internet culture
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Facebook Is Launching Another New Product You’ll Never Use
Deepening its investment into new audio experiences, Facebook has begun its roll out of a designated “Audio” tab within its mobile app where users based in the U.S. will soon be able to access podcasts, Live Audio Rooms, and short-form sound bites.
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TikTok Creators Are Taking the Gabby Petito Case Into Their Own Hands
While the world watched and waited anxiously for any development in the case of Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old woman who had vanished during a cross-country van trip with her 23-year-old fiancé, Brian Laundrie, TikTok sleuths had already rolled up their shirtsleeves and prepped their metaphorical string theory boards: the search was on.
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Report: Facebook Has a VIP Program That Basically Allows Celebs to Avoid Moderation
For years, Facebook has operated a little known program called “XCheck,” which allows celebrities, politicians, and other members of America’s elite to elude the kinds of moderation policies that the average user is subject to, a new report from the Wall Street Journal reveals.
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Playbyte Is Like TikTok for Wasting Your Life Playing Amateur Games
A new app called Playbyte wants to clone TikTok’s vertical-scrolling experience to make it easier to discover simple, user-developed 2D games.