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Meta launches subscription service in US / #
The service allows Facebook and Instagram users pay for verification in the same vein as Elon Musk-owned Twitter.

U.S. Officials Demand ByteDance Sell TikTok / #
The Biden administration in recent days demanded that Chinese internet giant ByteDance sell TikTok despite the company’s yearslong effort to avoid such a decision, according to a person briefed about the situation.

Justice Dept. investigates TikTok parent over potential data-gathering issues - The Washington Post / #
At issue is whether ByteDance violated any laws by inappropriately gathering the data of some users, including journalists who cover tech firms

Meta Accused Of Using Data Tracking Tools That Violate EU’s Regulations / #
A top data protection firm from Austria says Meta is making use of tracking technology that violates laws in the EU.

Banning TikTok in the U.S. can cause collateral damage to American companies in China / #
Following the spotting of a Chinese surveillance balloon floating over Billings, Montana, U.S.

Twitter Adds Tweet Bookmark Count to Details View / #
Now, you have even more context as to how people are interacting with your tweets.

Meta Is Shelving Its Last Remaining Social Audio-Feature / #
Then last remnants of Meta’s "Social Audio Push" from two years ago are being swept away – with audio channels in groups being removed as an option after this month.

U.S. Threatens Ban if TikTok’s Chinese Owners Don’t Sell Stakes / #
The Biden administration is demanding that Chinese tech giant ByteDance sell TikTok—or else face a ban. That’s exactly what Donald Trump threatened to do in the summer of 2020 for the same reason—national security.

YouTube Adds Multi-Language Audio Analytics, New Shorts Music Sharing Options / #
The new data will show how multi-language tracks are impacting your channel performance.

Opinion: Artificial Intelligence Is Going To Destroy Social Media / #
With LinkedIn's new “collaborative article” concept and the flood of AI Tools, Social Media will become a battlefield of useless, AI generated content no one cares about anymore …

Yes, Posting YouTube Links On Other Social Networks Will Limit Your Reach There / #
In a recent test, Hootsuite saw posts with YouTube links gain less reach on social media platforms than native posts did.

Google announces AI features in Gmail, Docs, and more to rival Microsoft / #
Google announces AI-powered features to help users generate text, summarize topics, and create images.

Meta gives up on NFTs for Facebook and Instagram - The Verge / #
Meta is moving on from more crypto projects, even though NFTs / digital collectibles were once pitched as part of its ‘metaverse’ future: "We’re winding down digital collectibles (NFTs) for now to focus on other ways to support creators, people, and businesses”

As sponsors flee esports, teams are hiring women gamers to keep brands interested / #
Over the last few months, sponsors have fled the esports industry as companies across the space lay off scores of employees.

TikTok Received 26% of App Revenue From the US, Beating Out Instagram and Facebook / #
In the US, TikTok received 26% of the app revenue that was collected in 2023 so far. Instagram and Facebook are both far behind, receiving 14% and 10% respectively. With all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to note that TikTok is not just finding success in the United States of America. It is also starting to dominate several European markets such as Germany and the UK.

WordPress.com owner Automattic acquires an ActivityPub plugin / #
The company also hires the developer of the plugin with which Wordpress-users can integrate features of the Fediverse, including syncing with Mastodon.

The swift collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, explained / #
Silicon Valley Bank, one of tech’s favorite lenders, collapsed on Friday after 48 hours of chaos, becoming the second-largest bank failure in US history. What we know about the bank failure and fallout.

Twitter is in decline and less stable under Elon Musk, echoing LiveJournal and Tumblr falling apart under new ownership / #
The two social media platforms saw challenging times because of new owners that didn’t understand their communities.

The start of semiautomated social networks? / #
LinkedIn announced last week it’s using AI to help write posts for users to chat about. Snap has created its own chatbot, and Meta is working on AI ‘personas.’ It seems future social networks will be increasingly augmented by AI.

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