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Kris Holt / Engadget:
Twitter claims advanced notice about rate limiting would have allowed bad actors to evade detection and says rate limiting had a “minimal” effect on advertising — The company claims bad actors could otherwise have changed their strategies. — Twitter has been even more of a mess …
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Twitter staff say that removing legacy APIs to prevent data scraping broke TweetDeck and Twitter plans to move users to “a new, improved version of TweetDeck”
Twitter staff say that removing legacy APIs to prevent data scraping broke TweetDeck and Twitter plans to move users to “a new, improved version of TweetDeck”
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@twittersupport:
Twitter says that in 30 days users must pay for Blue to use TweetDeck, the new version of which supports full composer functionality, Spaces, polls, and more
Twitter says that in 30 days users must pay for Blue to use TweetDeck, the new version of which supports full composer functionality, Spaces, polls, and more
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Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Meta plans to launch Instagram's standalone Twitter competitor Threads on July 6, per the pre-order App Store listing, which shows screenshots of some features — Instagram's rumored Twitter competitor just dropped on the iOS App Store in the U.S. The app will be called Threads …
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Adrian Weckler / Independent.ie:
Source: Meta has not prepared Threads for a European launch outside the UK, which is not fully governed by GDPR and EU privacy rules — Meta's new Twitter rival wants to suck Instagram users' data, including health, location, search history and sensitive information, into the new Threads service.
Wall Street Journal:
A look at Spill, an invite-only Twitter alternative designed as a safe destination for LGBTQ and Black people that added 100K+ users over the past three days — Designed by former Twitter employees, the app has attracted users including Questlove and garnered interest from Lizzo
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Mary Yang / The Guardian:
A profile of Jesse Watters, who is taking Tucker Carlson's Fox slot and has drawn backlash for amplifying racial stereotypes, xenophobia, and sexist rhetoric — Promotion of Fox host to Carlson's former slot signals network move towards blurring lines between news and entertainment
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The Daily Beast and @theanthonydavis
Maria Sherman / Associated Press:
Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. says music with AI-created elements is eligible for a Grammy, but the AI portion will not be considered for the award — Last month, the Recording Academy announced a series of changes to the Grammy Awards to better reflect an evolving music industry.
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Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
Russia appoints Putin's former election spokesman Andrei Kondrashov as head of state news agency TASS, replacing Sergei Mikhailov, director since 2012 — Russian President Vladimir Putin's former election spokesman has been appointed to run the state news agency TASS, according to a government order published on Wednesday.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Andy Jassy asked Amazon's Hollywood studio for detailed budgets to scrutinize ballooning costs; Amazon spent $7B on originals and other shows in 2022 — Good afternoon from Orient, New York, wherever you may be. I am spending the next month on the East Coast, so please reach out if you are around.
Andrew Osborn / Reuters:
Armed masked men attack and seriously injure prominent Russian journalist Yelena Milashina, who writes for Novaya Gazeta, and lawyer Alexander Nemov in Chechnya — Armed masked men attacked and seriously injured a prominent female Russian journalist and a lawyer in the Russian region …
Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg:
The CJEU rules that Germany's Federal Cartel Office didn't overstep when ordering Meta to overhaul its ad business in 2019; Meta is “evaluating” the ruling — Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook lost its European Union court fight over a German antitrust order that homed …
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
The Council of Europe's Audiovisual Observatory finds that US-based companies own ~20% of the EU's largest TV broadcasters and 33% of on-demand video services — Nearly half of all children's television channels in Europe are owned by American media brands, according to the findings of a new report.
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Broadband TV News, Thanks:@matthewkeyslive
Kenny Torrella / Vox:
Madre Brava: from January 2020 to June 2022, less than 0.5% of climate change news articles in the UK, the US, and the EU mentioned meat or livestock's impact — The burger-sized hole in climate change coverage, explained. — Last weekend, Elon Musk posted one of his more outrageously false tweets …