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Thursday, Nov 20

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NBA sees highest opening-month viewership in more than decade, record social media engagement

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National NBA games being shown on NBC/Peacock, Amazon Prime Video or ESPN have drawn more than 60 million viewers through the first month of the regular season, the league announced Thursday, noting that is the highest opening total in 15…

Utah urges 10th Circuit to reinstate social media law for minors

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Utah's Minor Protection in Social Media Act requires social media platforms to take extra care with minor users. But a federal judge blocked its enforcement in 2024.

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Meta Begins Removing Young Users Ahead of Australia’s Social Media Ban

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The social media giant has started to warn users younger than 16 that it will soon boot them off the platform.

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Maritime Labour e-platform meets global standards, says NIMASA

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NIMASA’s new Maritime Labour e-platform aligns with global MLC 2006 standards to promote fair work, health, and social security for seafarers.

Wednesday, Nov 19

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Letterboxd launching Video Store, its own curated film rental platform

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The social platform will unleash the Letterboxd Video Store in early December, a curated film rental platform.

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A new bipartisan Senate bill amends Section 230 to make commercial social media platforms responsible if their recommendation systems cause foreseeable harms (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)

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A new bipartisan Senate bill amends Section 230 to make commercial social media platforms responsible if their recommendation systems cause foreseeable harms — A new bill would hold social media platforms responsible for foreseeable…

Lawmakers want to let users sue over harmful social media algorithms

www.theverge.com

Tech critics' least favorite law is under siege again, this time with a focus on its recommendation algorithms. On Wednesday Sens. John Curtis (R-UT) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced the Algorithm Accountability Act, which amends Section…

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AI Slop Has Turned Social Media Into an Antisocial Wasteland

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Commentary: Platforms that once helped us stay in touch have become fractured and impersonal -- and AI slop and deepfakes are making it so much worse.

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AI May Redefine What Makes Platforms Competitive

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Watch more: TechREG: The Wharton School’s Pinar Yildirim Network effects have long powered digital platform growth, creating a flywheel where each additional user makes a service more valuable and draws in more users. That dynamic shaped…

Tuesday, Nov 18

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Meta Wins FTC Antitrust Case, Not A Social Media Monopoly

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A federal judge has handed a major legal triumph to Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META), the parent company of Facebook, officially rejecting government accusations that the tech giant maintains an illegal monopoly on personal social…

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Meta scores a win after judge rules the social media giant is not an illegal monopoly

kvia.com

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta scored a major win on Tuesday after a federal judge ruled that it is not a social networking monopoly, shooting down an argument from the US Federal Trade Commission that it should be forced to…

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FULL LIST: Major social media sites affected by Cloudflare outage

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A major Cloudflare outage on Tuesday caused widespread disruption across the internet, knocking several high-traffic social media platforms, entertainment services, and productivity tools offline. The outage, which began shortly before

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Cloudflare outage hits multiple crypto websites, social media channels

cointelegraph.com

Many users reported not having access to websites, including Coinbase and Blockchain.com, and social media platforms after Cloudflare reported an “internal service degradation.”

Roblox rolls out age-verification features in Australia as gaming platform insists child social media ban should not apply

www.theguardian.com

Online gaming company says voluntary age assurance technology will limit teens and children messaging users outside their own age groups

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Cloudfare outage: Why X, OpenAI among major platforms are down? What we know so far

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A surprising number of popular social media platforms, various editing tools and more – X (formerly known as Twitter), Canva, OpenAI services, Cloudflare-backed apps and many platforms – have been facing outages today, as reported...

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Moment ‘vile’ predator who raped schoolgirl, 14, on a train platform arrested by police

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Marvin Ogbogbo, then 17, thought he had got away with grooming the victim on social media

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DoorDash Says Social Engineering Scam Led to Data Breach

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DoorDash said that a social engineering scam led to a data breach that exposed the personal information of consumers, gig workers and merchants using its platform. The personal information that was accessed by an unauthorized third party…

Monday, Nov 17

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NetChoice sues Virginia over a law that would require parental permission for minors to use social media for more than one hour per day, arguing it violates 1A (Emma Roth/The Verge)

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NetChoice sues Virginia over a law that would require parental permission for minors to use social media for more than one hour per day, arguing it violates 1A — Virginia's law would require social media platforms to limit how much time…

Most Marketers Call Social Media Essential, Nearly Two Thirds Tie It to Outcomes, and AI Support Reaches 45 Percent

Social teams enter 2026 with a workload that keeps rising faster than their resources. The latest data from Photoshelter shows how much they lean on social platforms to drive marketing outcomes. Ninety-five percent of marketers in the…