43 posts tagged ‘Social’
X is leaving up antisemitic and Islamophobic hate, new report shows
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In the midst of escalating conflict in the Middle East, X is failing to moderate hate speech on its platform that promotes antisemitic conspiracies, praises Hitler and dehumanizes Muslims and Palestinians. In new research, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit that researches online hate and extremism, collected a sample of 200 X […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Amazon Games will close its Crown channel on Twitch and cut 180 jobs
Amazon announced another cluster of layoffs this week along with plans to discontinue the Crown channel, a flashy Amazon-run Twitch channel that featured television-like programming. Amazon will also shutter its Game Growth group, which helped creators in the gaming world market themselves. In a letter to staff, Amazon Games VP Christoph Hartmann characterized the decision […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Building a conservative internet is an expensive proposition
New data from TMTG and Rumble can help us understand how right-leaning social media services with long-term goals of building less restricted digital infrastructure are faring. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Pebble, a startup that tried and failed to take on Twitter, finds new life on Mastodon
Pebble, a startup that took on Twitter and failed, has returned from the dead — as a Mastodon instance, it seems. The company announced last month that it was shutting down its Twitter/X alternative citing the increasingly competitive landscape, X’s ability to retain users and its own failure to gain traction with a wider audience. […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Obskur’s Character Creator and marketplace streamlines VTubing
To stream as their ethereal alter ego, Mai, a VTuber known as M41H41, typically had to juggle at least four to seven different programs. Running all of them at once, however, was both mentally exhausting and a burden on their computer, which could overheat mid-stream. If a program crashed, they’d have to break character to […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Elon Musk says X is changing its algorithm to highlight smaller accounts
The company formerly known as Twitter is preparing to roll out a “major update” to its algorithm, according to a recent post by X owner Elon Musk. While today the app’s For You feed surfaces popular and trending posts from its broader network alongside highlights from those you follow, the new algorithm will surface posts […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
WhatsApp launches a new Discord-like voice chat feature for large groups
WhatsApp is rolling out a new Discord-like voice chat feature for large groups, the Meta-owned company announced on Monday. The new feature is designed to be less disruptive than a group call, which rings every member in a group. Voice chats are started quietly without any ringing involved with an in-chat bubble that you tap […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Threads now lets users opt out of having their posts appear on Facebook and Instagram
In response to user feedback, Instagram’s Threads will now let users turn off automatic sharing of their Threads posts to other apps, including Instagram and Facebook — a move that had not gone down well with Threads users. Hoping to gain more traction and interest in its Twitter/X rival, Meta in late August began displaying […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.