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‘He’s a natural’: Andy Burnham’s allies give his social media style a thumbs-up

Labour MPs and PR experts praise his refreshingly forthright replies that are a marked contrast to Keir Starmer

The Guardian - UK

TikTok Says Pay Up to Avoid Data Tracking for Ads — Privacy Now Costs £3.99 a Month

TikTok's new £3.99 ($5.44) ad-free tier removes ads and data tracking for UK users. Free accounts can no longer opt out of personalised ads.

International Business Times UK

Is the UK falling out of love with social media?

Ofcom data points to more passive consumption amid changes to apps and fears about mental health and past posts

The Guardian - UK

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WhatsApp really is good, so Meta's had enough of that and is now 'monetising the periphery' with new ads that try to make it more like Instagram

This Zucks.

PC Gamer

Meta criticised over ‘chilling’ content moderation changes

The social media giant has announced it is ending third-party fact-checking and loosening its content moderation systems.

The Independent UK

OPINION - Why Rishi's 'hammer of spod' moment was just the start

Both sides of the parliamentary aisle are making full use of social media to attack each other... in increasingly vicious fashion. Could such antics swing the next election?

Evening Standard

Inside Elon Musk's ‘damaging’ first year at X - Tech & Science Daily podcast

Social media expert Matt Navarra has called Elon Musk’s first full year in charge of X ‘hugely damaging’.

Evening Standard

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Will Elon Musk really put X behind a paywall?

The move is meant to help ‘combat vast armies of bots’, Musk said, but it’s unclear if it will work.

Al Jazeera

Meta admits it's blocking EU users from joining Threads through a VPN

Meta is seemingly taking extra steps to avoid run-ins with European regulators, but may be kneecapping its momentum.

TechRadar

Instagram owner Meta looks to target Twitter with rival app called Threads

Threads is billed as a “text-based conversation app” that’s linked to Instagram and teases a Twitter-like microblogging experience.

Chicago Sun-Times

Instagram plans rival to Twitter, codenamed ‘P92’

Meta is joining the rush to introduce an alternative to Twitter, as tech companies look to poach the blue bird's users.

The New Daily

Verified Facebook accounts are being hacked to spread malware - here's how you can stay safe

Hackers are stealing verified Facebook accounts and using them to run malicious ad campaigns.

TechRadar

TikTok tipped to get AI image generator — here’s how it looks

A new leak shows off a TikTok AI image generator that turns your profile picture into AI art, possibly known as “Plus.” Here’s how it could look based on leaked screen captures.

Tom’s Guide

TikTok will let you create AI-powered profile avatars in different art styles

The app will generate up to 30 images in different art styles using your selfies

Evening Standard

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Manchester Evening News

Elon Musk slammed for decision to allow ‘some of the worst people on the internet’ back on Twitter

The Tesla boss has already allowed previously banned Donald Trump and Kanye West back to the site

Wales Online

Twitter has 'real chance of disappearing' under Elon Musk says social media rival

The sheer size of the social media giant is not enough to insure it against failure, insists Eugen Rochko

Evening Standard

Twitter ‘could go down over World Cup’ expert warns, as staff leave in their droves

‘It’s only a matter of time before Twitter suffers a serious outage’, Matt Navarra said

Wales Online

Twitter likely to disappear in next few days after staff reject Elon's ultimatum

Concerns have grown over the site’s ability to stay online after Mr Musk fired half of the company’s 7,500 workers

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Evening Standard

Elon Musk: Twitter will form content moderation council

Writing on the social media platform he now owns, the billionaire said: ‘Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints.’

ABC News

Kanye West's bid to buy conservative platform Parler an 'expensive vanity project', analysts say

Rapper Kanye West, who is now legally known as Ye, could be in control of the right-wing social media network Parler by the end of the year. So, how did this come about and what do analysts think?

Daily Record

iPhone users urged to alter their settings to prevent potential ‘spy attack’

Tech expert Matt Navarra explained how people can lower the risk of being hacked by making the new changes to their privacy settings.

Evening Standard

Elon Musk files motion to stop Twitter’s ‘warp speed’ trial push after $44bn deal collapses

Elon Musk has filed a motion to stop Twitter’s request to expedite a trial over his plan to terminate a $44billion (£37bn) takeover deal.

Dynamite News

Social Media: Instagram tests making all video posts reels

According to a screenshot shared on Twitter by Matt Navarra, Instagram has started experimenting with turning every video uploaded to the platform into a Reel in order to increase its reach on both Facebook and Instagram. Read more on Dynamite News:

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