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The X exodus – could Bluesky spike spark end of Elon Musk’s social media platform? | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Actress Jamie Lee Curtis, The Guardian newspaper, and even the Clifton Suspension Bridge have joined swathes of people deserting Elon Musk’s social media site X. Millions have instead joined Bluesky, a site run by former Twitter founder Jack Dorsey that has a stronger focus on moderation. According to the official Bluesky account, a million people…
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The Guardian quits Elon Musk’s X social media platform | Science, Climate & Tech News
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The Guardian has quit the social media platform X. The news organisation announced its decision on Wednesday to stop posting from official editorial accounts on the platform, formerly known as Twitter. “We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives and that resources could be better used promoting our…
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‘It’s war’: Elon Musk’s X sues companies for not advertising on its platform | Business News
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Elon Musk’s X has launched legal action against a string of companies after they stopped advertising on the social network. The tech giant, formerly known as Twitter, alleges the firms unlawfully conspired to boycott the site and caused it to lose “billions of dollars” in revenue. The lawsuit was filed in Texas against the World…
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Adverts for online shopping platform Temu banned for sexualising a child and objectifying women | UK News
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Five ads for Chinese shopping app Temu have been banned for being sexually graphic, sexualising a child and objectifying women. The items being advertised included cycling underwear, a jockstrap and a child’s bikini. A facial roller, balloon ties and a foot massager were described as “phallic shaped” and the advertising watchdog said a lack of…
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Underground mapping platform Delta g surfaces with £1.5m funding boost | Business News
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A start-up which uses technology to map complicated sub-surface and unseen locations to help major infrastructure projects save time and money is raising a seven-figure sum to accelerate the supply of its quantum sensors. Sky News understands that Delta g, which was spun out of the University of Birmingham, will announce on Friday that it…
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Twitter threatens to sue Facebook owner Meta over new Threads platform | Science & Tech News
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Twitter has threatened to sue Facebook owner Meta over its new Threads platform. The company has written to Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg to say it “intends to strictly enforce its intellectual property rights, according to news site Semafor, citing a letter from Twitter lawyer Alex Spiro. “It demands that Meta take immediate steps to stop…
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Discord boss ‘horrified’ by reports of child abuse and abduction on platform | Science & Tech News
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Child exploitation taking place on popular chat platform Discord is “horrifying”, the company’s chief executive has said. Jason Citron said any cases of child sexual abuse material, grooming, or abduction linked to the service, which he founded back in 2015, would be taken “very seriously”. “As a parent, it’s horrifying,” he told Bloomberg’s Tech Summit…
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Pentagon leaks: Behind the veil of Discord platform where US secrets were exposed | Science & Tech News
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The leaking of US intelligence documents which has exposed highly classified information about the war in Ukraine reportedly began on a gaming platform. The documents that have left the Pentagon scrambling for answers were shared on a range of social media sites and are believed to have originated from a private group on Discord. Members…
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Treasury trolled after opening account on instant messaging social platform Discord | Politics News
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His Majesty’s Treasury has opened a Discord account on the instant messaging platform and been subjected to a tidal wave of abuse. The government department’s official Twitter account posted a link to its server on the chat app on Tuesday, though it has apparently been active since 14 October. Discord allows users to communicate with…
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Andrew Tate: YouTube follows Instagram and Facebook to ban controversial influencer from its platform | UK News
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YouTube has become the latest platform to ban controversial influencer Andrew Tate for breaching its hate speech rules. The ban comes days after the former kickboxer, branded a “threat to young men”, had his official accounts removed from Facebook and Instagram for violating policies around dangerous individuals, parent company Meta said. Mr Tate rose to…