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Elon Musk buys Twitter

The board of directors accepts the entrepreneur’s $44 billion offer after initial resistance

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Facial recognition firm reaches privacy settlement

Clearview AI will stop selling database access to private companies, but continue working with law enforcement

Elon Musk Has Twitter’s Data, but Getting Answers on Spam Accounts May Be Tougher

Billionaire has access to the company’s fire hose of tweets, but data specialists say analyzing it isn’t easy

US regulator calls for TikTok suppression

Google and Apple should remove the app from its stores over the alleged feeding of data to China, an FCC commissioner has said

Google says it will delete users’ location history for abortion clinic visits

The change, expected to take effect in coming weeks, was announced in a blog post.

TikTok is full of shady secret advertisements

Influencers are supposed to disclose their ads, but nothing happens when they don’t.

Google to Slow Hiring for Rest of This Year

CEO Sundar Pichai urges employees to be ‘more entrepreneurial’ in memo

Elon Musk Fires Back at Twitter Lawsuit

Billionaire opposes Twitter’s request for expedited trial over stalled deal

Twitter, Elon Musk to Argue Over Trial Timetable to Force $44 Billion Takeover

Delaware Chancery Court judge could decide as soon as Tuesday on the social-media company’s request for an expedited schedule

Twitter spent $33m in three months on Elon Musk deal

Twitter spent $33m (£27m) on Elon Musk's proposed deal to buy the firm between April and June 2022.

Private browsing may not protect you as much as you think

What does private browser mode do?

The Morning After: Instagram head responds to test feed backlash

Mosseri said that shift to video was inevitable

Meta Platforms falls 9% after registering its first quarterly revenue drop in history as it still reels from Apple privacy change

Meta missed second-quarter revenue and profit estimates and offered underwhelming guidance for the third quarter.

Gen Z shapes new social media era

Facebook has become a social media website for old people. Trying to sell Facebook to GenZ is like trying to sell an Oldsmobile to a 22-year-old. Many of you may not remember the totally useless advertising campaign “not your fathers Oldsmobile.” It did not work.

Instagram rolls back TikTok-style changes after Kardashian backlash

Instagram is rolling back a series of controversial changes after Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner accused the platform of “trying to be TikTok”.

WhatsApp users will be able to quietly leave group chats under new privacy changes

WhatsApp owner Meta has announced several new privacy features coming to the app, including a much-needed change for group chats.

YouTube Still Reigns as TikTok Surges Among Teen Social-Media Users, Survey Says

More than a third of teens are on social media almost constantly, a Pew Research poll finds

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