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Elon Musk has turned X into a globally influential media platform – and there’s more to come

YoopyaNovember 14, 2024November 14, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 14, 2024November 14, 20240462

During the recent United States presidential election campaign, tech billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter) saw record high usage. The platform – and...

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South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users

YoopyaNovember 5, 2024November 5, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 5, 2024November 5, 20240393

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information...

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Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s social media posts have had a ‘sudden boost’ since July, new research reveals

YoopyaNovember 1, 2024November 1, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 1, 2024November 1, 20240410

On July 13, shortly after Donald Trump was targeted by an assassination attempt, Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X (formerly Twitter), tweeted to his more than...

Business Markets

Trump’s social media company is now worth more than Musk’s X after recent surge in stock price

YoopyaOctober 30, 2024October 30, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 30, 2024October 30, 20240530

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s Truth Social is now worth more than Elon Musk’s X, thanks to a recent run-up in the shares of...

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Facebook owner Meta restarts facial recognition tech in ‘celeb-bait’ crackdown

YoopyaOctober 22, 2024October 22, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 22, 2024October 22, 20240417

SYDNEY/NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Three years after Meta (META.O) shut down facial recognition software on Facebook amid a groundswell of privacy and regulator pushback,...

Technology

Color complexity in social media posts leads to more engagement, new research shows

YoopyaOctober 16, 2024October 16, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 16, 2024October 16, 20240330

If you work in digital marketing, you don’t need to be told a picture’s worth a thousand words. More than half of content marketers say images are...

News Technology Us

Musk deletes post about Harris and Biden assassination after widespread criticism

YoopyaSeptember 18, 2024September 18, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 18, 2024September 18, 20240504

Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said “no one is even trying to assassinate” President Joe...

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The internet is worse than it used to be. How did we get here, and can we go back?

YoopyaSeptember 18, 2024September 18, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 18, 2024September 18, 20240410

When it comes to our experience of the internet, “the times, they are a-changin’”, as Bob Dylan would say. You can’t quite recall how, but the...

Internet Technology

Social media is like sex – young people need education, not unrealistic bans

YoopyaSeptember 13, 2024September 13, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 13, 2024September 13, 20240399

The federal government has committed to a national plan to ban children from social media. Details are still scarce. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has acknowledged that “no...

Education

Kids under 13 use social media. How can parents help keep them safe online?

YoopyaSeptember 13, 2024September 13, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 13, 2024September 13, 20240480

Earlier this week, the federal government announced it is going to introduce a social media ban for children. It hasn’t nominated a minimum age yet, but the...