and are being subject to a firehouse of pinging in the thick of the Information Age. A new report reveals that children are getting upwards of 4,500 notifications a day and have some predictable favorite (and least favorite) apps. The report comes from Common Sense Media and C.S. Mott…
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Twitter Ranked Dead Last on Climate Misinformation Scorecard
In a new assessment of several major social media platforms, X, formerly known as Twitter, came in dead last in managing climate misinformation. A report released this week by Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD), a coalition of more than 50 environmental groups, scored several social media platforms. The company with the most points ranked the…