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• In its hurry to make money, Twitter expands Blue to Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Spain - from today on. / #

  The platform also plans to launch a new Spaces tab with curated spaces and podcasts.

• U.S. Senator Calls on Apple and Google to Ban TikTok From App Stores / #

  Democratic Senator Michael Bennet writes: „TikTok's vast influence and aggressive data collection pose a specific threat to US national security because of its parent company's obligations under Chinese law“

• TikTok‘s Transparency Campaign to Ease Security Concerns / #

  The Chinese-owned app’s recent charm offensive, including the tour of its LA-based Transparency and Accountability Center, echoes Huawei's similar but largely unsuccessful tactics.

• Twitter Tests New Quick Boost Option for Tweets / #

  The option would enable you to amplify your tweet reach direct from the tweet itself.

• Damus, another decentralized social networking app, arrives to take on Twitter / #

  Decentralized social network app debuts on the App Store with E2EE for DMs, using the Nostr protocol, which Jack Dorsey backed in 2022.

• Facebook now has 2 billion daily active users / #

  The social network is still growing even as Meta has made significant cuts.

• Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's management theme in 2023 is the "Year of Efficiency" and emphasizes the role of AI in driving forward the company / #

  “We’re going to be more proactive about cutting projects that aren’t performing or may no longer be as crucial,” Mark Zuckerberg told at earnings call.

• Twitter will charge outside developers for API access / #

  Twitter announced it would shut off free access to its API Feb. 9 and start charging outside developers and other companies whose apps and software need access to its services. The announcement kicked off a firestorm of criticism on Twitter itself, mostly because of the short notice.

• Meta Is Spending More Than $1 Billion on the Metaverse - per month! / #

  The news comes just months after the company's first ever round of mass layoffs and a rocky 2022 in which Mark Zuckerberg doubled down on the metaverse.

• Meta Revenue Falls 4% in Q4, as Facebook Hits 2 Billion Daily Users / #

  Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, posted a revenue decline for the third consecutive quarter as it faces a pullback in ad spending and heightened competition from the likes of TikTok.

• Most SEOs won’t recommend using AI to write their content / #

  Mordy Oberstein, head of the search engine optimization at Wix, conducted a poll on his Twitter account on January 18, 2023.

• Twitter to Launches Creators Programm to Pay Creators for Tweets / #

  Programm is to roll out by next week already, Elon Musk announced

• OpenAI releases tool to detect machine-written text / #

  Yet, the free web-based tool which should help to determine if text was written by a human or a machine by giving a score of one to five based on its confidence level "is not fully reliable," the company states.

• Meta Insiders Debate Key Issue for Reels / #

  After three years of work on Reels it is finally beginning to pull in meaningful numbers of viewers, according to company executives. But making money from Reels is a more complex issue.

• ‘Nothing, Forever’ Is An Endless Seinfeld Episode Generated by AI / #

  An animated show focusing on the Seinfeld characters is almost entirely generated by algorithms. The live streams is running non-stop on Twitch since December 14.

• Photo carousels are taking over TikTok / #

  The new format is gaining momentum.

• Meta refocussing on its core business in 2023 while embracing A.I. for next steps / #

  After the roughest year in its history, Meta is starting to bounce back. Meta still heavily reliant on the success of Facebook, bringing in more than two-thirds of Meta's total revenue.
  While users are watching its short-form videos and Reels is often associated with young users, Facebook users appear to be bigger consumers of short videos.

• Deinfluencing: „Don't buy that shit“ trending on TikTok / #

  Video for the hashtag deinfluencing have accumulated more than 50 million views on Tiktok within a few days. In the clips, women in particular report on their experiences with products that have been hyped on Tiktok - and advise against buying them.

• Instagram’s Founders Return with a New Social App / #

  The new app will use AI to provide a more curated news content consumption experience.

• TikTok Adds New Video Insights Element to Dig Deeper into Content Trends / #

  More data insights for your TikTok content approach. 

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