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TikTok Introduces Text-Only Posts as Social Media Competition Intensifies
Earlier this month, TikTok also introduced a music streaming service that would rival music applications such as Spotify and Apple Music Amidst a wave of…
“Threads is Not For Hard News, Not Meant to Replace Twitter”: Instagram CEO ‘Adam Mosseri’
“Threads is not for hard news or politics, its not meant to completely replace Twitter” said Instagram head ‘Adam Mosseri’, easing out tensions and rumors…
Facebook has Finally Fixed its Auto Friend Request Bug
An annoying Facebook bug, sending out friend request to every profile a user visits has been finally fixed On Friday Facebook users started reporting a…
Discord Will Soon Make You Change Your Username
Discord in a recent announcement, said that everyone on its platform will be asked to change their username in the “coming weeks” VoIP and instant…
TikTok Removes Over 12 Million Videos From Pakistan
According to TikTok, the 12 million videos were taken down in a three month period because they were violating TikTok’s community guidelines Short video hosting…
UK Ministers Banned From Using TikTok on Government Devices
The ban comes after multiple similar decisions taken by parliaments in the EU, USA and Canada The United Kingdom has now banned its ministers from…
Twitter Rival Mastodon Gains Over 2.5 Million Active Users
Back in October, Mastodon had around 300,000 users, just a month after it the platform reported to have around 2.5 million users Twitter has suffered…
Instagram Ads to Appear in More Parts of The App
According to announcements made by Instagram’s parent company Meta, advertisements will now appear in places such as the explore page and user profile Meta has…
Facebook slapped with French lawsuit over failure to prevent hate speech
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders announced Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against Facebook in France, saying the website breaks its own terms by…
Facebook is working on a version of Instagram for kids under 13
Instagram for kids sounds like an ambitious concept, but Facebook is apparently working on just such a thing. According to BuzzFeed News, Head of Instagram…