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Snapchat Blocks 415,000 Accounts in Australia as Teens Face Social Media Ban
Snapchat has officially begun its purge. As of Monday, the visual messaging giant confirmed it has blocked or disabled 415,000 accounts in Australia. This massive crackdown is a direct response to the country’s world-first “Social Media Minimum Age” law, which…
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ByteDance Agrees to Sell TikTok to U.S. Business Investment Partners
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TikTok’s future in the United States has been secured through a major deal that shifts control of its U.S. operations to a group of American…
Meta May Start Charging Creators Just For Pasting A Link
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Facebook has begun testing a controversial new feature that limits how many links users can share in posts each month unless they subscribe to Meta…
Oscars Wants to Livestream Its Award Ceremony on YouTube
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The Academy Awards will undergo one of the most dramatic transformations in their history, moving exclusively to YouTube beginning in 2029. The Academy of Motion…
Instagram Announces TV App Focused on Reels and Big Screen Viewing
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Instagram is pushing its video strategy beyond smartphones with a new app built for televisions. The company has introduced Instagram for TV, a big-screen experience…
Netflix Deal Wins as Warner Bros Turns Down Paramount Bid… For Now
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Warner Bros Discovery has formally urged its shareholders to reject Paramount Skydance’s $108.4 billion takeover bid, backing instead a previously announced $72 billion deal with…
NITB Confirms Secure BEEP App Launch for Ministries
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Pakistan is preparing to launch a new secure messaging platform for government employees, as the National Information Technology Board confirmed that BEEP is ready for…
Music, Self-Expression and High Energy Take Center Stage at Spotify’s 2025 Wrapped Event in Karachi
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Spotify marked the close of the year with its highly anticipated 2025 Wrapped celebration in Karachi, hosting an immersive, music-driven event that put self-expression and…
YouTube Trials Photo Carousels Inside Shorts for Creators
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Earlier this week, YouTube published an update to their features blog as: We’re experimenting with showing image posts in the Shorts feed to help creators…
Pakistan National Assembly Debates Digital Media Bill 2025 Amid Obscenity Concerns
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The National Assembly Standing Committee on IT and Telecom held a session today to discuss the Digital Media Bill 2025 for the Prevention of Obscenity…
Pakistan to Launch BEEP App to Replace WhatsApp for Secure Government Communications
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Pakistan is preparing to launch a government developed secure messaging platform named BEEP, aimed at providing encrypted communications for public sector employees. The update was…
Meta Wants Your Conversations, Not Your Posts, to Power Its AI
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Meta is expanding its artificial intelligence strategy by forming new partnerships aimed at capturing more real world conversational data, as original content creation on Facebook…
LinkedIn Moves Toward Highly-Encouraged Verification for All Members
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LinkedIn is accelerating toward a future where verification becomes the norm for its more than one billion members, with the goal of becoming the world’s…
