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Meet the ‘New Elites’ Who Control Twitter’s Israel-Hamas News
An unorthodox group of 7 users is now the most dominant news source for information about the Israel-Hamas war on X (formerly Twitter), according to a new report from the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public. Dubbed the “New Elites” of X, the report found these users racked up 1.6 billion views on…
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Slack Status Updates via X/Twitter Are Now a Thing of the Past
Slack says it is shutting down its SlackStatus account on X, which alerted users of incidents and outages on the platform, Thursday night. The office messaging platform will move its incident status alerts to its website. We have made the decision to retire this account. Moving forward, the Slack Status site, https://t.co/pvGy3wW3MN, will be the…
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New Game Tasks You With Running Twitter, and Good Luck
Social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are massive beasts that are hard to control, moderate, and keep profitable. Balancing user safety, privacy, ad revenue, employee mental health, and more is tricky. Luckily, you can find out just how tricky it is in a new free web game that essentially tasks you with running…
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YouTube Launches What It Claims Is an ‘Authoritative News’ Hub
YouTube introduced a dedicated news-watching experience to help viewers across 40 countries find the latest stories from reputable sources, the company announced on Wednesday. The aim is to make reliable news more readily accessible with two added features including a watch page and a “Shorts Innovation Program.” The watch page will pull content from what…