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YouTube’s new leader teases AI tools / #
The new CEO made clear that Creators will stay massively important for the the platform, while he teased A.I. that can virtually swap creators’ outfits and locations plus additional features for growing Youtube Shorts.

USA: House panel advances bill that could ban TikTok / #
The bill instructs Biden to impose penalties, including a possible ban, if the administration finds TikTok knowingly transferred TikTok user data to "any foreign person" associated with the Chinese government. The American Civil Liberties Union said the bill would violate free speech rights. One bill passing out of one committee is far from a U.S. TikTok ban becoming federal law. But momentum is on TikTok opponents' side, the company has a reason to be spooked.

Meta Lays Out AR and VR Plans in Updated Roadmap / #
Meta's shared its vision for the next stage of metaverse development.

TikTok Will Automatically Limit Teen App Usage to 60 Minutes per Day / #
TikTok, in an effort to show it’s being a good internet citizen, introduced new features to cap the time kids spend on the video app.

China's CCP warns Elon Musk against sharing Wuhan lab leak report / #
Chinese state-run media warned Tesla CEO Elon Musk that he was risking his relationship with China after he retweeted about the U.S. government’s “low-confidence” assessment that the Covid pandemic originated in a Wuhan laboratory.

Ready to jump on the Hypetrain? Jack Dorsey-backed Twitter alternative Bluesky starts as invite-only app / #
The App was pitched by Dorsey earlier, setting a foundation stone on a new decentralized protocol, on which - similar to the ActivityPub protocol that powers Mastodon - a federated social network could be build on.

TikTok adds more Sounds-possibilities for Business / #
The new Sounds for Business offering, available in TikTok’s Commercial Music Library, will incorporate a range of audio elements, including voice-over clips, music, and more - providing new options for your creations.

Elon Musk Recruiting Team to Build His Own Anti-"Woke" AI to Rival ChatGPT / #
New BloodMulti-hyphenate tech guy Elon Musk is apparently seeking to rival OpenAI, the firm he co-founded and subsequently left, with his own anti-"woke" artificial intelligence.

More countries shut down the internet in 2022 than ever before, report shows / #
In 2022, 35 countries instituted internet shutdowns at least 187 times, led by India with 84 disruptions, Russia causing 22 in Ukraine, and more.

White House sets deadline for purging TikTok from federal devices | Reuters / #
After the bid of several federal states, the US government now asks to eliminate TikTok from all federal agencies' phones and systems. While this will only impacting a tiny portion of TikTok's US user base, it adds fuel to calls for an outright ban on the video-sharing app.

Linkedin adds new features to profile pages to make them more attractive / #
New features include more visual highlights, easier subscribtion options for newsletters, and improved SEO for articles.

Speed Freaks: Tiktok adds an option to speed up video playback / #
The new option for longer videos can be accessed by press & holding the video.

Canada bans TikTok from government devices for security reasons / #
The ban follows similar actions on government devices by multiple U.S states and the EU Commission

Paid Verification and Social Subscriptions - An Overview / #
Twitter Blue, Reddit Premium, Snapchat+ and Co. - pricing, features, and availability for every social media platform adopting subscriptions.

Is Twitter ready for advertisers to return? / #
WPP Holding‘s CEO sees signs for advertisers to rethink buying ads on Twitter again, but is not clear if he talks about technical stability of the platform only, or also on brand safety. Espc. the last one still is not sure with Canabis-advertising allowed, bots taking over, and Elon Musk still tweeting some strange opinions and not showing any signs of a „stable“ direction for the platform.

Snapchat launches an AI chatbot powered by OpenAI’s GPT technology / #
The chatbot is available for users of the Snapchat+ subscription service as an experimental feature.

Meta rolls out adapted text and info for Blue checkmarks to highligh Meta Verified / #
Meta is rolling out new text and information about Meta Verified in the event of rolling it out as a test in Australia and New Zealand.

Map: Here are the U.S. federal states that have banned TikTok on government devices / #
TikTok is grappling with an increasingly real prospect of being banned in the United States. Here is a map with the states that have banned TikTok on government devices.

The metaverse has failed? It never even took off / #
Meta’s big bet on the ‘next chapter of the internet’ has not paid off, while Microsoft has dismantled its Industrial Metaverse Core Team and Tencent no longer plans to make the hardware.

TikTok introduces new Brand Safety and Suitability Partners / #
TikTok has announced a new set of official measurement partners, which will provide third-party data on TikTok ads placement and performance, in order to provide more reassurance to ad partners.

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