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Sunday, Oct 5

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ICE is planning to create a surveillance team that hunts for leads on social media

www.engadget.com

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has plans to build out a 24/7/365 surveillance team that focuses on scouring social media for case leads, as revealed in documents first discovered by Wired. According to public records, ICE…

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Politically aggressive social media users are creating most of the anti-immigrant content

theconversation.com

Being selective about the platforms that we spend our time on, and learning how to handle social media conflict will help the digital ecosystem for all of us.

Saturday, Oct 4

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GWI: Time spent on social media globally peaked in 2022 and is steadily declining; North America is the exception, with usage up 15% in 2024 compared to Europe (John Burn-Murdoch/Financial Times)

www.techmeme.com

GWI: Time spent on social media globally peaked in 2022 and is steadily declining; North America is the exception, with usage up 15% in 2024 compared to Europe — As platforms degrade into outrage and slop, users are turning away — In years…

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ICE wants to build a 24/7 social media surveillance team

arstechnica.com

ICE plans to hire contractors to scan platforms to target people for deportation.

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New Invite-Only Social App Led By Black Women Puts ‘Authentic Interactions’ First

A new invite-only social media platform, founded and led by Black women, aims to redefine the digital landscape.

Friday, Oct 3

23

Popular SoCal influencer using her platform to address immigration after close friend detained

abc7.com

A Southern California social media influencer is using her platform to speak out about the Trump administration's immigration policies after a close family friend was arrested by federal agents earlier this week.

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Digital Native Creatives Talk Shop, Compare Notes on Social Media Platforms

variety.com

On today’s episode, hear highlights from Variety Entertainment and Technology Summit including a lively session with Nicole Byer, Erin Foster, Sara Foster, Matt Rogers, Jake Shane and Benito Skinner moderated by Variety’s Marc Malkin. Plus…

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ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

www.wired.com

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

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Have we passed peak social media?

www.ft.com

As platforms degrade into outrage and slop, users are turning away

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Greece becomes first EU nation to BAN social media for minors aged 16 and below

www.naturalnews.com

(NaturalNews) Greece will become the first EU country to prohibit under-16s from accessing platforms like Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and X, enforced via a stat...

Thursday, Oct 2

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“They’re programming you”: Twitter founder Jack Dorsey says social media algorithms aren’t serving you—they’re controlling you

www.dailydot.com

Footage of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey warning social media users about what they become while scrolling resurfaced this week. His speech took place at the Africa Bitcoin Conference 2024, where he spoke candidly about the hidden purpose…

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Subpoena tracking platform blames outage on AWS social engineering attack

www.theregister.com

Software maker Kodex said its domain registrar fell for a fraudulent legal order

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My Europe: Hungary and social media political ad bans

www.dw.com

Meta and Google are introducing political ad bans on their social media platforms in the EU. How will political parties across Europe — particularly Viktor Orban and his ruling Fidesz party in Hungary — respond?

Rugby League Commercial agrees groundbreaking partnership with social media platform Reddit

www.totalrl.com

RUGBY LEAGUE COMMERCIAL has agreed a groundbreaking partnership with the social media platform Reddit ahead of next Saturday’s Super League Grand Final. Rugby league supporters...

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Netizens React to Elon Musk’s Netflix Cancellation, Cite Several Series With ‘Woke’ Trans Content Even As OTT Platform Faces USD 15.1 Billion Loss (View Posts)

www.latestly.com

Netflix lost USD 15.1 billion after Elon Musk criticised the platform for pro-trans and LGBTQ content, specifically 'Dead End: Paranormal Park' by Hamish Steele. Musk’s call to cancel subscriptions led users to react on social media,…

Wednesday, Oct 1

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Could making silly AI videos of your friends be social media's next frontier? Let's talk about OpenAI's Sora.

We discuss whether Sora poses a threat to incumbent platforms like TikTok, and how users and brands might feel about an AI-generated feed.

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EU watchdog overturns social media giants in most user appeals

From wrongful takedowns to ignored evidence, the 27-nation bloc's first appeals body shows cracks in how platforms handle disputes with their users.

Borderlands 4: Clashing with gamers on social media is the worst thing Randy Pitchford can do

Borderlands 4 has been through a rough launch across all platforms. But comments from Randy Pitchford towards gamers have not helped at all.

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Review: Fire Emblem Shadows (Mobile) - Flat F2P Folly With Simplistic Strategy & Social Deduction

I'm always suspicious, a little tiny bit at least, of games that I play on my mobile phone. Not because I'm somehow wise to something about the platform others aren't, but more because I'm old and remember the long and arduous 'Trash Years…