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Chinese Social Media Begin Labeling AI-Generated Content
03-09-2025
China has officially enforced a new regulation requiring social media platforms to label all materials created with the help of artificial intelligence. The law was jointly developed by the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Pu...
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Social Media, Google and Online Platforms Are Rapidly Declining
01-09-2025
Google search, once a reliable tool, now often shows AI-generated summaries and ads before relevant results. Facebook feeds are dominated by commercial content, with genuine posts from friends appearing rarely. Analysts have described this trend for years, and Canadian writer Cory Doctorow coined th...
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TikTok Owner Becomes the Most Valuable Social Media Company and Launches Share Buyback
29-08-2025
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is preparing for a new share buyback program for its employees, which will raise its valuation above $330 billion. Share Price Under the program, ByteDance will offer $200.41 per share, which is 5.5% higher than the previous round six months ago, when t...
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YouTube Experiments with AI to "Enhance" Video Quality
27-08-2025
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of digital platforms, including video hosting services. YouTube, the world’s largest video-sharing platform, has begun using AI to optimize and modify video content. Recently, some users noticed that YouTube Shorts looke...
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Social media influence teenagers more than teachers – UK study
25-08-2025
Social media today shapes teenage behavior even more than schools and teachers. This conclusion comes from a survey conducted among 1,000 British parents of children aged 12 to 16. According to the results, 27% of parents believe that social networks have the strongest impact on their children&rs...
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Scientists Created a Social Network of Bots
22-08-2025
Researchers at the University of Amsterdam have modeled a social network entirely populated by AI-powered chatbots. Their goal was to test whether online platforms can be made less toxic. The experiment focused on six strategies: chronological feeds, exposure to diverse viewpoints, hiding social ...
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Children and Social Media: EU Seeks Solutions to Stop Teen Digital Addiction
20-08-2025
The European Union is intensifying discussions on how to address growing concerns about teenagers’ dependence on social networks. Since 2010, the time young people spend online has nearly doubled, now averaging about three hours a day. According to the World Health Organization, more than 10% ...
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Sam Altman on the Future of OpenAI after GPT-5: Browser, Social Network, and Competition with Neuralink
18-08-2025
During an informal dinner with journalists in San Francisco, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman outlined the company’s next stage of development. Although the meeting was prompted by the release of GPT-5, the conversation quickly expanded beyond the model itself to include upcoming products, bold ambitions...
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Meta Detects AI Self-Improvement – Zuckerberg to Restrict Open Access to Top Models
15-08-2025
Meta researchers report observing early signs of AI systems improving themselves without human help. Mark Zuckerberg — founder of Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp — calls this a first step toward Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) — AI able to exceed human cognitive abili...
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Elon Musk Accuses Apple of Favoring OpenAI and Prepares Antitrust Lawsuit
13-08-2025
Elon Musk has once again found himself at the center of a high-profile tech controversy — this time targeting Apple. According to Musk, the App Store unfairly promotes only OpenAI while “bending” its own rules to filter out competitors. What Happened Musk claims that his compan...
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Causes Insomnia and Depression: Scientists Discover How TikTok Affects Health
11-08-2025
Chinese researchers from Tianjin University have conducted a large-scale study to determine how prolonged viewing of short videos impacts the human brain. The experiment involved 111 students aged 17–30, all active TikTok users. Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), scientists examined st...
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AI Startup Perplexity Builds Search Engine for Trump’s Truth Social
08-08-2025
Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity is developing a custom AI-powered search engine for Truth Social, the social media platform founded by U.S. President Donald Trump. The tool, named Truth Search AI, is already available on the web version of Truth Social. Public beta testing for the iOS ...
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Cloaking House: advanced cloaking without pain or bans
07-08-2025
Modern digital marketing is a battlefield of strict moderation: algorithms monitor everything — from basic keywords to site templates. Promoting even legal offers is harder now, not to mention “grey” or niche verticals. That’s where Cloaking House comes in — a platform ...
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Instagram Now Requires 1,000 Followers to Go Live
06-08-2025
Instagram has updated its policy regarding live streaming. From now on, only accounts with 1,000 or more followers will be able to start a live broadcast. Previously, any user—regardless of their follower count or account privacy settings—could go live on Instagram. This shift marks a...
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The UK’s Online Safety Law Is Reshaping Social Media. Why Are X and Reddit Blocking War Posts?
04-08-2025
On July 25, 2025, the UK’s Online Safety Act came into force, requiring platforms to implement strict age verification to protect minors from harmful content, including pornography, encouragement of self-harm, violence, or eating disorder promotion. Violations may result in fines of up to &pou...
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Scrolling Under Supervision: TikTok Updates Parental Controls
01-08-2025
TikTok has introduced a range of new features focused on safety, digital well-being, and support for content creators. The latest updates include an enhanced Family Pairing system, new Creator Care tools, and interactive well-being missions. The platform also officially launched a fact-checking syst...
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AI Making Decisions for Us: How Social Media Is Changing Under the Influence of Artificial Intelligence
30-07-2025
Social media platforms were originally designed to connect like-minded individuals and encourage open communication. But under the growing influence of AI, these platforms are increasingly transforming into systems where privacy and freedom of choice are being subordinated to algorithmic logic. A...
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Instagram Introduces New Restrictions to Protect Children
28-07-2025
Instagram, the photo and video-sharing platform, has introduced a series of measures aimed at strengthening child safety in comments and recommendations. From now on, accounts managed by adults that feature photos of children will be excluded from recommendation feeds for users identified by the ...
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Filtered Living: How Social Media Shapes What We Want
25-07-2025
Social media is no longer just entertainment — it sets the standard for what’s desirable. On TikTok, a thermos cup became a status symbol, and "Dubai" chocolate turned luxury due to aesthetic packaging and influencer hype. Today, value is driven by visuals, not quality. Algo...
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TON Wallet Now Available in the United States
23-07-2025
Telegram has officially launched its built-in crypto wallet TON Wallet for users in the United States. The new payment service enables U.S. residents to manage their digital assets directly within the Telegram app — no downloads, extensions, or separate logins required. According to the com...
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