video software
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Meta Gets That You Hate Seeing Threads on Facebook, Instagram. End of Communication
After shoving a Threads carousel into Facebook and Instagram, Meta gets that users might not like it. Meta posted Monday on its platform’s official account that it was collecting feedback on the new feature, but it almost certainly won’t do anything to make it any better. “We’ve launched an update to make it easier for people…
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TikTok Has a Misinformation Crisis on Its Hands. Or Does It?
Regulators in the EU sent letters to Meta, TikTok, and X/Twitter Thursday, giving the platforms 24 hours to address misinformation and other “illegal” content related to the Israel-Hamas war. It’s hard to say exactly what’s happening on these platforms, however, especially when it comes to the algorithmically defined endless scroll of TikTok. Standing in stark…
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Dear Paramount: Stop Trying to Make TikTok Movies Happen, They’re Not Going to Happen
Paramount uploaded Mean Girls to TikTok in 23 separate parts in a desperate attempt to make the already-quotable movie even more viral.
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TikTok Fixes Missing ‘Filter Video Keywords’ Safety Setting
In July 2022, TikTok introduced a tool called Filter Video Keywords to let users block videos with words or hashtags they did not want to see. Cormac Keenan, Head of Trust and Safety at TikTok, described it as an important safety feature to “help viewers customize their viewing preferences and continue to have a safe…