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Twitter users to start losing blue ticks from next month – unless they pay | Science & Tech News
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Many verified Twitter users are set to lose their blue ticks at the beginning of next month. The social media platform has said that on 1 April it will start removing its “legacy” verified checkmarks. These cover most blue-tick accounts that are not government officials or organisations – meaning many musicians, actors, journalists, authors, among […]
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Reddit cyber attack: Security upgrade warning for users after ‘sophisticated’ scam targets forum’s staff | Science & Tech News
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Reddit was the victim of a cyber attack that saw hackers steal employee login details and access the platform’s internal systems. The popular internet forum said the incident took place on 5 February. In a statement, the company revealed hackers accessed “internal documents, code, as well as some internal dashboards and business systems”. But there […]
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Teams and Outlook go down for thousands of Microsoft users | Science & Tech News
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Microsoft is investigating an outage that has left thousands of users around the world unable to access the website’s services, including Teams and Outlook. Downdetector.com, which tracks outages through a range of sources including user reports, recorded thousands of people reporting problems with Teams, Outlook, Microsoft 365 and XBox Live. It showed there were around […]
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WhatsApp update helps users bypass government-enforced internet shutdowns | Science & Tech News
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WhatsApp is introducing a new feature designed to help users bypass government-enforced internet shutdowns. The update lets people connect to the messaging platform via proxy servers – an alternate route for those whose direct access is blocked. Rather than connecting directly to the desired website or service, a user connects to a proxy, which essentially […]
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Louisiana cracks down on porn by making websites ask users for ID to verify age | Science & Tech News
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People who want to visit pornographic websites in the US state of Louisiana must now provide legal proof they are over 18. Any porn sites that do not check users are adults can now be sued in the state. The legislation, which has been criticised by internet privacy campaigners, came into force this week after […]
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Meta fined for forcing users to agree to personalised adverts | Science & Tech News
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Meta has been hit with a €390m fine (£343m) fine by European regulators for forcing users to agree to personalised adverts. The penalty has been handed out by Ireland’s data protection commissioner, which has also banned the tech giant from forcing users to sign up to such ads. The promotions were based on people’s online […]
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Twitter bans users from linking to Facebook, Instagram and other rival platforms | Science & Tech News
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Twitter users will no longer be able to link to a number of rival social media websites, including Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon. On Sunday, Twitter Support tweeted that it will “no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter”. “Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other […]
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Elon Musk asks Twitter users if he should step down as boss of social media site | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk is polling Twitter users to ask if he should step down as head of the social media platform. Mr Musk, one of the world’s richest people, bought Twitter for $44bn in late October, but his short tenure has been turbulent. The owner of Tesla and SpaceX set his poll in motion just after […]
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Elon Musk asks Twitter users to vote on reinstatement of Donald Trump | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk has posted a poll on Twitter asking users to vote on whether former US President Donald Trump, who was banned from the social media site by its previous owners, should be reinstated. The Twitter boss accompanied it with the words: “Vox Populi, Vox Dei” – a Latin phrase meaning “the voice of the […]
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‘#TrumpIsDead’ trends on Twitter as users test Elon Musk’s approach to fake news | Science & Tech News
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Tweets of Donald Trump’s death have been greatly exaggerated. You may have woken up to #TrumpIsDead trending on Twitter this morning, and swiped over to your news app of choice to find out more. Of course, there would have been no such story there. The former US president is alive and well – to coin […]