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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…
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Spotify users report huge spike in outages as Taylor Swift’s new album Midnight drops | Science & Tech News
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Spotify users reported a huge spike in outages as Taylor Swift’s new album landed on the platform this morning. Midnights released at 5am UK time, and coincided exactly with a sizeable jump in issues on the streaming service, according to Downdetector. Almost 8,000 users logged problems with the app in the moments around the album’s…
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Twitter rolling out edit feature to some users in Canada, Australia and New Zealand | Science & Tech News
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Twitter is now offering the option to edit a tweet to some users in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. People in those countries who subscribe to the paid Twitter Blue service will be able to change their posts. The company said the feature is “coming soon” for the American market, despite it having been tested…
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Twitter circle: New select tweeting service launched for users nervous about posting to entire Twitterverse | Science & Tech News
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A new Twitter service, which allows users to share their tweets with a small, select audience, has been launched. Twitter Circle – similar to Instagram’s ‘close friends’ feature – only allows up to 150 people to see a tweet. A user can create a different Circle of up to 150 people each time they tweet…
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Facebook users report seeing ‘random’ posts to celebrities in their feed | Science & Tech News
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Facebook users around the world have reported issues with their homepage while trying to browse the app. The problems are being highlighted on other social media platforms like Twitter, where people are flocking to post about seeing “random” people posting on the pages of celebrities. Facebook owner Meta said it was aware of the reports…