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    Livestream of Adam Mosseri testifying before a Senate Commerce subcommittee, in a session examining how Instagram affects young users (C-SPAN.org)

    C-SPAN.org: Livestream of Adam Mosseri testifying before a Senate Commerce subcommittee, in a session examining how Instagram affects young users — Instagram CEO testifies on impact of platform on young users before a Senate Commerce subcommittee.
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    A look at Twitter's Project Guardian, a secretive list of thousands of highly targeted users that helps moderators respond more quickly to their compl

    Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: A look at Twitter's Project Guardian, a secretive list of thousands of highly targeted users that helps moderators respond more quickly to their complaints — ‘Project Guardian’ aims to protect prominent tweeters from abuse, harassment — Twitter Inc.'s highest-profile...
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    After Tesla added over 12 video games that can be played while driving, critics argue the company is compromising road users' safety, on top of Autopi

    Neal E. Boudette / New York Times: After Tesla added over 12 video games that can be played while driving, critics argue the company is compromising road users' safety, on top of Autopilot issues — The feature raises fresh questions about whether Tesla is compromising safety as it rushes to...
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    Reddit to roll out personalized end-of-year recaps with stats about users’ habits

    Reddit is launching a new personalized Spotify Wrapped-like recap feature for all users tomorrow. The new recaps will include a variety of stats, including a summary of the time you spent on the platform, a look at the content that you interacted with or contributed, topics you engaged with and...
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    Sources: Meta, Snap, and other iOS developers continue to collect anonymized and aggregated data on users for targeted ads, despite Apple's ATT change

    Patrick McGee / Financial Times: Sources: Meta, Snap, and other iOS developers continue to collect anonymized and aggregated data on users for targeted ads, despite Apple's ATT changes — Group's unacknowledged shift lets companies follow a looser interpretation of its privacy rules — Apple...
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    Reddit launches Spotify Wrapped-style annual usage statistics for users, including time spent and popular content; users created 366M posts in 2021, u

    Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Reddit launches Spotify Wrapped-style annual usage statistics for users, including time spent and popular content; users created 366M posts in 2021, up 19% YoY — Reddit is launching a new personalized Spotify Wrapped-like recap feature for all users tomorrow.
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    A look at Trump Media & Technology Group, which lacks a product, users, publicly identified executives, and revenue, and its merger with DWAC, valued

    Judd Legum / Popular Information: A look at Trump Media & Technology Group, which lacks a product, users, publicly identified executives, and revenue, and its merger with DWAC, valued at $1.85B — In October, former President Trump announced the creation of a new company, Trump Media &...
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    Twitter is testing a new process for reporting harmful tweets that lets US users describe what happened, and will use this data to improve its respons

    Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: Twitter is testing a new process for reporting harmful tweets that lets US users describe what happened, and will use this data to improve its responses — Twitter is trying out some changes to the way that users report tweets that they believe might break...
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    Twitter now lets all iOS, Android and web users listen to recorded Spaces

    Twitter has rolled out the option to listen to a recording of a Space to all users on iOS, Android and the web. This latest move brings the social media giant’s Spaces feature more in line with traditional podcasts, as users can now listen to a conversation after the live broadcast has ended...
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    Sources: Life360, a family safety app used by 33M people, has sold users' precise location since 2016 and is one of the data broker industry's top sou

    The Markup: Sources: Life360, a family safety app used by 33M people, has sold users' precise location since 2016 and is one of the data broker industry's top sources — The app is a major source of raw location data for a multibillion-dollar industry that buys, packages, and sells people's...
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    Analysis: users have spent $26.9B+ on NFTs in 2021 so far, most transactions are under $10,000, and CryptoPunks is the most popular collection with $3

    Chainalysis Insights: Analysis: users have spent $26.9B+ on NFTs in 2021 so far, most transactions are under $10,000, and CryptoPunks is the most popular collection with $3B sales — This blog is a preview of our 2021 NFT Market Report. Click here to download the whole thing!
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    WhatsApp will let users set all chats to disappear by default after 24 hours, seven days, or 90 days (Jon Porter/The Verge)

    Jon Porter / The Verge: WhatsApp will let users set all chats to disappear by default after 24 hours, seven days, or 90 days — Its disappearing messages feature is getting an upgrade — WhatsApp is adding new functionality to its disappearing messages feature, which lets users set messages in...
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    WhatsApp users can now choose to have messages disappear for all new chats by default

    WhatsApp users can now choose to easily have all new messages they send or receive disappear as the world’s largest instant messaging service broadens its offerings for what an executive described as the next privacy standard.The Facebook-owned service, used by over 2 billion users globally...
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    Apple sues Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service challenging the order to let developers inform App Store users about alternative payment options (RT)

    RT: Apple sues Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service challenging the order to let developers inform App Store users about alternative payment options — US technology giant Apple has brought legal action against Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) in an effort to challenge the request to …
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    Users and experts reveal Clubhouse's content moderation struggles in India, amid a deluge of 18+ rooms, adult content, harassment and bullying on the

    Swathi Moorthy / Moneycontrol: Users and experts reveal Clubhouse's content moderation struggles in India, amid a deluge of 18+ rooms, adult content, harassment and bullying on the platform — Moneycontrol pieced this story from conversations with nearly a dozen people who are users, creators...
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    Meta says it is testing a Split Payments feature for Messenger in the US that lets users share the cost of bills and expenses (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

    Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Meta says it is testing a Split Payments feature for Messenger in the US that lets users share the cost of bills and expenses — Facebook Messenger announced today that it's starting to test out a new “Split Payments” feature that introduces a way for users to share...
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    Instagram has quietly rolled out a pop-up over the past year encouraging users to "try a new account" to help them "keep up with a smaller group of fr

    Dalvin Brown / Wall Street Journal: Instagram has quietly rolled out a pop-up over the past year encouraging users to “try a new account” to help them “keep up with a smaller group of friends” — An in-app notice calls on users to ‘try a new account.’ Can a fresh start keep people from losing...
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    DeFi protocol BadgerDAO confirms "unauthorized withdrawals" after researchers say $120M was stolen from users after its front end was compromised (Tim

    Tim Copeland / The Block: DeFi protocol BadgerDAO confirms “unauthorized withdrawals” after researchers say $120M was stolen from users after its front end was compromised — Quick Take — DeFi protocol BadgerDAO was exploited earlier today for $120 million. — It appears that its front end …
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    Canadian video platform Rumble, popular with right-wing users, will go public via SPAC at a $2.1B valuation and expects to raise around $400M (Radhika

    Radhika Anilkumar / Reuters: Canadian video platform Rumble, popular with right-wing users, will go public via SPAC at a $2.1B valuation and expects to raise around $400M — Canadian video platform Rumble Inc said on Wednesday it would go public by merging with blank-check firm CF Acquisition...