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Numbers using ‘QuitX’ service swell before Trump inauguration

January 20, 2025 Tech Xplore

“Millions of connections” from social network X will be re-established on rivals BlueSky or Mastodon from Monday, a French researcher said, in a campaign timed to coincide with Donald Trump’s inauguration.This article was originally published […]

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What’s happening on the RedNote social platform? A media scholar explains the cultural moment unfolding there

January 20, 2025 Tech Xplore

TikTok refugees fled by the millions to RedNote, a Chinese app, in response to the TikTok ban, which went into effect Jan. 19, 2025. The company shut down the app shortly before midnight on Jan. […]

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India’s ‘digital arrest’ scammers stealing savings

January 20, 2025 Tech Xplore

Within five hours while sitting at home in India, retired professor Kamta Prasad Singh handed over his hard-earned savings to online fraudsters impersonating police.This article was originally published on this website.

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TikTok shuts down US access as Trump seeks app’s reinstatement

January 19, 2025 Tech Xplore

TikTok disconnected access to its users in the United States late Saturday shortly before a national ban on the app was to take effect, with President-elect Donald Trump unable to intervene until he takes office.This […]

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US ‘TikTok refugees’ are fleeing to Chinese app RedNote. It’s a new phase of the digital cold war

January 16, 2025 Tech Xplore

Social media giant TikTok is preparing to shut down its app in the United States this Sunday—the day that legislation signed by President Joe Biden last year banning the app takes effect.This article was originally […]

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Will another social media platform be able to replicate TikTok’s ‘special sauce?’

January 16, 2025 Tech Xplore

Where will TikTok refugees go if the social media platform is banned?This article was originally published on this website.

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French researchers aim to ease X refugees’ path with ‘HelloQuitX’

January 16, 2025 Tech Xplore

French researchers have developed an application to help users migrate their whole online community from Elon Musk’s X to rival social platforms such as Bluesky or Mastodon.This article was originally published on this website.

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Meta’s fact-checking and diversity rollbacks represent ‘dangerous retreat’ from corporate responsibility

January 15, 2025 Tech Xplore

Meta, the corporation that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has announced that it not only plans to replace its professional fact-checking system with user-contribution, but also cut down on many of its diversity schemes in […]

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US Supreme Court weighs Texas age-check for porn sites

January 15, 2025 Tech Xplore

The US Supreme Court grappled with a challenge on Wednesday to a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify visitors’ ages, part of a growing effort to limit access by minors to online sexual content.This […]

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Meta shift from fact-checking to crowdsourcing: Competing approaches in fight against misinformation

January 15, 2025 Tech Xplore

Meta’s decision to change its content moderation policies by replacing centralized fact-checking teams with user-generated community labeling has stirred up a storm of reactions. But taken at face value, the changes raise the question of […]

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