Accounts on Twitter "verified" with blue or gold accounts shared a photo purporting to show an explosion at the Pentagon. Excitement followed. Screenshot of several tweets with the AI images (Image: @jsrailton) After a fake photo of an explosion outside the US Department of Defense was shared on Twitter and other social networks on Monday, even US stock … Continue reading Viral on Twitter: Fake photo of smoke at the Pentagon causes share prices to plummet
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GDPR record fine against Facebook: Meta is to pay a fine of 1.2 billion euros
For ten years, the dispute over Facebook's transfer of user data to the US, where it is not adequately protected, has been raging. Now follows a record fine. The Irish data protection regulator has imposed a record GDPR fine of €1.2 billion on Meta and obliged the Facebook parent company to keep all personal data in … Continue reading GDPR record fine against Facebook: Meta is to pay a fine of 1.2 billion euros
“Only over my dead body”: Elon Musk on Twitter allegedly against payment of rent
Six ex-Twitter employees want to fight for guaranteed severance pay in court. Their reports provide a behind-the-scenes look after the takeover. After his Twitter takeover, US billionaire Elon Musk had it declared internally that rents were "only paid over my dead body". And whether contractually due payments are made would be decided on a case-by-case basis, because … Continue reading “Only over my dead body”: Elon Musk on Twitter allegedly against payment of rent
Twitter: Elon Musk wants to delete inactive accounts and promises to archive
Twitter accounts with no activity in recent years should be deleted and reassigned. Elon Musk announced that but left questions unanswered. Twitter boss Elon Musk has announced that accounts on the platform that have been inactive for years will be removed. This is to make abandoned usernames available again. At the same time, he warned that the move … Continue reading Twitter: Elon Musk wants to delete inactive accounts and promises to archive
The man who was supposed to save TikTok from banning leaves TikTok
Appointed in December 2022 by TikTok to lead its future independent subsidiary in the United States, Eric Han has decided to leave the company. His surprise departure, which comes as TikTok is in the hot seat, is not reassuring for the social network. Can the banning of TikTok by the American authorities still be avoided? Since the hearing … Continue reading The man who was supposed to save TikTok from banning leaves TikTok
Twitter introduces a one-click payment feature for article retrieval
In the future, Elon Musk wants to offer publishers the opportunity to place longer individual articles behind an easy-to-use payment barrier via Twitter. Elon Musk has announced a new function via Twitter for May that publishers can use to postpaid content on the platform. "Users who don't pay for a monthly subscription can access a casual … Continue reading Twitter introduces a one-click payment feature for article retrieval
25,000 people donate €100,000 a month to billionaire Elon Musk
Elon Musk has more than 24,700 paying subscribers to his account on Twitter, who give him 4 euros per month. This allows him to earn nearly 100,000 euros per month, without doing anything. "There's not much to see around here": this is how Elon Musk presents the paid version of his Twitter account. This did not prevent … Continue reading 25,000 people donate €100,000 a month to billionaire Elon Musk
Imgur’s library burns: not everything is permanent on the Internet
Imgur, one of the largest image hosts, is making a clean sweep by deleting all its content of a sexual nature, which is inactive or which has not been contributed by listed users. Thus stripping entire sub-forums of their visuals. “It literally seems immoral, like they're destroying a huge section of the internet with the snap … Continue reading Imgur’s library burns: not everything is permanent on the Internet
TikTok ban: US state of Montana introduces law
The US state of Montana is preparing to ban TikTok. In addition to espionage, MEPs also bring up privacy and the protection of minors. The Montana House of Representatives has passed legislation banning the Chinese-developed social media app TikTok. If Montana's governor signs the law into law, which is likely, the ban would go into effect in … Continue reading TikTok ban: US state of Montana introduces law
Elon Musk swears his dog is the boss of Twitter
In December 2022, Elon Musk announced that he was about to step down as CEO of Twitter. Four months later, Elon Musk says he kept his promise by naming his dog Floki in his place. Between humor and mockery, the border is sometimes small. The BBC, which was able to interview Elon Musk during a Twitter Space on the … Continue reading Elon Musk swears his dog is the boss of Twitter
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