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Meta is running get-rich-quick ads for its AI tools

Manus, an AI company Meta acquired for $2 billion last year is running ads promising quick, easy money with AI: Find local businesses without websites or with bad websites, have AI build them one, then call them up and sell it to them. As part of the campaign, Manus was paying content creators to build […]

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Instagram says it doesn’t want your tweet round ups

The internet is full of copycat, stolen, reposted, and low-effort content – and Meta, at least publicly, has said it is working to cut off some of the reach. Beginning in 2024, the company has made incremental announcements saying it would begin limiting “unoriginal” content from being recommended on Instagram. It meant that if you […]

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Social media scams cost Americans $2.1 billion in 2025

New FTC data published Monday show that nearly 30% of all reported scam losses last year began on social media. Investment scams alone cost $1.1 billion. Shopping scams were the most frequently reported. Romance scams started on social media in 60% of reported cases. All age groups except the over-80s lost more to social media […]

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Conspiracy theories are swirling about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting

On Saturday evening, a room full of journalists, media personalities, and senior members of Donald Trump’s administration descended into chaos as gunshots rang out at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Nobody was hurt, and the suspect was taken into custody – but it didn’t take long for a narrative of doubt to take hold online. […]

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Turkey’s parliament passes social media ban for under-15s, one week after a school shooting

Erdŏgan has 15 days to sign the bill into law. The legislation enters into force six months after publication in the Official Gazette. The main opposition CHP criticised it as a political censorship tool rather than child protection. Turkey has previously blocked Instagram, Roblox, and restricted platforms during the İmamoglu protests. Turkey’s Grand National Assembly […]

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X is going to let Grok curate your timeline

X is putting its AI chatbot, Grok, in charge of your timeline. In an announcement on Wednesday, X product head Nikita Bier says Premium subscribers on iOS can get early access to a feature that allows users to pin specific topics to their home tab, which Grok will then use to curate the posts you […]

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